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

• 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

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

3 Examples

❶ KU Leuven Learning Lab
3 Examples

• 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

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

Bringing people together

Academy
Network
Projects
Tool
Guide
Inspiration

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

Projects
Innovation Scale-up Implementation
& Production

Inspiration
INSPIRATION BOARD

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

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

❷ Blended Learning Course
3 Examples

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

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

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Flexibility Interaction
Support learning Motivation

❸ MYCA
3 Examples

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.be
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