What’s so special about Blended Learning?

Balancing Time and Place

Flexibility is Key

Anytime/anywhere workEase of schedule Improved control Freedom from large classesFlexibility Convenience

Student Involvement in Online Learning, Dziuban, et al

What motivates students to enroll in online courses?

Place can be more flexible

Mobile Learning adds convenience

1) take it easy2) focus on design, not technology3) use resources already available (open

content, etc.)4) don’t go it alone5) manage your students’ expectations6) anticipate problems

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Tips on Hybrid Courses

•threaded discussion, blogs, journals, •wikis (collaborative writing), •mobile learning (see Twitter recording), •assessments tool, •assignment tool, •research projects,• peer review, •media projects (video/audio/graphics), •presentations, •virtual worlds (simulations, role playing)

Interactions outside the classroom

Web-based technologies

Who is doing Blended Well?

Babson Survey Research Group, Class Differences: Online Education in the United States, 2010 , The Sloan Consortium

Dabbagh, Nada, The Online Learner: Characteristics and Pedagogical Implications, Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 7 (3), 217-226

Howard, Samuel B, The Benefits of Face-to-Face Interaction in the Online Freshman Composition Course, MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching Vol. 5, No. 4 December 2009

Mendernach B., et al, Learner Attribute Research Juxtaposed with Online Instructor Experience: Predicors of Success in the Accelerated, Online Classroom, Journal of Educators Online, Vol 3, No. 2 July 2006

Dziuban, Charles, et. al. Student Involvement in Online Learning, Alfred P Sloan Foundation, October 2007

University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Hybrid Courses, http://www4.uwm.edu/ltc/hybrid/

Blended Learning at Simmons College http://at.simmons.edu/blendedlearning/ Blended Learning Initiative at University of Illinois at Chicago,

http://exedweb.cc.uic.edu/blended/blendedlearninginitiative.html

References & Resources:

1. Eka pada kapotasana variation by Kelly Loves Whales

2. Scale by fortinbras3. Skype Brothers by Andrew Scott4. Macbook Air and Sandisk Cruzer by NoWin5. University of Chicago, Eckhart Hall By

jsutc iffeℓ6. Cloud_Queen by lennysan7. Layers by Incase.8. What’s the Story ebook on iPad… by shiftstigma9. Augmented reality game… by nilsmengedoht

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