BLENDED LEARNING

CID Learn @ LunchPresented by Robin Popow

WORKSHOP TOPICS Definition of Blended Learning What the data is telling us… Trends Why use it? What can it help to solve? What does it look like? Strategies & Tools Design Strategies Resources & References

DEFINITION OF BLENDED LEARNING

…blended learning courses combine online and face-to-face time in an optimal way to improve student learning outcomes and to

address important institutional issues.Sloan Consortium

DEFINITION OF BLENDED LEARNING Offers more effective pedagogical practices

providing opportunities for interactive rather than transmissive strategies.

WHAT THE DATA IS TELLING US… Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in

Online Learning - A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies (Means Report 2010):

Instruction combining online and face-to-face elements had a larger advantage relative to purely face-to-face instruction than did purely online instruction.

Effect sizes were larger for studies in which the online instruction was collaborative or instructor-directed than in those studies where online learners worked independently.

WHAT THE DATA IS TELLING US…

Effect sizes were larger for studies in which the online and face-to-face conditions varied in terms of curriculum materials and aspects of instructional approach in addition to the medium of instruction.

Blended and purely online learning conditions implemented within a single study generally result in similar student learning outcomes.

TRENDS Horizon Report 2012

Time-to-Adoption Horizon: 1 Year or Less Mobile Apps Tablet Computing

Time-to-Adoption Horizon: 2-3 Years Game-Based Learning Learning Analytics

Time-to-Adoption Horizon: 4-5 Years Gesture-Based Computing Internet of Things

WHY USE IT? WHAT CAN IT HELP TO SOLVE?

A safe way for instructors or departments to explore learning online without launching a fully online program or initiative.

Offers a way to meet Net Generation student expectations for a more technologically enhanced and pedagogically diverse learning environment that also provides some scheduling alternatives.

Has the potential to produce cost and time savings (even though developing and teaching a blended course is at least initially more labor intensive), while also improving student engagement, achievement, and access.

 

Source: ELI Discovery Tool: Blended Learning Workshop Guide

WHY USE IT? WHAT CAN IT HELP TO SOLVE?

Offers the possibility of varying and flexing the

amount of time that learners are expected to spend online and use technology to meet their own needs, as well as curricular and programmatic needs.

Has the potential—depending on how it is deployed—to reduce the burden on physical space. For instance, twice as many class sections could be accommodated in a model where courses are scheduled to meet alternatively during the week 50% online and 50% face-to-face.

 

Source: ELI Discovery Tool: Blended Learning Workshop Guide

WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? Examples & Models: Enable more skills development time - Auto Collision Repair Allow for diverse cultural participation - SFU M.Ed forums http://

www.knowledgeforum.com/Kforum/Products/Intro/audiooff/tour1.html

Assessment portfolio and reflection tool - BScN Portfolios & Gradebook

Practice alternative to audio lab - Court Interpreting (dev) Repository of lab experiments - Science Moving theory out of the classroom - The inverted classroom:

http://derekbruff.com/site/blog/2011/04/28/mobile-learning-and-the-inverted-classroom-edusprint/

Convert theory to student created content opportunities - uses for mobile devices: http://www.k12handhelds.com/101list.php

HyFlex model – lectures: http://www.educause.edu/Resources/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAbouttheHy/218263

The replacement model (NCAT): http://www.thencat.org/PlanRes/R2R_Model_Rep.htm

STRATEGIES & TOOLS Integration, Relationship, Accountability What content or types of content are best delivered face-to-face and

what can be delivered in a non-face-to-face setting or online? Community Building, Student Collaboration, Assessment and

Evaluation Describe what the integration, relationship, and accountability

mechanism might be… Simmons University Faculty Interviews:

Tips for blending http://at.simmons.edu/blendedlearning/learnhow/casestudies/teeley/interview.php

Engaging Students with Authentic Voices: http://at.simmons.edu/blendedlearning/learnhow/casestudies/teeley/interview.php

Group work: Integrating Online & f2f http://at.simmons.edu/blendedlearning/learnhow/casestudies/volkman/interview.php

Group work: Generating higher-order thinking http://at.simmons.edu/blendedlearning/learnhow/casestudies/volkman/interview.php

Facilitating Online Discussions: Creating community http://at.simmons.edu/blendedlearning/learnhow/casestudies/volkman/interview.php

Collaborative Course Design: Increased Depth of Learning http://at.simmons.edu/blendedlearning/learnhow/casestudies/morner/interview.php

DESIGN STRATEGIES Take the time to design the entire course, as

opposed to one piece at a time while the course is in progress.

Remember to build in plenty of activities and engagement opportunities.

As much as possible, provide students with a learning experience that includes individual contact and assistance via assessment, prompt feedback, and communication.

RESOURCES & REFERENCES Simmons College - Blended Learning Case Studies http://at.simmons.edu/blendedlearning/index.php The Sloan Consortium http://sloanconsortium.org/ International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (VCC subscription pending) http

://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-mobile-blended-learning/1115 Educause 146 Blended Learning Resources.

http://www.educause.edu/Resources/Browse/HybridorBlendedLearning/33312 ELI Discovery Tool: Blended Learning Workshop Guide. http://www.educause.edu/blendedlearning The Blended Learning Tool Kit. http://blended.online.ucf.edu/blendkit-course-blendkit-reader-chapter-1/ Hype Cycle 2012. Gartners. 2012. http://sembassy.com/2011/10/gartner-hype-cycle-2012/ Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning

Studies. U.S. Dept of Education. 2009. http://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based-practices/finalreport.pdf

The Horizon Report. Educause. 2012: http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/HR2012.pdf

Upcoming Conferences:  The 9th Annual Sloan Consortium Blended Learning Conference & Workshop

April 23-24, 2012 Milwaukee Wisconsin. http://sloanconsortium.org/conference/2012/blended/welcome The 5th Annual National Blended Learning Conference 2012 March 21-23, 2012 Sydney, Australia http://liquid

learning.com.au/documents/BLC0312/BLC0312_W.pdf