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The collaboration produced and delivered a Level 9 blended learning Postgraduate Certificate in Programme Design and Validation in Further Education and Training (PGPDV). The March 2020 COVID-19 outbreak forced the pilot course to move fully online. 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The outcome was a jointly developed and delivered Level 9 blended learning Postgraduate Certificate in Programme Design and Validation in Further Education and Training (PGPDV). The delivery of the pilot course was significantly challenged by COVID-19’s sudden arrival in March 2020, forcing the course fully online. This article gathers feedback on lessons learned and offers practical steps to guide adult educators in pivoting courses for online delivery.  \nKeywords: COVID-19, Blended-Learning, Online-Learning, Student Feedback‘It was all going so well until the pandemic struck’ – March 2020.  \nContext  \nIn the recent past, the Further Education and Training (FET) sector has been undergoing extensive change at all levels of organisation. The thirty-three Vocational Education Committees (VECs) were reconfigured into sixteen Education and Training Boards (ETBs) in 2013, and the education function of FÁS was transferred into the ETBs for local and regional coherence. Alongside these macro changes came many regulatory policies. The most relevant to the content of this article was the Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) Policies and Criteria for the Validation of Programmes of Education and Training (revised 2017), that changed the quality assurance processes underpinning programme development for FET providers.  \nThe Further Education Support Service (FESS) had ongoing discussions with Maynooth University Department of Adult and Community Education on ways in which they could jointly support the professional development ofFET staff. Feedback from FESS staff about the new QQI validation criteria identified their need for education and training that would support course developers to implement (QQI) Policies and Criteria for Programmes in Education and Training. Arising, the Level 9 CPD (Continuous Professional Development) Certificate in Programme Design and Validation was developed in 2019.  \nProfile of Collaborative Partners  \nThe Further Education Support Service (FESS) was set up in 1997 to provide ongoing support to Education and Training Board (ETB) FET staff and SOLASfunded providers offering programmes leading to QQI certification. The FESS operates through the respective ETBs via an independent steering committee and is funded by SOLAS.  \nMaynooth University Department of Adult and Community Education (MUDACE) is the only higher education academic adult education department in the Republic of Ireland. Established independently in 1974, the department’s course provision ranges from short part-time certificate courses and flexible degrees to postgraduate and doctorate level courses.  \nFinola Butler (FESS) and Dr. Josephine Finn (MUDACE) devised the 20-credit Level 9 blended learning certificate in Programme Design and Validation in Further Education and Training (PGPDV) and Maynooth University accredited the course in August 2019.  \nIntroduction  \nThe innovative pilot Postgraduate Certificate course commenced in January 2020 with nineteen registered students: seventeen participants from nine ETBsand two participants from independent FET providers. The student profiles are outlined in Figure 1.  \n21%  \n5% 74%  \n Quality Assurance  \n Teaching Manager/Coordinator, Tutor  Programme Management  \nFigure 1. PGPDV Student Profiles? Roles in FET  \nThis case study will outline the course, it’s mode of delivery, and how the course had to adjust to the COVID-19 restrictions in March 2020. Nothing has had such a system-wide impact at all levels of education and training delivery as the COVID-19 pandemic.  \nCourse Team  \nThe PGPDV C","cbCaitchDZqIHZlH","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitchDZqIHZlH","pdf",225447,12,"English","# Context\n## Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) Policies\n# Profile of Collaborative Partners\n## Further Education Support Service (FESS)\n## Maynooth University Department of Adult and Community Education (MUDACE)\n# Introduction\n# Quality Assurance\n# Course Team\n# Course Outline\n## Course objectives\n## Mandatory modules","[{\"question\":\"What collaboration drove the PGPDV programme’s development and delivery?\",\"answer\":\"The PGPDV was jointly developed and delivered through a partnership between Maynooth University Department of Adult and Community Education and the Further Education Support Services, based on identified professional development needs for FET staff.\"},{\"question\":\"How did COVID-19 affect the course delivery in March 2020?\",\"answer\":\"The delivery of the pilot course was significantly challenged by COVID-19’s sudden arrival in March 2020, which forced the course to be fully online.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the three mandatory modules in the PGPDV course?\",\"answer\":\"The course consists of three mandatory modules: Validation of programmes in FET (5 credits), Curriculum theory and application in programme development (10 credits), and Critical evaluation and quality assurance in programme validation (5 credits).\"}]","Blended Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic - A Case Study of Practice | PDF",1792066517]