ABCTOVLE – ABC-LD COURSE DESIGN EXPERIENCES FOR BLENDED AND ONLINE EDUCATION
ABCTOVLE – ABC-LD COURSE DESIGN EXPERIENCES FOR BLENDED AND ONLINE EDUCATION

Summary/Abstract: How can we engage and enable our time-pressured teachers design rich blended and online courses (modules)? Today’s education system needs to design future-looking, digitally rich, flexible courses (module), mobile-ready and attuned to students’ expectations for engaging, professionally related learning experiences (UK Open University “Innovating Pedagogy 2018”). ABCtoVLE planned to develop, implement and, evaluate a rapid development learning design method in the form of a downloadable 'pack' to help university and college teachers design ICT rich blended courses, investigating a range of pedagogical, technological, support, quality, cross-cultural and strategic issues. This development includes running several workshops using the ABCtoLD (ABC to Learning Design) resource pack, methodology and to apply this to specific national requirements. ABC to LD is an effective and engaging workshop, which has been tested so far successfully on a number of educational programs in over 30 universities. In just 90 minutes, using a game format, teams are able to collaborate to create a visual "storyboard" that highlights the type and sequence of learning activities (online and offline) required to meet the learning outcomes of the course or specialization. ABC is especially useful for new specialties or in the process of modification, but also for those that turn into an online format or blended learning (with technology support). The involvement of Romanian higher education professionals is done through the full translation of the program, running workshops and supporting teachers into integrating the ABC Learning Design principles in their ongoing educational programs. This paper presents the development of the Romanian workshops by integrating the ABCtoLD principles as part of the ABCtoVLE project.

• Details
• Contents