Cymraeg

3. Professional learning blend

Provides more access and flexibility, ensures learning is grounded in practice.

When we talk about ‘the blend’ in professional learning, we are referring to a balance of four approaches.

  • Live: instructional or collaborative learning, outside the practitioner’s classroom.
  • E-based: online, using digital tools for accessing content, and for communication and collaboration.
  • Classroom: practice-based learning, often driven by action research or close to practice research.
  • Coached learning: working closely with a coach, who can focus on the specific personal learning needs of the practitioner.

Achieving the right blend between these approaches can maximise opportunities for practitioners and leaders.

Reflect on a ‘Talking Head’ video from an expert in flexible blended learning focusing on the importance of this element in the context of the wider national approach.

  • Previous

    Schools as learning organisations: national approach to professional learning