Open Educational Resources (OER) Blended Learning Universe. Blended Learning. What is blended learning? Blended learning is not the same as technology-rich instruction. It goes beyond one-to-one computers and high-tech gadgets. Blended learning involves leveraging the Internet to afford each student a more personalized learning experience, including increased student control over the time, place, path, and/or pace of learning. The definition of blended learning is a formal education program in which a student learns: at least in part through online learning, with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace; at least in part in a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home; and the modalities along each student’s learning path within a course or subject are connected to provide an integrated learning experience.
What are the most common models of blended learning? The majority of blended-learning programs resemble one of four models: Rotation, Flex, A La Carte, and Enriched Virtual. Blended Learning Universe Blended Learning MOOC May 2013. iNACOL Resources. A variety of research, reports, and resources regarding online and blended learning are available for members and future members. These resources are an important aspect of the ongoing work of iNACOL and its members. Publications and Reports iNACOL Reports and Research Reports and publications bring into focus the latest research on online and blended learning programs, as well as promising practices from the field. View all iNACOL Reports and Research Competency Education Competencies are the knowledge, skills, and/or behaviors students must master in a specific content or performance area. View all Competency Education National Quality Standards Quality standards from iNACOL.
View all National Quality Standards Promising Practices in Online and Blended Learning This series explores some of the approaches being taken by practitioners and policymakers in response to key issues in online and blended learning in six papers released throughout 2008 and 2009. View all Promising Practices Presentations. Blended Learning Implementation Infographic (Digital Learning Now) Classifying-K-12-blended-learning2.pdf. Quality Matters Program | 16 of the Best Blended Learning Resources. In February 2014, Edreform.com published a paper on digital and blended learning that points out over “68 percent of parents support digital learning” and “digital learning has tri-partisan support, with 61 percent of Republicans, 65 percent of Independents, and 67 percent of Democrats in favor.”
Such strong support may make blended learning the future standard for education. How can you make blended learning a success in your school or classroom? The following resources explore the topic from various angles. Become a Blended Learning Expert Image via Flickr by flickingerbrad Blended learning uses both in-person and online methods to teach students, and there are several different models for implementing it in the classroom. These resources explain the basics of blended learning, but they also dig deeper and can help you decide which approach may be best for your students. Tools to Make Blended Learning Work Blended learning is about more than teachers and technology. Is K–12 blended learning disruptive?An introduction to the theory of hybrids. Download the full white paper By Clayton M. Christensen, Michael B. Horn, and Heather Staker May 2013 The Clayton Christensen Institute, formerly Innosight Institute, has published three papers describing the rise of K−12 blended learning—that is, formal education programs that combine online learning and brick-and-mortar schools.
Introduction to sustaining and disruptive innovation There are two basic types of innovation—sustaining and disruptive—that follow different trajectories and lead to different results. Disruptive innovations, in contrast, do not try to bring better products to existing customers in established markets. Theory of hybrids Often industries experience a hybrid stage when they are in the middle of a disruptive transformation. How to spot a hybridHybrid innovations follow a distinct pattern. Hybrid models of blended learning In many schools, blended learning is emerging as a hybrid innovation that is a sustaining innovation relative to the traditional classroom. iNACOL | May 2014 | How Do Teachers Implement Blended Learning in the Classroom? Edutopia onlinelearning mastering online discussion board facilitation. Knocking-down-barriers.pdf. Blended Learning Theory and Design Principles | Teaching and Learning Excellence. Blended Learning Theory and Design Principles Behaviorism Identify goals and objective to be learned; create environments for learning that assists the learner in acquiring goals; review, examine and consider adopting and adapting existing materials before developing new ones.
Implications for online learning Learners should be told the explicit outcomes of the learning so they can set expectations and can judge for themselves whether or not they have achieved the outcome of the online lesson. Learners should be tested to determine whether or not they have achieved the learning outcome. Learning materials must be sequenced appropriately. Simple to hard, known to unknown, knowledge to application.
Cognitivism Implications for blended learning Strategies should be used to allow learners to approach the information in ways that allows for transfer of knowledge into working memory. Constructivism Keep learners active by engaging them in meaningful activities that result in high-level processing. Online Professional Learning - Quality Checklist. Don’t make these mistakes with flipped learning. Blended Learning: Using technology in strategic and innovative ways to personalize learning for students. In partnership with BetterLesson is making effective blended learning practice visible and accessible to every educator in the world. BetterLesson has chosen 11 of the highest-performing blended teachers in the country to capture and share their effective practices.
All of the Blended Master Teachers have one thing in common: they use technology in strategic and innovative ways to personalize the learning of their students. The high-definition strategy videos and teacher-created artifacts you'll find here represent a unique body of practice by blended learning teachers for blended learning teachers. The number of strategies and artifacts from this project will grow every week for the next several months. Please enjoy, use, and share these fantastic resources! Browse Blended Topics Jessica Anderson Deer Lodge, MT Rural 8 years experience 31 Strategies Jeff Astor Los Angeles, CA Urban 4 years experience 27 Strategies Tanesha Dixon Washington, DC 11 years experience 28 Strategies Freddy Esparza 30 Strategies.