You're Teaching a Hybrid Class Etudes Summit 2015
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You’re Teaching a Hybrid Class
Now What?
Jim Marteney
Congratulations You Were
Just asked to teach a
hybrid class
Let the Excitement
Begin
Life is Good
Or Were You “Persuaded
”
Suddenly
Reality Sets In
Confusion
Now What?How do you use the technology?
Were You Well
Trained?
Have a Good
Support System?
Where Do You Turn for Help?
Not just Technology questions
but, teaching questions
Ever Felt All Alone?
Teaching Online is Isolating
But here we are to help you
get started
How can we use
Technology?
Does it really Help?
“In the elementary classroom, we typically think of incorporating multiple instructional strategies, instead of the ‘sit and get’ instructional model of long ago.”
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/10/16/blended-math-core-301/
Technology being used in elementary schools
What is the difference between
A blended course?
A flipped course?
An online course?
A web enhanced course?
Dr. Desmond Keegan
An Online course
In 1979 he initiated the international journal Distance Education, which is now in its 36th year of publication
Laid the foundation of differentiating Distance Education from regular study
Proposed some of the fundamental issues that are still outstanding
The Role of Time Synchronous TechnologyAccess Equity and Social Impact of Distance Education
Skills Required by Learners and Teachers in using Electronic TechnologyThe Market and Willingness of Students to Partake in Electronic Classrooms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Keegan
Distance education and training result from the technological separation of teacher and learner which frees the student from the necessity of traveling to “a fixed place, at a fixed time, to meet a fixed person, in order to be trained” Desmond Keegan
http://www.sabri.org/EDTECH-01/Definition.htm
An Online course
A Web Enhanced course“Web-Enhanced Courses are face-to-face courses that use any form of electronic media to post information, deliver content, provide learning resources, and foster student interaction outside the classroom. Even though web-enhanced courses use the internet and other online media, they are not considered distance education courses, because instruction takes place in the classroom. Technology is used to support instruction instead of being the main source of course delivery.”
http://online.pasadena.edu/faculty/face-to-face-course-support/aboutwebenhanced/
A Web Enhanced course
Jason Beaton
Effective?
“The first class I taught web enhanced (Summer 2012) has been the only class I've ever taught where all students passed with a grade C or Better. There are a lot less D's and Fails since web enhancing my face to face class”
A course where videos are watched at homes and are used to provide instruction so that the face-to-face portion of the course can be used for activities
A Flipped course
A Blended course
at least in part through online learning, with some element of student control over time, place, path,
and/or paceat least in part in a supervised brick-and-mortar
location away from homeand the modalities along each student’s
learning path within a course or subject are connected to provide an integrated learning experience.
An education program in which a student learns:
http://www.christenseninstitute.org/blended-learning-definitions-and-models/#sthash.7paSuSPf.dpuf
Is Blended learning Superior to f-2-f classes?
http://elearningindustry.com/why-blended-learning-is-better
Resources can also be managed efficiently with a minimum of fuss.
Engaged more and driving his/her individual learning experience to some degree,
In a Blended course learner is
Is more likely to cater to varying learning styles. as different learners have different learning styles
Benefits for the instructorInstant feedbackThe ability to quickly assess learner performance and needs based on reporting, testing or quizzing via the LMS.
http://www.teachthought.com/blended-learning-2/the-definition-of-blended-learning/
Blended Courses
“integrate online with traditional face-to-face class activities in a planned, pedagogically valuable manner.”
The essence is clear: Hybrid education uses online technology to not just supplement, but transform and improve the learning process
A professor not simply start a chat room or upload lecture videos and say he is leading a hybrid classroom.
http://www.teachthought.com/blended-learning-2/the-definition-of-blended-learning/
Successful blended learning occurs when technology and teaching inform each other: material becomes dynamic when it reaches students of varying learning styles. — Education Elements
In other words, blended classrooms on the Internet can reach and engage students in a truly customizable way.
