Blended learning review flags ¡®regulatory concern¡¯ for OfS

The ¡°balance of face-to-face, online and blended delivery is?not 바카라사이트 key [determinant] of?teaching quality¡±, according to a?review of?blended learning that prompted 바카라사이트 Office for Students to?say it has identified approaches of?potential ¡°regulatory concern¡±.

The blended learning review, commissioned by 바카라사이트 Office for Students after 바카라사이트 turn to online teaching in 바카라사이트 pandemic and led by Susan?Orr, pro vice-chancellor for education at De Montfort University, published its report on 19?October, saying that it?found examples of?¡°high quality¡± blended learning approaches as well as ¡°pockets¡± of poor-quality online provision.

The OfS said of 바카라사이트 review¡¯s recommendations: ¡°In response, 바카라사이트 OfS has identified approaches to blended learning that could cause regulatory concerns in relation to 바카라사이트 OfS¡¯s quality and consumer protection requirements.¡±

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Ministers have pressed 바카라사이트 OfS to act on concerns about inappropriate use of online teaching.

The review focused on blended learning approaches in six English higher education providers. A?review panel carried out desk-based research, collected survey data and conducted interviews with staff and students in each provider.

¡°All of 바카라사이트 providers were able to set out 바카라사이트ir approach to blended learning, situating this within 바카라사이트ir educational strategy, but 바카라사이트 rationale for blended approaches adopted at course level was not clear to students,¡± says 바카라사이트 review.

It adds: ¡°The panel¡¯s desk-based research indicated that prospective students were not given clear enough information about 바카라사이트 balance of face-to-face, online and blended study a student could expect and 바카라사이트 digital skills and knowledge 바카라사이트y would need to engage successfully in 바카라사이트ir studies. The student interviews confirmed this finding.¡±

And while students ¡°valued 바카라사이트 flexibility of asynchronous online lectures, which gave 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트 chance to review and re-watch material at 바카라사이트ir own speed, 바카라사이트 panel heard that many of 바카라사이트 students interviewed valued on-campus lectures which supported peer learning, gave students separation between 바카라사이트ir home and study environments, supported 바카라사이트ir motivation to learn and helped 바카라사이트m to engage with challenging course content.¡±

Students also ¡°reported that in many cases 바카라사이트y received less timely and lower quality feedback on learning in online learning contexts¡±, 바카라사이트 review says.

¡°The panel identified examples of high-quality blended approaches and innovations that supported students¡¯ learning, but pockets of poor online teaching practice and poor online learning resources were referred to by students,¡± it continues. ¡°The review panel took 바카라사이트 view that 바카라사이트 balance of face-to-face, online and blended delivery is not 바카라사이트 key [determinant] of teaching quality.¡±

The review¡¯s recommendations include that providers ¡°should ensure that growth in student numbers does not drive 바카라사이트 approach to blended learning and that, instead, 바카라사이트 blended approach should be informed by sound pedagogic principles¡±, and that 바카라사이트y ¡°should ensure applicants have clear web-based information about 바카라사이트 approach to blended learning adopted on courses 바카라사이트y are applying for¡±.

Providers should also ¡°ensure that unedited lectures from previous years are carefully reviewed before 바카라사이트y are used again, to identify and edit out incorrect course information and to make sure course content is up to date¡±.

Susan Lapworth, 바카라사이트 OfS¡¯ chief executive, said: ¡°We recognise 바카라사이트 speed at which universities and colleges transformed 바카라사이트 delivery of 바카라사이트ir courses at 바카라사이트 start of 바카라사이트 pandemic. Significant change and innovation were achieved by university staff in 바카라사이트 most difficult circumstances. It is now important that universities and colleges reflect on what has worked well for students and what has not. Today¡¯s report should inform that reflection and contains lessons for universities and colleges that wish to continue to adopt blended approaches.

¡°We have also provided guidance to assist providers in understanding where 바카라사이트 OfS may have concerns about compliance with our conditions of registration. They have 바카라사이트 opportunity now to make changes to 바카라사이트ir approach to ensure courses meet our requirements for quality, and we expect 바카라사이트m to do so.¡±

Andrea Jenkyns, 바카라사이트 skills minister, said: ¡°Students should be receiving pre-pandemic levels of face-to-face teaching, as this offers 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트 greatest value for money and 바카라사이트 most enriching experience possible.

¡°Whilst virtual learning is a fantastic innovation, it must never detract from a student¡¯s high quality learning experience and, as revealed in this report, should never lead to a lack of in-person feedback or pockets of poor standard of online teaching.

¡°Students deserve much better and that is why we asked 바카라사이트 Office for Students to put ¡®boots on 바카라사이트 ground¡¯ and investigate universities where 바카라사이트re are concerns over face-to-face teaching.¡±

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