New Designs for Professional Learning: Using a blended approach to change
practice
Deb Kitchener and Janet Murphy Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL), Learning Connections
York University York Region District School Board
Goals of the Session• Understand how blended learning impacts
teacher/faculty professional growth• Identify successful implementation
strategies, organizational structures, and delivery systems to support sustainable blended professional learning program delivery
• Understand ‘how to’ leverage technology for innovative change in blended professional learning
New Designs for Learning: Why Bother?
As you watch this clip, think about What is required for learning/working
today? and tomorrow?
North Central Regional Education Laboratory website enGauge®
21st century skills http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/skills/exec.htm
Partnership for the 21st Century Skills
Designing Learning: for today and forward
20th CenturyLocation dependantFewer sourcesDistribution controlledLimited choice‘One size fits all’
21st CenturyLocation independentMultiple sources/ PathwaysDistribution is ‘flattened’Information rich…much of it is freeChoice – Personalized Learning
Engaging learners and preparing them for life in a changing world requires educators to consider new approaches to learning.
Blended Learning DesignsNew Learning Environments• Student-centred learning• Multi-sensory stimulation• Multi-path progression• Multimedia• Collaborative work• Information exchange• Active/participatory/inquiry-
based learning• Critical thinking and informed
decision making• Proactive/planned action• Authentic, real-world context
“Teacher education has the greatest impact on student
achievement” Linda Darling Hammond, February 2009
“Change the terms for teacher learning.” Michael Fullan,
Summer 2007
Can we find some higher ed quotes for Professional learningDEDE for example? Deb – did you get anything from Educause?
Need to change what we do if we want to change classroom practice…
Blended Learning for Professional Growth
Research Focus/Objectives• Professional learning program impact on
professional growth• Development of professional learning
communities• Changes in teaching practice• Improved student outcomes• Obstacles for adoption – individual and
system• Recommendations for system change
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Technology, Content, Pedagogy Knowledge (TCPK): Learning by Designhttp://tpck.pbwiki.com Punya Mishra and Matthew Koehler, Michigan State University
ABEL/LC Professional Learning•ABEL Speaker Series•ABEL Webcast Series•ABEL Digital Literacy Seminar Series•Leadership Program
•ABEL Leadership Roundtable•Leadership Summit – Feb 25
•Self-directed learning - online•Independent learning•AQ opportunities•Training days – face-to-face or virtual
synchronous learning•Summer Institute – Aug 22-24 at York U
Face-to-Face
Self Study Guides
Web-based learning
Webinars Mobile Learning
Learning is:• Relevant• Authentic• Collaborative• Community• Technology• Feedback
Learning is:• Continuous• Reflective• Applied• Research-based• Flexible
Learning is:•Data-driven•Targeted• Shared• Strategic• Facilitated
Learning is:• Modular• Just-in-time• Ongoing• Site-based• Networked• Customized
Coaching/Mentoring
DiscussionForums
Blended Approach – impacting classroom practice
• Multiple learning objectives• Motivating and engaging• Allow for flexible and customized instructional design• Promotes reflection – technology is disruptive• Accessible - web-effective delivery• Provides job-embedded learning opportunities• Cost effective use of resources• Models effective instructional practice for the 21st century
learner
Professional Learning Designs
Inquiry & Critical Thinking
Inquiry and Critical Thinking
Inquiry and Critical Thinking
SummarizeReflectResearch
Discuss
Practice & observationVideo Recording
DiscussSummarizeReflect
Readarticles Onlinepostings
Expert Contentdelivery
CulminatingActivityVideo Conference
Evaluation & Assessment
Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes
1. Technology operations and concepts
2. Planning and designing learning environments and experiments
3. Teaching, Learning and the Curriculum
4. Assessment and Evaluation
5. Productivity and Professional Practice
6. Social, Ethical, Legal and Human Issues
Online Discussion Forum
Video Conference
Chat
Data Collaboration
Digital Media Creation
Access online media
ICT Competencies
Teaching & LearningStrategies
Classroom Management
Research & Innovation at York UDevelop and work within effective partnerships to deliver innovative, real-world solutions to some of today’s most pressing challenges.
