Blended learning experiences – A case in Hong Kong

Blended learning experiences – A case in Hong Kong Dr Paula Hodgson Educational Development Centre The Hong Kong Polytechnic University This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License .

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Institutional-wide strategic direction on eLearning

Areas of support to staff:

technical

pedagogy

scholarship

Benefits of blended learning adopted in curriculum

Institution-wide approach

University Grants Committee funded project:

Megaweb 1999-2001 (~ ￡ 420,000) ( http://megaweb.polyu.edu.hk/ )

Providing pedagogical and technical support – Instructional designer (ID) / tech. team

University Grants Committee funded projects:

e3Learning 2001-2004 (~ ￡ 225,000) ( http://e3learning.edc.polyu.edu.hk/ )

Providing pedagogical, technical and evaluation support – ID / tech. team / evaluation officer

Sub-project lifecycles Design learning and teaching activities Design evaluation plan Solve day-to-day web-use problems Collect student feedback and learning outcome data Planning Design and Develop-ment Implement-ation One-stop-shop meeting Analyse requirements / Brainstorm educational ideas / Provide technical possibilities in teaching / Discuss evaluation strategy Review, revise and enhance Evaluation Create e-learning deliverables Handover, assist teachers to use the materials Proposal Academic involvements e3Learning involvements

Management strategies: Team-teacher communication needs needs report content strategy data website strategy Development Team Teacher Evaluation Team

One-stop shop meetings

Review, revise and enhance (mid-development sessions)

Evaluation framework - what Source: modified from http://e3learning.edc.polyu.edu.hk/papers/05_e3LEval_final.pdf Student actions Ss do Data on Ss feelings Data on what Ss know Evaluation Student performance in assessments Student perceptions Data on what

Evaluation framework - how Source: modified from http://e3learning.edc.polyu.edu.hk/papers/05_e3LEval_final.pdf Evaluation Student performance in assessments Student actions Student perceptions SFQ; Satisfaction questionnaire; Ind. / group interview Exams & tests; Essay / reports Log data; observation

Model - PDDIE Experiences Growing size – Critical mass Government funded projects

eLearning Development and Support Section (eLDSS), Educational Development Centre 2005 ~ current ( http://eldss.edc.polyu.edu.hk/ )

Providing pedagogical, technical and evaluation support; staff development activities (central / departmental); support in applying funding proposals from VP (AD) (~ ￡ 530,000 per year for 3 years)

Learning framework intended learning outcome learning experiences: blended learning tasks & assessment learning impact

Blended learning