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Summer UNit SEssion Tool. SUNSET. A tool for bedding down your summer term blended learning designs. The Summer Term blended learning design challenge. How students spend their study time - the summer ‘blend’. Face-to-face activities (with teacher physically present)
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Summer UNitSEssion Tool SUNSET A tool for bedding down your summer term blended learning designs
How students spend their study time - the summer ‘blend’ • Face-to-face activities (with teacher physically present) • Structured/facilitated online activities (e.g. quizzes, facilitated online discussions, webinars) • Self-directed learning (e.g. background reading or research, assignment preparation) • Work-integrated learning (e.g. external placements or projects)
Considerations • level of unit and likely study skills? • need for scaffolding and feedback? • diversity of student group? • need for time to reflect and integrate learning? intensity of interaction with students balance of campus and online interaction proportion of self-directed study in addition to more intense activity schedules MODELS: intensive OR 80:20 OR fully online
Blended Learning Unit Planning options for: • Teaching activities (face-to-face or online) • Assessment • Teacher-student communication • Student activities (individual or group) • Student resources
The toolkit • blended learning unit planning– selecting from activity options • SUNSET spreadsheet– scheduling the activities • ... with your Blended Learning Design support team
How it all came together: • iteration • testing • teamwork