Blended Learning: Embedding Practice - Week 1
I took Blended Learning: Getting Started MOOC on FutureLearn last year and as I learnt a lot of useful things which helped me with my teaching I decided to find out more for better understanding of the subject matter and seeing greater opportunities to enhance the process of learning a foreign language with the help of digital technologies. This is what I'm taking with me from Week 1 of the course. After being reminded about the benefits of blended learning and some information on data analytics we looked at how blended learning can be designed effectively using a tool called The Learning Designer by UCL. The Learning Designer is a tool to help teachers and lecturers design teaching and learning activities and share their learning designs with each other. It was developed by a team led by Diana Laurillard (the Educator on this course) at the UCL Knowledge Lab and is free for anyone to use. The tool is based on the six learning types from Diana Laurillard’s Conversa...