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Exploring Successful Learning Online
| Date: | Awaiting new dates |
| Venue: | 2 face to face days in London, plus 6 weeks online delivery |
| Ref: | C1758/1108 |
| Fee*: | £465, Additional fee covering registration for NOCN accreditation £35 NB: NIACE does not charge VAT on conference and course fees |
[Background] [Who should do the course] [What the course offers you] [Course structure and content] [Participant commitment and requirements] [Application Form]
Background
The ways in which we can learn are evolving all the time. More and more organisations are considering a move towards the introduction of online or blended learning. There are so many reasons why this is seen as advantageous, including to:
 | train their employees using a flexible approach that allows training to be relevant, delivered when required and at times suitable for the organisation |
| train volunteers and employees spread over a wide region who cannot easily attend face-to-face training |
| provide alternative delivery methods for their current learning provision |
| attract new and different learners |
| enhance existing face-to-face courses with an online element. |
NIACE began delivering staff development training online in 2006. Our courses have proved very popular with participants from all sectors including:
| work-based learning |
| adult and community learning |
| further education |
| offender learning and skills |
| voluntary and community organisations |
The participants feel they have really benefited from the combination of collaborative group work and self-study.
Comments from previous participants of NIACE’s online courses include:
"I was able to see how this style of course has met my own needs and can now empathise with learners."
"I am definitely keen to pursue online learning in my CPD as it is the most flexible way for me to fit in with my work. I am really impressed with the content and resources made available through NIACE."
"An enjoyable and semi-flexible way of learning, which suits the way I work/live."
"Given the limitations of time at work, this is one of the few ways for me to learn and develop skills."
"I have learned new skills and gained confidence exploring technology."
NIACE are pleased to announce the opportunity is now available for you to participate in a National Open College Network (NOCN) accredited, fully facilitated blended course – Exploring Successful Learning Online, commencing on the 5th November 2008 and finishing on the 17th December 2008.
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Who should do the course
This Exploring Successful Learning Online course will support staff in organisations who want to experience online learning through a virtual learning environment and explore some of the potential uses of online and blended learning and consider how it could be incorporated in their current or potential delivery. By completing the online programme, participants experience being part of an online learning community and explore the skills and knowledge required to create some online resources of their own.
This course is ideal for people who have yet to experience online learning or the use of a virtual learning environment.
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What the course offers you
| Facilitator support: This course is fully facilitated by a highly experienced facilitator who will not only guide you through the learning materials, but will provide you with personal tutor support and guidance. |
| High-quality purpose materials: All of our materials have been produced by experts in the field and are subject to high quality control processes. |
| Accreditation: The units on this course are NOCN accredited and successful completion of the course will earn you 6 NOCN credits at Level 2. There are two units – Exploring Online and Blended Learning and Tools for Online Learning, each with a credit value of 3. |
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Course structure and content
Exploring Successful Learning Online is delivered through the NIACE Moodle learning platform and is a six week course with the majority of the work being completed online working in small collaborative groups. The course consists of a face-to-face induction day in London, followed by three modules studied online, then a final face-to-face day. Participation in all parts of the course is compulsory.
Course aims
Face-to-face 1: Induction – 5 November 2008 (in London)
Aims: This face-to-face day aims to
introduce participants to the outline of the
course and to techniques for online learning,
to explore the potential of using an
online/blended approach to learning and to
identify the e-skills involved in implementing
this approach.
Length: 6 hours plus 2 hours for online
activities after the face-to-face day.
Module 1: Exploring online learning
Aims: This module aims to identify and
explore effective methods of delivering
online and blended learning.
Length: 6 hours over 1.5 weeks including
activities and self-study.
Module 2: Advantages and disadvantages of using online collaborative activities
Aims: This module aims to give you an
opportunity to explore the uses of online
collaboration.
Length: 4 hours over 1 week including
activities and self-study.
Module 3: Tools for online learning
Aims: This module aims to provide participants
with the opportunity to identify tools
and skills that can be used to deliver online
learning, and to explore how these can be used.
Length: 6 hours over 1.5 weeks including
activities and self-study.
Face-to-face 2: Skills carousel and closing activities – 17th December 2008 (in London)
Aims: This face-to-face day aims to provide
participants with the opportunity to share the
e-skills they have learnt with others and to
learn new e-skills from fellow participants.
Length: 6 hours plus 2 hours for online
activities after the face-to-face day.
Learning outcomes
- Identify and explore effective methods of
delivering online and blended learning
1.1 Identify whether elements of your existing or potential provision could benefit from having an online/blended learning approach.
1.2 Explore the issues that could limit using an online/blended approach to learning in your existing or potential provision.
1.3 Explore the uses of blended and online learning by at least three other organisations delivering training.
- Explore the advantages and disadvantages
of using online collaborative activities
2.1 Take part in a collaborative online activity using at least one of the following:
| an online discussion forum in a virtual learning environment |
| a wiki |
| an online chat room in a virtual learning
environment. |
3.1 Identify tools which you could use in the delivery of online/blended learning or online resources.
3.2 Carry out an initial analysis of your e-skills.
3.3 Identify at least three e-skills that you intend to develop during this course.
3.4 Produce a strategy for the development of the e-skills that you intend to acquire during this course.
3.5 Explain how you could use at least one e-skill for delivering online/blended learning.
3.6 Review your development of e-skills during this course.
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Participant commitment and requirements
To gain the maximum benefit from these courses, participants will need:
| Access to an internet-connected computer and an individual email address. |
| Experience of using the web, email, Windows® applications and office-based products such as word processing and presentation software. |
| Personal commitment to follow and complete an online learning course and adequate study time – participants can expect to spend four to six hours a week participating in collaborative activities and on independent study. |
| Commitment to access the course area regularly over the course duration and to adhere to the timeframe specified by the facilitator in order to complete collaborative work with fellow participants. |
Minimum technical specifications
Ideally, the computer you are using should have the following minimum specification and facilities:
| Intel Pentium 100 processor or above |
| 1 Gb hard drive |
| 64Mb RAM |
| 56K+ modem or equivalent (broadband is preferable) |
| Reliable access to the internet |
| Internet Explorer 5 or above or equivalent |
| Windows 98 or above or equivalent operating system |
| Headphones/speakers |
| Email account |
| Word processor software |
| Presentation software |
| Up-to-date antivirus software and firewall |
| Adobe Reader (free download) |
| Adobe Flash plug-in |
| Anti-spam software (useful) |
| Printer (useful) |
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Application Form
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| Return completed forms to: NIACE Conferences
and Courses, Renaissance House, 20 Princess Road West, Leicester, LE1 6TP,
Fax: 0116 285 9670 For general enquiries contact: NIACE Conferences and
Courses team, courses@niace.org.uk.
Telephone: 0116 2859661 (1) Application Forms from individuals must be accompanied by a Sterling cheque or Banker's draft. Invoices will be raised on organisations only if a Purchase Order is sent along with the Application Form. NIACE is a company limited by guarantee no. 260332 and registered charity no. 1002775 |
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