Developments in remote and blended learning practice - The work of further education, work based learning and adult learning in the community providers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Recommendations
Further education colleges, work-based learning providers and adult learning in the community partnerships should:
- R1 Quality assure remote and blended learning provision to ensure that all courses or programmes meet a minimum quality standard so as to reduce the variability in provision
- R2 Ensure that leaders and teachers have access to professional learning that supports the development of how to design effective remote and blended teaching and learning, as well as further develop teachers’ pedagogical and assessment skills
- R3 Share emerging and innovative remote and blended learning practice within and across post-16 sectors in Wales and beyond
The Welsh Government should:
- R4 Continue to support the sector with guidance to enable providers to develop quality remote and blended approaches, particularly in supporting the return to direct teaching and training and the assessment of practical vocational and technical skills
- R5 Commission professional learning for the post-16 sector, which is free to providers and helps them to develop specific expertise in remote and blended learning design, teaching, training and learning for their sector to reduce variability of quality in provision
- R6 Enable adult learning in the community partnerships and learners to access a national centralised digital platform to provide remote and blended learning more easily
- R7 Encourage and support providers to share emerging practice in remote and blended learning within and across post-16 sectors in Wales