Belfast Metropolitan College: Laying the foundations for college-wide blended learning

Belfast Metropolitan College: Laying the foundations for college-wide blended learning Belfast Metropolitan College is committed to enhancing the attainment and employability of its learners by ensuring the most effective use of digital technology in teaching and learning. To this end, the college’s centre for excellence (CfE) has a team dedicated to advancing technology-enhanced learning (TEL) across the college. Its role in 2016 has included producing the organisation’s TEL framework, advising on procurement, delivering training for staff and assisting departments in developing exemplars of blended learning. Embedded in the TEL framework is the strategy for blended learning. To turn the college’s strategic aspirations for blended learning into reality in 2017– 2019, the TEL team has started the process of procuring a new learning management system (LMS) and rolling out a programme of competence-based training for over 600 academic staff