Experiences from the Blended Learning Pilot Course in Helsinki. A Participant's point of view - from Manna Parvinen The presentation describes the experience of a participant of the pilot course.

1. What is quality in Blended
Learning?
Experiences from the Blended Learning Pilot
Course in Helsinki. A Participant's point of view
MANNA PARVINEN
LAUTTASAAREN YHTEISKOULU

2. QiBL Pilot Course at Viikin
normaalikoulu
 Face-to-face meetings & individual teaching
experiment
 Online support

3. Why Edmodo?
 changes in education
 more modern ways of teaching
 experiments with more independent, student paced
models
 need for a digital learning platform

4. Why Business English?
 Course not bound by the national curriculum
 Small group
 Older students
 Edmodo in use throughout the course (6 weeks)

5. How to meet the quality criteria?
 Setting personal goal for the teaching
experiment
 Informing & brainstorming with students
 incorporating course goals into the experiment
 Outlining number and type of assignments
 Explaining criteria for evaluation

6. What did we use Edmodo for?
 Pre-course assignment (SLUSH)
 Hate small talk? -assignment
 Business travel -assignment (quiz)
 Financial terms assignment (quizlet + quiz)
 Business letters in small groups
 Learning diaries in small groups
 Sharing material & links

9. What worked?
 Easy way to share material
 Makes grading easier
 quizes & assignments in one place

10. What didn't work?
 At times difficult to motivate students to use
Edmodo
 use of various other platforms at the same time
0365, GAFE, tablettikoulu..
 Using two communation tools

11. Meeting the quality criteria?
 Use of a new learning platform
 Involving students in the planning
 Covered planned content
 Various types of assingments
 Both teacher and peer evaluation

12. Future?
 Need for change in education still present
 Edmodo?
 positive feedback from pilot participants
 Used also on BLQ Pilot Course

13. Thank you