eLearningOne size doesn’t fit all

Strategies for supporting learners

Best practice Blended Learning Case Studies that explore how RTO's are using learning technologies for Assessment, RPL, Learning Content and active training.

How can learning technologies can underpin a range of RTO activity beyond training including Marketing, Business collaboration and team building.

Learner Engagement –

what does it mean?

Supporting Learners

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How will learners learn on the job in 10 years time?

Technical

Time Management

Collaborative

Organising Info

Induction

Why eLearning?

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Face to Face

Self Paced

Online Facilitated

BlendedLearning

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Spend teaching time on demonstrating and assessing practical skills.

Incorporate technology through sharing demonstration video, web resources, group work or knowledge assessment.

Capture skills demonstrations using smart phone video, audio and photos.

Technology can be integrated

Face to Face

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Make it engagingPull versus PushWorkplace contextProblem SolvingInformation acquisitionEmployability SkillsUnderpinning knowledge

Give learners something to do with the content. Provide opportunities to apply learning to workplace context in the role they will occupy.

“content” can be provided in a variety of forms using video, audio and some text.

Don’t just test memory, test understanding, problem solving and consequences of on the job of decision making.

Self Paced

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Online workshops & tutorials

Assessment Task presentation

Group Work presentations & peer review

Learner support (one on one or Group)

Keep lecturing to a minimum. Group work through scenarios and problems. Promote discussion and sharing of perspectives.

Provide peer review opportunities for learners to feed back on each others work

Give learners multiple ways of participating – voice, discussions, white board, brainstorming, break out rooms.

Online facilitated – “Live” learning

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Discussion

Sharing

Placement & Assessment

Social Media

Group work

•Link to assessment•Base on participants sharing experiences & prior knowledge – “learners stories”•Application to workplace or experience•Make pre readings short•Mix of problems, case studies, reflections•Comment/Build on postings•Use to demonstrate employability skills•Track to determine contribution to group•Peer Review

Online facilitated – “Own time” learning

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RTO Blended Learning Models

Fully OnlineKnowledge Preparation for F2F Skills Workshop

Blended – Mix of online & F2F

Skill recognition/currency/RPL

Skills update on demand

Collaborative Learning with Peers

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Face to Face Self Paced OnlineFacilitated

Content

Activities

Assessment

Activity - What’s your blend?

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Assessment Distribution &

Collection

Assessment Response

Assessment Management

Assessment Verification & Moderation

eAssessment activities include the design ofassessment tools, the delivery of assessments and the reporting, storing and transferring of assessment data.

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Direct demonstration/observatio

n

Indirect demonstration

Products

Workplace documents

Questions -  written and oral

Assignments

Third party reports

Self-assessment

Simulation

Portfolios

Indirect demonstration

Products

Workplace documents

Assignments

Third party reports

Self-assessment

Simulation

Portfolios

Products

Questions -  written and oral

Assignments

Third party reports

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Mobile Skills evidence capture

Quiz Simulation

Decision making

trees

Discussion & Social

LearningPlacement

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Activity – eAssessments at your RTO

Michael Gwythermick@yumstudio.com.au@mickgwytherwww.yumstudio.com.au