Micro-lectures and active learning - resource overview

Working on the structure of a 'earn while you learn' model a proposed programme. Half the courses require the learning of facts and the other half is practice-based. Supporting the practice-based courses will require capability building for our teachers teaching in the disciplinary as they are more used to f2f delivery. Learners will need be in employment and naturally-occuring evidence will need to be collected by learners as work is conducted. These courses will need to be supported as per 'managed apprenticeship' to guide the assessment of learning outcomes, completed at the workplace. There may be a short RCC/RPL process to cross-credit learning already achieved - perhaps 50 credits of learning.

The 'knowledge' courses will need to be run mostly through distance studies. So this resource from educause is useful as it provides the 'how to' from a logistical and pedagogical angle. We may need to support the 'microlectures' with fortnightly 'tutorials' to help learners with areas where they may have to surmount a 'threshold' concept'. Block courses and day-release type arrangements will be logistically difficult, given the learners will be shift workers.