Flexible bite-sized learning by and for staff.
Henny's unit supports both certificated programme and the open workshop programme. The issue faced with the latter is the time commitment for attending 3 hour sessions.
They are now developing a more blended approach, adopting elements of the PGCAP for others to take flexibly. They already delivered synchronous online sessions (webinars) through Eluminate for the PGCAP, so they opened these to the university. Each session is an hour long. There were both face to face and online sessions facilitated but presented by the academics concerned. They were also recorded and made available. Some online sessions were delivered in the evenings.
For example, one session on Open Learning was delivered by the VC one evening. The structure was presentation and then online disussion.
The online sessions (even in the evening) was better attended than face to face. Tech support was an issue.
More and more organisations are moving to webinars approaches. International speakers also become a possibility. Bog names can participate with less time commitment and can be a big draw. One audience member pointed out that it is easier to do the why, rather than the 'how to'.
They have now dropped the evening seminars, aiming for Wednesday lunchtimes. They are looking at Big Blue Button as an alternative to Eluminate.
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