Title: Activity 3.5: Design the blend for your course
Course: Stage 3: Online and Blended Teaching > Section: 3. Exploring Blended Learning and developing Activity Profiles

Purpose: Consider factors influencing the extent of online/offline and synchronous/asynchronous blending for your course provision

Timing: 20 mins

Tool: Forum

Resource: Blended Learning Grid Template (.xls); Exploring Modes of Provision (Mallinson, 2020)

Task: Ascertain an appropriate placement for your course on the grid provided

Questions:

- Where is your course currently on the continua for technology and physical location? (fill cell on the grid with red)
- Where would you like it to be? (fill cell on grid with green)
- What factors do you need to address to make the change?
  - Type your plan for addressing these factors where indicated on blended grid template

Response: Using the Grid template provided:

- Save your completed template file to your laptop and to your Private Files area in Moodle
- Share your file with the group by attaching it to your forum contribution
- Take a look at at least one other contribution, and comment constructively by replying to the post.