The document outlines a training program focused on Moodle tools and effective online course design, aimed at enhancing online and blended learning at the Bloomsbury colleges. It details a four-week schedule starting June 16, covering topics like using multimedia, encouraging student production, conducting virtual classes, and innovative assessment methods. The initiative fosters community among academics and promotes the repurposing of resources for teaching.

1. The BLOOC

2. Why? To provide…
Training in Moodle tools
An experience of learning
online
A model of effective
online course design
Encouragement to
incorporate more tools
into Moodle-based
teaching
OER which staff can
repurpose for their own
teaching
Awareness of existing
resources and
expertise within their
institution and across
the Bloomsbury
colleges
A community of
academics interested
in online and blended
learning at the
Bloomsbury colleges
The foundation for further
online training and
development in online
and blended teaching

3. 4 weeks beginning June 16
Week one - using
audio and
video
Week two
-Encouraging
student
production with
wikis and blogs
Week three -
Virtual classes
Week four -
Subverting
Multiple
Choice
Questions for
Deep Learning

4. Activities and Resources
Presentation
of
multimedia
resources
through
Lesson,
Book,
Page…

5. Wikis and Blogs Lesson

6. Discussion forums, Glossary, Quizzes
Padlet, Campus Pack Wiki and Blog

7. Live ‘showcase’ sessions using
Blackboard Collaborate…
…How to run Blackboard Collaborate
sessions

8. …critical discussions…

9. Meet-Up at BLE E-Learning Fayre

10. Meet-Up at BLE E-Learning Fayre