13.1. Deciding On The Right Approach
Getting the right balance of support
How you support your learners and facilitate access to courses will depend on a number of factors:
- Your access to resources (venue, IT, stationary etc)
- Your learners' access to resources (time, IT, internet etc)
- Courses that you are focussing on
- Goals of the learner e.g employability focus may mean a Badged Course is desirable
There is NO defined way that you need to work with your learners but there are 3 main models that you may use -
- Supported online access
- Hybrid delivery (mix of online and offline access of materials and activities)
- Offline delivery
Deciding On The Right Approach
Answer yes or no to the following questions in relation to your learners - - My learners and I have access to IT equipment that will support online learning
- My learners and I have ongoing internet access
- My learners and I require a digital badge or statement of participation to support longer term goals
- My learners will be able to spend time learning online outside any supported sessions delivered by me
- I can facilitate learning without having to adapt materials and/or deliver additional activities to meet learning outcomes for the learners I am working with
To help with your decision
- If you answered yes to most of these, then supported online delivery is likely suitable for your learners
- If you answered a mix of yes and no then a supported mix of online and offline (hybrid) approach is likely suitable for your learner
- If you answered no to most of these, then supported offline delivery is likely suitable for your learners