Blended and Connected Learning

Blended and Connected Learning, Portsmouth's approach to learning and teaching, means that students engage with their studies:

  • Through activities that enable them to take ownership of and critique new concepts, ideas and feedback;

  • In and outside the classroom, synchronously and asynchronously, individually and in teams;

  • For the development and application of subject knowledge, professional and digital skills.

Principles of Blended and Connected Learning

Principles of Blended Learning – Plain text version

We seek to ensure that online learning is:

  • Pedagogy-Led, Flexible and Responsive: Delivery is focused around blended learning to require student engagement, collaboration and reciprocity. It is underpinned by coherent weekly patterns of activity that are based on practical and realistic expectations of engagement.

  • Inclusive and Supportive: Learning and teaching delivery is inclusive and participatory. It reflects the diversity of student strengths and needs, and actively supports student mental health and wellbeing.

  • Staff and Student Partnerships-centred: Staff-student partnerships are central. Learning and teaching is negotiated, co-constructed, and supported by reciprocal dialogue between staff and students.

  • Aspirational: Our world-leading education challenges and inspires all learners with a passion for their discipline and future careers, along with the characteristics outlined in the Hallmarks of a Portsmouth Graduate. We value our staff and their skills to innovate and inspire students in a blended learning context.