Collaborative, Cross-disciplinary, Linked to Community, Innovative,
Mobilize Knowledge
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ABEL First Interim Research Report, June 2003
Teachers have begun implementing broadband technologies in their practice in ways that are breaking through the bounds of traditional pedagogies, offering their students more authentic and engaging learning experiences.
Interim Research Report June 2003
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Subsequent Research Reports
The ABEL program is largelysuccessful in demonstrating:• the value of its collaborative
professional development model.• a true learning community• self-directed professional growth• sustained collaboration• sustained development of new
technical and pedagogical knowledge and exploring new teaching practices
“There can be little doubt that when teachers actively involve themselves in the ABEL program…the nature of that teaching begins to be transformed in ways that support the development of student initiative, collaborative learning, new digital literacies, and substantially heightened student engagement.” Institute for Research on Learning Technologies, 2009
Stan Video
Alice video
Designing Learning and Training21st Century
A Couros, PhD University of Regina
New Designs for Professional Learning
• Job embedded, self-directed, just-in-time
• Application of learning in the classroom, reflection
• Impact upon student engagement and achievement
Face-to-Face
Self Study Guides
Web-based learning
Webinars Mobile Learning
Learning is:• Relevant• Authentic• Collaborative• Community• Technology• Feedback
Learning is:• Continuous• Reflective• Applied• Research-based• Flexible
Learning is:•Data-driven•Targeted• Shared• Strategic• Facilitated
Learning is:• Modular• Just-in-time• Ongoing• Site-based• Networked• Customized
Coaching/Mentoring
DiscussionForums
Debriefs
Pre- and post- workshop coaching
Weekly meetings as learning opportunities
Learning Dialogue
Mentoring
Low Structure
Learning and Training
Self-study, Central Events, Topic Specific,
External
High Structure
Learning from one interaction and
applying it to other situations
Job Embedded - Structure
CdRoms
Social interactions with co-workers
Trial & error
Communities of Practice
Work assignmentsJournals
Books
Unplanned insights from doing the work
Learning by experimentation
Job AidsDiscussion Boards
Ongoing Coaching
Learning by doing
Online Learning
WebcastStreamed eventsPodcasts
http://www.youtube.com/user/abelearn
When simple
change becomes transformational
change……
Implementing changeBlended learning, a new Approach that prepares learners for the future
Leading Learning: A new approach that prepares learners for the future
Problem Solving Model
Professional Learning Designs
Inquiry & Critical Thinking
Inquiry and Critical Thinking
Inquiry and Critical Thinking
SummarizeReflectResearch
Discuss
Practice & observationVideo Recording
DiscussSummarizeReflect
Readarticles Onlinepostings
Expert Contentdelivery
CulminatingActivityVideo Conference
Evaluation & Assessment
Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes
1. Technology operations and concepts
2. Planning and designing learning environments and experiments
3. Teaching, Learning and the Curriculum
4. Assessment and Evaluation
5. Productivity and Professional Practice
6. Social, Ethical, Legal and Human Issues
Online Discussion Forum
Video Conference
Chat
Data Collaboration
Digital Media Creation
Access online media
ICT Competencies
Teaching & LearningStrategies
Classroom Management
Some Facts about Ontario72 School Districts- Anglophone and Francophone- Public and Catholic- Urban, Rural and Remote- Largest school districts in Canada- Diverse student population
21st Century Learning Design
What kind of professional learning do you need to meet the needs of your learners or colleagues?
Student voices
A Problem Solving Model to inform professional learning implementation
Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning
www.abelearn.ca
• Improving results• Transforming practice
• Sustaining change
Higher-order/21st Century Learning Tools
Higher-order/21st Century Learning Tools
How might we…..
The Challenge
Every educator engages in effective
professional learning every day so
every student achieves.
A Problem Solving Model to inform a learning and training implementation
