Offline Approach

As you know there can be many reasons that accessing online materials is difficult for people, at least in the early stages of engagement. This could be due to low confidence, lack of experience, accessibility needs and other factors. Most OpenLearn courses will have downloadable and printable versions, though as previously mentioned some interactive activities will not be available in printed formats. 

Supporting learners with offline delivery will follow a similar approach to hybrid delivery, though you may want to give some consideration to the following as your learners progress:

• Working with your learners to do some short activities from the chosen course(s) online together when you feel their confidence with the learning materials is at a point where this would seem more manageable

• Using some of the key introductory IT courses on OpenLearn and OpenLearn Create that will help develop the core skills required to learn online

• Discuss experience, progress and next steps potentially using the Open Learning Review Form or something similar. This could allow you to introduce online learning goals on an iterative and supportive basis, where appropriate

Optional Activity

If you would find it useful you can complete this reflective practice activity which asks you to consider how you would approach adapting an online activity for face to face delivery.