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 

1. My learners and I have access to IT equipment that will support online learning
2. My learners and I have ongoing internet access
3. My learners and I require a digital badge or statement of participation to support longer term goals
4. My learners will be able to spend time learning online outside any supported sessions delivered by me
5. 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