Maija Koukkari
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Maija Koukkari made a comment
I hope to see an institutional effort and strategy to highlight the benefits of blended learning and support for implementation beyond the pandemic - what will the direction of the institution be once emergency solutions are no longer needed.
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Maija Koukkari made a comment
The support the eLearning team offers at my institution is very similar to the description from University of Edinburgh here. We already offered much of the same support before the pandemic, but the emergency has hugely increased the awareness and need for what we offer.
I think previously our courses and workshops were very much advertised and targeted for... -
Maija Koukkari made a comment
I don't teach on blended learning courses myself, but support staff who do, so the self-assessment tool, the case studies and examples from other participants are useful for highlighting the features of blended learning courses to pay attention to. Study load and facilitating students' self-regulated learning were new aspects for me so I plan to look into...
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Maija Koukkari made a comment
The case study says that "participation in the activity is mandatory", but it doesn't detail whether the activity is assessed or contributes to the students final grade in some way. If a students can see a clear link between the activity and completing an assessment, this should increase the amount of participation. One example could be to as students to...
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Maija Koukkari made a comment
I think the point about being approachable is very important. Students should know that if they have a problem with accessing any of the learning materials or activities or have concerns relating to diversity and inclusion that they are welcome to raise these with you (or someone else). We should try to do our best to make learning as accessible and inclusive...
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Maija Koukkari made a comment
I'm not aware of a maturity model like these examples being used at my institution, but I'm not involved in quality assurance processes, so there could definitely be one that I've just not come across. We do have checklists and guidelines that focus on quality of online courses, as well as now the quality of 'emergency' blended courses. If I've understood...
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@OrlaithDaly I would also really like a copy of the PPT, thank you so much!
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Thank you for sharing this resource. Blended learning can make learning more accessible to some students, but at the same time more difficult for others. Keeping things simple, e.g. by not trying to introduce too many tools, technologies and methods at one while also considering accessibility of materials are my key messages.
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Maija Koukkari replied to Karen Hudson
I also have e-learning in my job title and I'm looking forward to seeing how my role in HE evolves as a result of the current situation and increased focus on eLearning/technology/blended learning. I wouldn't describe blended learning as an umbrella term for e-learning because I think you can have e-learning without it being classed as blended learning.
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Maija Koukkari made a comment
Before the pandemic, I think, the term blended learning has been used at my institution to describe courses designed to be "a thoughtful integration of face-to-face and online learning" as per Garrison and Kanuka's proposed definition. Now, the term blended learning is used to describe the emergency effort to offer teaching and learning online with...
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Maija Koukkari made a comment
Hello, I'm Maija and have just started as an eLearning Trainee at a university in Scotland. Interested in both seeing how an online course works from a student perspective but also personally interested in statistics and data analysis. A perfect opportunity to learn something new.