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What do we know about blended learning to inform police education? A rapid evidence assessment

Belur, Jyoti; Glasspoole-Bird, Helen; Bentall, Clare; Laufs, Julian; (2022) What do we know about blended learning to inform police education? A rapid evidence assessment. Police Practice and Research: an international journal 10.1080/15614263.2022.2073230. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

This paper presents the findings of a rapid review of evidence on what works in blended learning in adult education which was undertaken to support the evidence informed introduction of blended learning in police education nationally across all police forces in England and Wales. Following a systematic search, screening, and quality assessment process, 42 studies, including 10 systematic reviews, were included in the final synthesis. Findings suggest that blended learning is at least as good as, if not more effective than, only face-to-face, or only online learning methods. The research evidence highlights the importance of bespoke design to suit learner needs and the type of content to be delivered, as well as the importance of providing appropriate support to both instructors and learners to engage with blended methods. Based on the findings, a toolkit is provided to guide police educators in designing and delivering curricula using blended methods.

Type: Article
Title: What do we know about blended learning to inform police education? A rapid evidence assessment
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/15614263.2022.2073230
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2022.2073230
Language: English
Additional information: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
Keywords: Police education, training, blended learning, evidence synthesis, course design
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10148570
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