So I started the Future Learn Blended Learning Essentials course and starting off it mentions Blogs so I decided to write a post which is a comment I created on the course about why i am “doing digital” Comment is recreated below:
I have been using Technology and have used Blended Learning in modules for a number of years. But now I am also teaching Teachers how best to use technology and online learning in the current climate. So I felt this is a good time to spend time thinking about how I have approached it in the past and currently approach it. Lessons learnt and also how times have changed. So I suppose I am not going digital as I already am but why I did initially:
- Ease of collecting material from students (I hate paper and boxes of assignments)
- Students looking for “handouts” 5 weeks after you covered that handout
- The ease of sharing information with students
- Ability to check in on students in larger groups (without contacting them)
- Feedback and the ease of giving it in a private way to each student