This webinar will give an overview of the Blended Learning Consortium. This is a group of more than 10% of UK Colleges, led by Heart of Worcestershire College, who are working together to co-develop and share high quality blended learning resources, for the sector by the sector.

The webinar will be led by Peter Kilcoyne and Peter Robinson of Heart of Worcestershire College. 

Peter Kilcoyne leads the team that won 2015 TES and 2014/15 AoC awards for their work in successfully implementing blended learning across Heart of Worcestershire College and supporting other colleges across the sector in implementing their own blended learning curriculum.Peter has been ILT Director at Heart of Worcestershire College (previously Worcester College of Technology) since 2006. Previous to this he has worked for Jisc as an ILT Curriculum Advisor and has had 14 years’ experience working as a Lecturer and Manager in the FE and HE sectors.

Peter Robinson is Assistant Principal for Higher Education and Standards at Heart of Worcestershire College. He started his career in Further and higher Education in 1994 after working in international trade, and has always been aware of the need for learners to develop independent learning skills, to help them secure long-term success in a constantly changing and evolving marketplace. Peter has taught at all levels in Further Education, and throughout his teaching career he has integrated the use of new learning technologies with pedagogical theory. In 2015, the Heart of Worcestershire College won both the Association of Colleges Beacon Award for the Use of Technology in Learning and the Times Educational Supplement for most innovative use of ILT in a further education setting. These two awards were given for the college's new blended learning model, which places ILT equitably alongside "classroom-based learning" for all full-time learners at the college, as part of their Study Programmes. As a result of this success and in line with the institution's values to collaborate and innovate, the college has now created a national Blended Learning Consortium. The BLC will create online learning materials and advance their use across the sector.

A RECORDING of the webinar is now available