Blended Learning:A look at the transformation of K-12 education in Idaho

Eric Kellerer – Doceō Center for Innovation in Teaching and LearningEric Werth – Director of E-Learning Services

Sherawn Reberry – Director of Education ProgramsNiki Walker – Blended Learning Manager

Northwest Nazarene University

Idaho Digital Learning Academy

Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning

Eric Kellerer Eric Werth

Sherawn Reberry

Niki Walker

Based on the report: “Transforming K-12 Rural Education

through Blended Learning

• Link to report: http://www.inacol.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/iNACOL-Transforming-K-12-Rural-Education-through-Blended-Learning.pdf

Why is this important research?

• Education week has ranked Idaho #48 in K-12 Education

• 60% 4-8th graders are not proficient in math• 65% 4-8th graders are not proficient in reading• 10% of Idaho students will graduate from

college.

Blended Learning Defined

A formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through online delivery of content and instruction with some element of student control over time, place, and at least in part at a supervised location

away from home(Horn & Staker, 2011)

Blended Learning

Participants of the Study

Categories Investigated

• General Uses• Communication• Academic Ability• Student Engagement• Teacher-related Impacts

Survey Branches

Participants n=627

37%

63%

Male

Female

Benefits of Blended Learning

Self-paced Learning

Struggling or Absent Student Resource

Ability to innovate

Monitoring learning

Using student data

Providing 1:1 Instruction

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Better or Much Better After The Same, Better, Much Better Before

Less Positive Impacts

Student Attendance

Teacher-Teacher Comm.

Teacher-Parent Comm.

Student-Student Comm.

Special Education

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Better or Much Better Much Worse, Worse, The Same

Correlations - Relationships

Self-paced learningTeacher ability to innovate

Overall Quality of Student Work

Providing ResourcesStudents ability to locate resources

Self-directionStudent perseveranceOverall quality of work

Advice from Participants

Best Practices

Barriers

Training

TechnologyTime

Tenacity

Before the Study

Implications for Educators

• Implementing blended learning takes time• One must persevere through initial struggles• Build lessons/materials as you go• Seek formal and informal training (before

and after)

Implication for Students

• Students taking responsibility for their own learning

• Interest level of students during instruction• Student perseverance• Overall quality of work

Questions?

http://tinyurl.com/IdahoReport