Adapting the teaching cycle a guide to online

Adapting the teaching cycle - a guide to online course design and delivery Nick Chadwick & Tom Casserley

Introduction • The COVID-19 pandemic has temporarily closed educational institutions and training providers across all sectors. • Many teachers, trainers and managers have been forced to adapt their planning, delivery and assessment methods to provide effective online and distance-based services for their learners. • The purpose of this interactive webinar is to share your recent experiences of how the COVID-19 closures have affected your teaching and identify how you as a teacher have transitioned from the classroom to online. • The Teaching and Learning Cycle will be applied to this webinar, we encourage you to share best practice on what teaching methods have worked well and highlight areas for consideration when delivering teaching remotely.

The Teaching Cycle ‘The teaching and learning cycle is a systematic process which ensures your learners have a positive experience and are able to achieve their goals’ (Gravells, 2014) Activity! 1. We will investigate each stage of the cycle how you have changed your planning and delivery during lockdown 2. What technologies, resources and teaching methods have helped you within the current pandemic? 3. What has been the feedback from learners and colleagues?

1) Identifying Needs What will happen at this stage? Finding out about your learners Initial and diagnostic assessments Agreeing individual learning plans (ILPs) Ensuring learners are on the correct programme of study • Identifying any individual learning requirements • • How have you transitioned from classroom to online/distance learning?

2) Planning and Design What will happen at this stage? • Syllabus/specification • Aim/objectives • Scheme of work • Session plan • Teaching environment How have you transitioned from classroom to online/distance learning?

3) Delivery/Facilitation What will happen at this stage? • Pace • Pitch/voice projection • Time management • Developing rapport/respect • Varied approach/resources How have you transitioned from classroom to online/distance learning?

4) Assessing Learning What will happen at this stage? • Checking learning has taken place • Formal and informal methods of assessment • Obtaining feedback to make improvements How have you transitioned from classroom to online/distance learning?

5) Evaluation Obtaining feedback on: • • • Teaching methods Admin Assessment Meeting course objectives Meeting learners’ needs Gaining learner feedback How have you transitioned from classroom to online/distance learning?

Recap Thank you for attention and participation throughout the webinar You will receive a Certificate of attendance: Thank you on behalf of Train Aid & The Society for Education and Training