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Support strategies
for the development
of blended education
Tim Boon
Educational Development Unit
tim.boon@kuleuven.be

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• 3 science groups
• Humanities & Social Sciences
• Biomedical Sciences
• Science, Engineering & Technology
• 16 departments, 14 campuses, 10 cities
• 79 Bachelor’s programmes
• 201 Master’s programmes
• 44 advanced Master’s programmes
• 57 000 students
• 13 000 staff members

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Policy Plan 2018-2021
Going Digital Priorities
1. IT as the backbone
2. Toledo-LMS
3. Online assessment
4. MOOCs & micromasters
5. Learning spaces
6. Learning analytics
7. KU Leuven Learning Lab
8. Group level functions
9. Support at micro level
10. Innovative digital learning
5 Priorities
1. Truly International
2. Future-Oriented education
3. Going Digital
4. Interdisciplinarity
5. Sustainability

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3 Examples

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❶ KU Leuven Learning Lab
3 Examples

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• Learning and action-oriented network
• Local and central stakeholders in education
• Goals:
• support educational innovation
• support the use of educational technology
• realize policy priorities together

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Adding capacity for support
Local support at micro level
in the departments
Bigger projects
at group level
Coordination at
central level

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Bringing people together

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Academy
Network
Projects
Tool
Guide
Inspiration

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• Coworking
• Information Sessions
• Intervision meetings
• Train-the-trainer
• Coaching
• …
Network

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Projects
Innovation Scale-up Implementation
& Production

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Inspiration
INSPIRATION BOARD

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• Online support materials
• Professionalisation
• Workshops
• Blended courses
• …
Academy

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Tool Guide
BLENDED
LEARNING
ASSESSMENT
& FEEDBACK
MULTIMEDIA
SHARING
ONLINE CONTENT
COMMUNICATION
& PLANNING
EXTERNAL
TOOLS

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❷ Blended Learning Course
3 Examples

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Why do teachers choose to teach
online or blended?
Motivate
students
Better
support
students
Stimulate
interaction
Offer
flexibility
Financial
reasons

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Boelens, De Wever & Voet, 2017
Flexibility Interaction
Support learning Motivation

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Dienst Onderwijsprofessionalisering en -ondersteuning
Flexibility Interaction
Support learning Motivation

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❸ MYCA
3 Examples

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Concept
• Student employees redesign
the online part of existing courses
• 20h per course
Focus on
• Clear structure
• Appealing look & feel
• Interactivity
• Little time investment for teachers
How
• Training
• Course exploration
• Start-up meeting
• Development
• Final presentation

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@doo_kuleuven
doo@kuleuven.be
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