Blended learning,

an Educational Cocktail: social interaction in a mixture of learning environments

New Orleans, Louisiana, February 4th, 2014

Alejandra Torres Landa LópezPhD

Content

•Purpose•Introduction

•A blended learning course

•The third teacher:• Physical environment• Virtual environment

•Conclusions

Outcomes expected of this poster session

PURPOSE

OUTCOMES

Recognize: the expert of a subject as the FIRST TEACHER, the students as the SECOND TEACHER, and the educational environment (physical or virtual) as

the THIRD TEACHER.

Identify the importance and influence that each teacher has in the teaching and learning process

Learn about our blended learning course for architecture students

Understand how to make an "educational cocktail" using the best qualities of all the three teachers

What do we understand when we talk about learning

INTRODUCTION

LEARNING

LEARNING

at any time

in any place

in an Educational Institution, learning is

influenced by:

Professor

Pears

Environment

process that happens

is a personal and internal process

At the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes

A BLENDED LEARNING COURSE

BACKGROUND Aguascalientes, a city of

about 1, 000,000 people Located approx. 500 km

NW of Mexico city

1867 Science and Technology Autonomous Institute 1973 Autonomous University of Aguascalientes In 2012-2013 school year - 15,907 students:

13,331 in bachelor programs 388 in architecture

ARCHITECTURE

Professionals in Design and Building living spaces, sensitive to environment problems.

Studios, Core of the Curriculum Integrates knowledge, skills and attitudes Students develop different projects Open discussions to offer

constructive criticism and exchange opinions, knowledge, techniques and experiences.

Stat

Physical and Virtual Learning Environment

THE THIRD TEACHER

TEACHERS

The Educational Cocktail

Importance of the

SOCIAL INTERACTION

1. FIRST TEACHER• Expert• Gide• Designs a learning “road map” taking

advantages of the second and third teacher.

1. SECOND TEACHER• Other students, peers• Same language, same interest• No age gap

1. THIRD TEACHER• Physical:

• Physical contact

• Virtual:• Breaks physical barriers

… in a mixture of learning environments. How the student relates to information, teacher, other students and the learning environment. This last one has to be a social catalyst in order to favor the construction of new knowledge.

THIRD TEACHERS

Personal items storageExhibition places

UBIQUITOUS LEARNING

ICT

Virtual infrastructure …

PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

THIRD TEACHERS

Personal items storageExhibition places

UBIQUITOUS LEARNING

ICT

VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

Not interested

Unmotivated

Distracted

Inadequate furniture

Inappropriate spaces

Insufficient technology

VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT Hard to enter Hard to move around the virtual space They prefer Facebook

Is our THIRD TEACHER (educational infrastructure) responding to new educational paradigms?Is it prepared to incorporate emerging technology?

Learning spaces more than walls and bytes

CONCLUSIONS

LEARNING

STUDENT

FIRSTTEACHER

SECONDTEACHER

THIRDTEACHER

KNOWLEDGE

SKILLS ATTITUDES

LEARNING

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thoughts

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lives

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content/uploads/2009/04/social_media_icons_20.jpg Dropbox: https://www.boxcryptor.com/sites/default/files/Dropbox-Logo.png Facebook: http://yucatan.com.mx/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/face.jpg Foros: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-

fX1Ihslkh3c/UHhNQlLmBqI/AAAAAAAAAfc/JVtUNsEkL7g/s1600/37.png Labs: http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/09/LDF12_weblab9.jpg Moocs: http://www.territoriocreativo.es/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/jantofg_TcBlog3_MOOC_7.jpg Portafolio: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qe7mcYoSmm4/Ts9UsmE-4LI/AAAAAAAAAS4/f6r7eDuL-

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ThanksAlejandra Torres Landa López

atorresl@correo.uaa.mx