Core Module Information
Module title: Supporting the Blended and Online Student Experience

SCQF level: 11:
SCQF credit value: 20.00
ECTS credit value: 10

Module code: EDU11111
Module leader: Imi Dencer-Brown
School Department of Learning, Teaching & Enhancement
Subject area group: Learning and Teaching Enhancement
Prerequisites

There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added

Description of module content:

In this module you will be addressing hands-on the challenges of being a blended or online learner. You will get opportunities to engage with approaches to supporting students who have a diverse range of cultural, interdisciplinary and technological backgrounds and gain a thorough appreciation of the current broader educational debates. Addressing topics like education for sustainable development, equity, inclusion and accessibility, you will both lead and learn about how these topics relate to learning design for blended and online courses. You will get a hands-on experience as both a teacher and a student. Additionally, you will get a unique opportunity to engage in peer assessment and feedback, thereby gaining an appreciation of design and purpose of student-led teaching.

Learning Outcomes for module:

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Evidence a comprehensive and critical understanding of key factors in student diversity, analysing their implications for supporting learners in blended and online contexts.

LO2: Analyse, apply and reflect upon online facilitation skills that prompt student engagement, promote understanding, and demonstrate sensitivity to individual needs.

LO3: Critically evaluate institutional and departmental arrangements for meeting the educational and wider support needs of online and blended learners.

LO4: During the design or appraisal of new or existing courses, critically consider the complex student support issues that arise in blended and online learning.

LO5: Contextualise student support in blended and online learning in relation to broader current educational debates.

Full Details of Teaching and Assessment
2024/5, Trimester 2, Blended,
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Occurrence: 001
Primary mode of delivery: Blended
Location of delivery: ONLINE
Partner:
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: Imi Dencer-Brown
Module Organiser:


Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)NESH Description
Independent Learning Guided independent study 40 You will write regular blog posts on your experiences as both a learner and a teacher on this module. You will reflect on the content and teaching of each of the units and your own journey and how what you have learned can apply to your role. You will explore the topics taught on the units and research and reflect on these areas in your posts. You will also have a brief introduction and conclusion as part of this blog.
Independent Learning Guided independent study 100 You will be exploring new topics related to supporting the online and blended student experience in wider contexts and in your own role as a learner on this module and in your role at your place of work. You will have activities to complete for each of the units on Moodle which will support your learning and a reading list to engage with in your own understanding of these wider issues.
Independent Learning GROUPSCHEDULED 60 There are student-led units that you will be either a student or learner on. These consist of a live online seminar and asynchronous materials for the rest of the cohort and the module team to engage with. You will be team-teaching on your unit and will evaluate yourself and your team members after the seminar.
Total Study Hours200
Expected Total Study Hours for Module200


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words Description
Discussion/Participation 60 1~2~3 Week 11 HOURS= 20 hours. As part of a team, you will design and facilitate a unit of learning for your peers and the module team. You will also engage as a learner on units led by other teams on the module. You will be peer and self-assessed on your role in leading a unit, just as you will peer assess your own team and teams who lead other units. Therefore successful completion of this assessment involves engagement as a teacher in your unit and as a learner in others' units. The assessment criteria include facilitation skills and student support of learning. The peer teaching units will be distributed over a minimum of 6 weeks, with assessment points after each unit. Note that this component requires consistent engagement throughout the trimester and the majority of work will be distributed over this time and the indicated week of submission (Week 11) represents the only the evaluation of the last unit.
Report 40 4~5 Exam Period , WORDS= 2000 words. You will critically consider the student support issues in blended and online learning and teaching in your context and the ways in which different approaches can be used to address wider student support issues in your context. You will address the topics from module units. You will submit at least 5 blog posts of approximately 400 words each excluding references.
Component 1 subtotal: 60
Component 2 subtotal: 40
Module subtotal: 100

Indicative References and Reading List - URL:
EDU11111 Supporting the Blended and Online Student Experience