1. Engaging learners online Samantha Moss Learning Technologist
Planning and Designing ‘face-to-face’ Activities for the Online Environment
Engaging learners online
Samantha Moss Learning Technologist

2. Types of courses: Distance Learning Blended Learning
All of the course is online
Live lectures delivered via Virtual Classroom Software
Blended Learning
Mixture of face-to-face and online learning activities
The ‘blend’ is decided at the start of the development process
Classroom-Based Learning
Face-to-face sessions with online tasks & online submission of assessments (Tech-Enhanced Learning)

3. Building your online classroom
You must consider:
Your site needs to be as clean and as uncluttered as possible
Learning outcomes and assessment details should be clearly visible
Contact details of key individuals are easy to locate
Clear signposting to activities & information

4. Look at your unit’s scheme of work
1) What is your blend?
2) Online activities to replace face-to-face ones or
‘in addition?’
3) What is it you want your students to do?
Communicate?
Collaborate?
Share images/files?
Self-audit/quiz?
Research?
Submit work for feedback/peer assessment?
4) Plan your learning outcome first before deciding on the tools

5. Moodle 2 tools:

6. Examples of courses
Blended Learning:
Pre-workshop activities
‘On the day’ workshop activities
Post workshop activities
Distance Learning:
‘Getting to know you’ induction task
Weekly activity books to work through
Prep-work for Scheduled Learning Sessions
Skype tutorials
Study Partner activities
Reflective journal

7. Contact me: Email: Twitter: Social media sites:
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