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2. Chapter 2: Planning a Blended Learning Course

Chapter 2 Title: Planning a Blended Learning Course

This chapter will guide learners on how to design and structure a course that blends in-person and online learning.

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Why Planning Matters
A well-structured blended course ensures that learners benefit from the best of both physical and digital instruction. Planning helps align learning outcomes with teaching activities and assessment methods.

Steps to Plan a Blended Course

Define learning objectives
- What should learners know or do by the end of the course?
Select appropriate tools
- Use Moodle activities like Forums, Quizzes, Assignments, and Videos.
Balance face-to-face and online elements
- Decide what is best taught in class versus online.
Set a clear timeline
- Create a course schedule with deadlines and live session dates.
Prepare resources early
- Upload reading materials, videos, and quizzes in advance.

Example
A weekly blended course may start with a face-to-face session to introduce the topic, followed by online discussions, readings, and a short quiz in Moodle.

Subchapter 2.1: Tools for Blended Course Design

Moodle provides powerful tools for structuring your course, such as:

Books for content delivery
Forums for peer discussion
Quizzes for self-assessment
Assignments for collecting learner work
Pages and Labels to organize content

Effective blended courses make strategic use of these tools to support learning objectives.

Subchapter 2.2: Aligning Activities with Outcomes

To ensure learning is effective:

Start by writing clear, measurable objectives
For each objective, choose an activity that supports it
- E.g., "Explain the concept of blended learning" → use a Forum
- "Apply Moodle tools to create a course layout" → use an Assignment

Use the Backwards Design approach: start with what you want learners to achieve, and plan activities that lead to that goal.