Blended Courses
Create Something New.
Doug Thomas and John Seely Brown
Learners enjoy—and need—both structure and freedom.
One of the challenges that learning leaders face is “to find a way to marry structure and freedom to create something altogether new,”Blended learning allows you combine structure and freedom to customize a training program for your organization’s specific needs, whether that’s adding more games, social learning, discussion-based activities or face-to-face components.
Blended learning’s real strength:
http://www.teachthought.com/blended-learning-2/the-definition-of-blended-learning/
Does Blended Learning Work?
transforms a largely transmissive method of teaching–say, a professor lecturing for what feels like an eternity–into a truly interactive one.
It sounds ideal on paper, but does it work? A 2010 meta-analysis published by the U.S. Department of Education suggests it does. According to the report, students exposed to both face-to-face and online education were more successful than students entirely in one camp or the other.
Teachers must be committed to and well trained in blended and hybrid education and its technologies
http://www.teachthought.com/blended-learning-2/the-definition-of-blended-learning/
Is There a Catch?
Of Course
No educational model is one-size-fits-all
My First AttemptGroup Communication
How much class content is on ground or online?
Do I test on ground or online?
What percentage of class is on ground or online?
Are all activities on ground or some online?
How do I make both parts interesting
Challenges
Understanding that teaching a blended course is more challenging than teaching either a face-to-face or totally online course
ChallengesConvincing students that both parts of a blended course are necessary.
Students may engage in the part they enjoy the most, either on ground or online.
They tend to pick the one delivery method of the class they are more comfortable with.
Challenges
All classes will have different needs in their on ground and online balance
There is no one formula that works for all blended class situations
Challenges
Blended courses more challenging
Must convince student that both parts of the course are necessary.
All classes will have different balance of needs
There is no one formula that works for all
But, there are are some standard questions.
Challenges
Let’s explore them now.
What is the Purpose of a Blended Course?
Less time students need to be at school.Is it just
or
Engages student while they are out of the class
Lets students direct their own learning example mathIncreases peer to peer interaction
What is benefit to the Learners?
Select a Class You Teach
We are going to blend it
How Will the Online and On Ground Work Together?
Big picture of overall class strategy
How are Your Learning Objectives Best Delivered?
Which objectives translate best through the on ground portion of the class
Which objectives translate best through the online portion of the class
How is Content Best Delivered?
Which content translates best through the on ground portion of the class
Which content translates best through the online portion of the class
How Often Will a Blended Course Meet?
Los Angeles Valley CollegeTheater 100
Must class meet live on a regular basis?
NOTE: This class will meet face to face from 6:45-9:55pm on the following Days: Sept 3th, Sept 17th, Oct 8th ,Oct 22nd, Nov 5th, Nov 19th, and Dec 12th. All other coursework will be conducted online
Kathy Pyles
Assessing Blended Course Learners?
Which assessments will you conduct online?
Which assessments will you conduct “on ground"?
How will your grading policy reflect the importance of both the online and on ground components of the course?
Activities for Blended Classes
Online ActivitiesCase studiesVirtual field tripsOnline study forums“Guest Speakers”
Recorded lecturesSelf assessment online quizzesLow stakes or no stakes exercises to measure understandingGroup projectsDiscussions (more theoretical and more depthPeer Review
Activities for Blended Classes
On Ground ActivitiesMini lectures to introduce new/difficult concepts
Debrief to check for understandingHands on lab workTutorials to work through problem sets
Small group discussions (more spontaneous)Simulations, live and in realtimeIn class debatesDeliver presentationsPresent group materialsPeer Review
How will you teach your learners
That both parts of your class are crucialTo become comfortable with both parts of your class
How will you make it clear this is a blended course?How will you explain the purpose of each format (online and unground?)
Final Thoughts
Stephanie DelanyDean, Seattle Central
College
“Put on the hat of your learner. Approach your class with a completely empty mind.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdI9a1m0quo