Virtual Learning Network

Focus

Ensure teaching practices are reflective and changing from traditional to blended learning.

Explanation

The teaching group have been involved in professional learning to help them to adjust to the different requirements of teaching within the LCO. They will be able to co-construct learning environments with other teachers and with the learners themselves. They will be working in communities of practice with other teachers and their cohort of students will be both face to face and online.
The tools teachers use will be chosen to enable flexible learning opportunities that fit the variety of learning dispositions of students and will allow for changes in LMS systems. The teachers will use a variety of these tools and develop programmes and resources that support synchronous and asynchronous learning opportunities.

Action

Build on the professional learning of the teacher cohort through established connections with the professional development of other learning communities. Teachers engage in professional groups around their year level or curriculum.

Supporting Resources

Teaching Online Impacting Classroom Practice: Examples from Two VLN Teachers

In this digital story two eTeachers describe how teaching for one of the Virtual Learning Network clusters has impacted on their face-to-face classroom teaching.

Notice how each teacher describes the change in mindset that occurred as a result of teaching in the video conferencing and online environment.

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