Dr Anthony 'Skip' Basiel – Blended Learning Solutions

4th IEMA Global Event 30/10/2025

“Global Education Forum 2025: From Tradition to Transformation – Reimagining Relevance, Value, and Skills to Build Adaptive, Purpose-Driven Education Systems that Truly Empower the Future” 
Event Concept Note: https://iema.org.uk/IEMA_Event_4_GLOBAL_EDUCATION_FORUM_Concept_Note_30-10-2025.pdf
As a member of the Webinar Keynote Speaker’s Expert Panel I was asked about government or organisational policy with respect to the university of the future.
I will add a weblink to the recording of the session for my full response, but a summary is below:

• The University of the Future will see a shift from the current formal instructional model to embrace informal learning opportunities. My book chapter in the ACPI publication, ‘The University of the Future’ is entitled:
  ‘What learning designs and systems
  can support next-generation higher education stakeholders?‘
  You can download the full draft at: https://tinyurl.com/FutureUniversityDesign
  or see the video presentation at https://youtube.com/watch?v=poOKnkIPNH8&feature=shared
• Government policy and organisational procedures will need to shift from the current top-down model (e.g. Management to Learner) to a bottom-up (Learner-informed curriculum development approach) or Web 2.0 structure.
• This paradigm shift in higher education will recognise the value of informal learning as identified by Lombardo, et al. (1996) with the 70:20:10 Learning Design:
  70% challenging (informal) assignments
  20% developmental relationships
  10% formal learning and development training
• The 70:20:10 Webinar design ( See https://abasiel.uk/2020/05/24/702010-webinar-design/ ) is my adaptation of informal learning to an interactive immersive web video conference. The figure below highlights the key elements:

This diagram shows the 3 stages of the 70% (Informal), 20% (Social) and 10% (formal training) being linked to examples of an instructional model. Training may be a ‘talking head’ video lecture. A breakout room discussion can be seen as social learning, while informal learning can happen in an open-ended role-play or online simulation where there is no single ‘correct’ solution to a problem. In each learning design there is a mix of theory related to the topic and how the principles are applied to form a conclusion. This is known as ‘Praxis’ (See https://abasiel.uk/?s=Praxis&searchbutton=go%21 ).

Guest Speakers
One example of informal learning in higher education is seen with the use of guest speakers from industry. There is no set curriculum or learning outcomes to be tested. Rather the ‘Industry Experts’ share real-life experiences from work projects to state lessons learnt or ‘tips to success’. I have successfully hosted monthly podcasts in the past getting positive feedback from stakeholders. You can see a ‘Guest Speaker Proposal’ document at https://tinyurl.com/InformalGuestSpeaker. A sample of my monthly webinar informal interviews with guest speakers can be seen at: https://youtube.com/watch?v=YOT_piG54as&feature=shared for the Learning Zone Talks series.

Please do email abasiel@gmail.com if you are interested in exploring these topics in more detail or if you would like to discuss hosting a webinar workshop for your organisation.
Yours, Dr Anthony Basiel