Have you Heard? Blended learning can provide new opportunities
to expand student learning, and assist schools in meeting local,
state and national expectations. Blended learning can provide an
opportunity to differentiate instruction for individualized and
personalized learning for students. This is because blended
learning can offer students the benefits of both online learning
and in-person instruction.
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What is Blended Learning? Depends upon who you ask!
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What is Blended Learning? Blended learning is a formal
education in which a student learns at least in part though online
delivery of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace and
at least in part at a supervised brick-and-mortar location away
from home. Innosights 2012 Classifying K-12 Blended Learning
reports definition of blended learning
www.innosightinstitute.org
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What is Blended Learning? The definition of blended learning is
a formal education program in which a student learns: 1.at least in
part through online learning, with some element of student control
over time, place, path, and/or pace; 2.at least in part in a
supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home; 3.and the
modalities along each students learning path within a course or
subject are connected to provide an integrated learning experience.
http://www.christenseninstitute.org/
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We are Blending! Where? When? Why? What?
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How Does Blended Learning Look? Depends upon who you ask!
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Brick-and-Mortar *School Setting Online Learning A La Carte
Model Blended Learning Rotation Model Flex Model Enriched Virtual
Model Station Rotation Lab Rotation Flipped Classroom Individual
Rotation http://www.christenseninstitute.org
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Blended Learning Models 1. Rotation (includes four sub-models)
Station Rotation Lab Rotation Flipped Classroom Individual Rotation
2. Flex 3. A La Carte 4. Enriched Virtual
http://www.christenseninstitute.org
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#1 - Rotation Model students rotate on a xed schedule between
learning activities at least one learning activity is online
learning other activities might include: small-group or full-class
instruction group projects individual tutoring pencil-and-paper
assignments students learn mostly in a school setting, except for
homework
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#1 - Rotation Model Station Rotation students experience the
Rotation Model within a contained classroom or group of classrooms
students rotate through all of the stations, not only those on
their custom schedules
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#1 - Rotation Model Lab Rotation students rotate to a computer
lab for the online-learning station
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#1 - Rotation Model Flipped Classroom students participate in
online learning off-site in place of traditional homework students
attend the school setting for face-to- face, teacher-guided
practice or projects primary delivery of content and instruction is
online easiest way to get into blended learning movement
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#1 - Rotation Model Individual Rotation students have an
individualized playlist and do not necessarily rotate to each
available station or activity teachers set individual student
schedules
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#2 - Flex Model online learning is the backbone of student
learning, yet may direct students to offline activities students
move on an individually customized schedule among learning
activities teacher is on-site and students learn mostly in the
school setting, except for homework teacher provides face-to-face
support on a flexible and as- needed basis through activities
(small-group instruction and individual tutoring)
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#3 A La Carte Model students take course entirely online to
accompany other experiences that they are having in the school
setting students may take the course either in a school setting or
o -site differs from full-time online learning because it is not a
whole-school experience students may take some courses A La Carte
and others face-to-face in a school setting
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#4 Enriched Virtual Model students have required face-to-face
learning sessions with their teacher and are free to complete their
remaining coursework remotely online learning is the backbone of
learning because students seldom meet face-to-face with their
teachers on a daily basis online and face-to-face teacher are
generally the same person
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Which One to Use? What if the models do not meet your needs?
Shouldnt we allow content and need to determine the best approach?
Isnt that what blending is all about?
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Ready to Start? Blended instruction is an effective way to meet
multiple teaching and learning needs. If you are ready to make the
transition, take small steps and make connections.
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How to Start? 1.Conceptualize Your Blended Learning Course
2.Design for Interaction 3.Decide Upon Learning Assessments
4.Develop Content
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What Does it Take? 1. Flexibility and Patience 2.
Problem-Solving 3. Willingness to Handhold 4. Ability to Scaffold
5. Willingness to Learn 6. A Full Toolbox 7. A Big Inbox 8.
Willingness to Give Up Time http://www.edutopia.org
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How to Make it Work? Teacher training Teacher tools Schedules
Administrations role MI has a seat time waiver:
www.techplan.org/seat-time-waivers/www.techplan.org/seat-time-waivers/
Policies Technology role Content
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Beyond Course Content? Learning Management System Learning
Style Inventory Collaborative Document Creation Ways to Build
Communication Data Collection Screencasting Software Student
Presentation Tools Digital Citizenship Tools Lots of Links
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Tools & Resources
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Need Tools at Your Fingertips? 3 Critical Mindsets for Blended
Learning 50 Tips to Develop and Run Your Online Courses Blended
Learning: Making it Work in Your Classroom 37 Blended Resources You
Can Use Tomorrow
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Want More? BlendMyClassroom BlendedLearningNow UCF Blended
Learning Toolkit RFF Blended Learning Resources Edutopia Blended
Learning: Resource Roundup MVU Planning Guide for Blended Learning
Donnell-Kay Foundation - Blended Learning Resources If you have
time for 2 videos Introduction to Blended LearningIntroduction to
Blended Learning & 4 Blended Learning Models4 Blended Learning
Models
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Want Journals? Journal of Online Learning and Technology
http://jolt.merlot.org/ MACUL Journal
http://www.macul.org/maculjournal/http://www.macul.org/maculjournal/
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Want to Follow Others? Blogs Ray Schroeder Online Learning
Update Cable Green Open Educational Resources Tony Bates e-Learning
and Distance Education George Siemens ElearnSpace Stephen Downes
Online Learning Daily Twitter @rayschroeder
http://twitter.com/#!/rayschroederhttp://twitter.com/#!/rayschroeder
@cgreen http://twitter.com/#!/cgreenhttp://twitter.com/#!/cgreen
@creativecommons:
http://twitter.com/#!/creativecommonshttp://twitter.com/#!/creativecommons
Need a Grant? blended learning $5 million in grants to support
blended learning programs Waggle Blended Learning Grant will award
up to $5 million, recognizing outstanding blended learning models
in elementary and middle schools.
http://go.triumphlearning.com/acton/media/12753/waggle-blended-learning-grant