Enriched Virtual Model
| Site: | NMIT Moodle |
| Course: | Learning Design Framework Toolkit |
| Book: | Enriched Virtual Model |
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| Date: | Friday, 26 April 2024, 8:51 PM |
Description
Introduces the Flex Model
1. Enriched Virtual Model Overview
Reading
According to the Christensen Institute the Enriched Virtual model is “a course or subject in which students have required face-to-face learning sessions with their teacher of record and then are free to complete their remaining coursework remote from the face-to-face teacher. Online learning is the backbone of student learning when the students are located remotely. The same person generally serves as both the online and face-to-face teacher. Many Enriched Virtual programs began as full-time online schools and then developed blended programs to provide students with brick-and-mortar school experiences. The Enriched Virtual model differs from the Flipped Classroom because in Enriched Virtual programs, students seldom meet face-to-face with their teachers every weekday. It differs from a fully online course because face-to-face learning sessions are more than optional office hours or social events; they are required.”
Focus questions:
- What would be the benefits to the tutor and learners of using this model?
- What would be the constraints or difficulties?
- What professional development would I need to be able to implement this?
- What support/development would my learners need?
2. Case Studies
Reading
Nicola Goltz: Fitness and Physical Education
Read the article below. It explains how Nicola Goltz uses an Enriched Virtual model approach in her fitness and physical education course at AHAB-Akademie Certified Training Institute, Germany.
3. MixMap Activity
Activity
Revisit the MixMap that you created in the Understanding Blended Learning session. If you missed that activity make sure you do it before you do this activity.
Link: https://ecampus.nmit.ac.nz/moodle/course/view.php?id=5833§ion=4
Instructions:
- Looking at the activities you’ve already identified, make a list of those which could work using the Enriched Virtual model
- List any opportunities you can think for students to interact online – this could be using forums or external tools like Facebook, OneDrive or Google Docs (however, it needs to be for a reason they can’t communicate in class, such as it is a homework activity)
- List any resources you would need – you don’t need to be too specific yet, just identify whether you would need weblinks, document templates, pdf documents or videos etc.
4. Session Plan Activity
Activity
Complete the following activity. It should bring a lot of your planning together in a format that we’re all familiar with – a lesson plan (or in this case it has been called a “session plan”). Note that as Enriched Virtual usually follows a format of several weeks being online and then a face-to-face session, it may be more useful to think of each row on the table as a week - in this case it could become a Unit Plan.
Instructions:
- Download the documents from the links below
- Have a look at the Enriched Virtual Session Plan Exemplar, taking note of how the information is set out
- Using a lesson (or unit of lessons) that you would usually teach face-to-face, redesign it into an Enriched Virtual session using the Session Plan Template – remember that most of the content will happen in the online environment, but note what you would be doing as the tutor/facilitator also make notes about what you would likely do during the face-to-face workshop time
- If you feel comfortable sharing, please upload it to the Session Plan Forum, along with a description of how your Enriched Virtual session differs from your usual face-to-face lesson
Enriched Virtual Session Plan Exemplar (PDF)
Session Plan Template (DOCx)