The Challenge Of Blended Learning: Why EdTech Is Still In Its Infancy Why EdTech Is Still In Its Infancy first appeared on forbes.com and wiredacademic.com “The technology is five years behind where it needs to be.” It was the complaint of yet another school trying to build a blended-learning model that utilizes multiple providers. “The software content providers are proprietary. So went the grumbling from another blended-learning school. What strikes me as most noteworthy about these comments, however, is just how un-noteworthy this state of the industry is in any industry. At the outset of any industry, the technology tends to be immature and not yet good enough for the majority of users. As Clayton Christensen and Michael Raynor observe in The Innovator’s Solution, “by definition, these products are proprietary because each company will develop its own interdependent design to optimize performance in a different way.” But as an industry matures, the technology improves. As this happens, customers begin to prioritize new dimensions of performance.
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Innosight's Michael Horn on How 'Blended Learning' and Technology Can Bridge the Education Gap - Arabic Knowledge@Wharton Michael Horn sees the Internet providing access to a range of products and services that will help improve the way people can learn. While adult education is where on-line learning initially got its start, Horn predicts that half of high school courses in the U.S. will be taken online in less than a decade. Horn co-wrote the bestselling book Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns with Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen. In the future, Horn predicts the majority of students will be engaged in what he calls "blended learning" where they'll learn online with control over the pace of their learning in schools with teachers providing guidance. An example Horn cites is the Khan Academy, launched in 2006 by Salman Khan, a Bangladeshi-American with a mission to provide high quality and free education to anyone in the world through an online platform. An edited transcript of the conversation follows. Michael Horn: Absolutely. I'll give a U.S.
How Blended Learning is gradually influencing the Present Education Scenario - Distance Learning There is a common myth that the advent of online education is surely to bring a stop to face-to-face education. It is true that online education is now the catchphrase and it is likely to overpower students of all generations, but there is no way that the concept of traditional brick and motor education is going to fade. In fact, the blended format of face to face education and online learning is emerging as a global force for waking the world to a new dawn of enlightenment. Blended Learning in the Present Scenario Many universities are looking forward to blended form of education. Image: psesd.org Blended Learning, the Current Way of Learning If distance learning is to be brought to limelight, educators need to be proactively part of blended learning that is becoming an integral part of education. Blended learning includes a few distinct methods of learning. • Tweaking blended online instruction and education with a faculty member or a coach • Webinars • Web cams for coaching and meetings
Will Rocketship Change Its Learning Labs? Rocketship Schools in the Bay Area have been one of the trailblazers in the ever-changing landscape of blended learning. Located in low-income neighborhoods, the schools’ Learning Labs — where students spend up to 90 minutes a day on computers working on math and literacy software — has been one of its defining characteristics. But this model isn’t working, some Rocketship teachers say, and because it’s a charter school network with evolving systems, it may soon be changing, according to this PBS Newshour story. “There’s definitely an aspect of us kind of not knowing enough about what’s going on in learning lab to be able to use that in our classrooms,” said teacher Judy Lavi. “We don’t yet get data that says, OK, teach this differently tomorrow because of what happened here. Adam Nadeau, principal of Rocketship Mosaic Elementary, says he doesn’t think the Learning Lab model will continue next year. Rocketship is being closely watched by those both inside and outside education circles.
omartech Student perspective: the benefits of blogging Jenny Love, a PhD student at the UCL Energy Institute, explains how writing a blog complements her studies and boosts her employability. My first experience of blogging was at the Cheltenham Science Festival, which I wrote about for the UCL Events blog. Although several people had suggested that I start my own blog, it wasn’t until our departmental communications assistant asked me more formally that I actually did so. It’s quite a new thing and I’m trying to write one post per month, each time collaborating with a different person in the field of energy – normally from my department. For my PhD, I’m looking at the effects of home energy efficiency measures on the occupants. I tend to blog about energy issues which relate to normal people’s lives. While blogging doesn’t directly contribute to my PhD, it is indirectly helpful in a number of ways. The second benefit is more about complementing my PhD work and keeping up with the wider field of energy. Read Jenny’s blog
6 Types of Blended Learning Blended Learning is not so much an innovation as it is a natural by-product of the digital domain creeping into physical boundaries. As digital and social media become more and more prevalent in the life of learners, it was only a matter of time before learning became “blended” by necessity. That said, there’s a bit more to Blended and “Hybrid” Learning than throwing in a little digital learning. 6 Types of Blended Learning Face-to-face DriverRotationFlexOnline LabSelf-BlendOnline Driver The following infographic takes a different approach to the concept, labeling it “Disruptive,” and even offering an interesting matrix. Blended Learning at GrayHarriman.com What is Blended LearningWhy use Blended Learning?How does one create Blended Learning?What medium can be used in Blended Learning?What are the challenges of Blended Learning?What are the advantages of Blended Learning?Blended Learning resources. What is Blended Learning? 1. 2. Why use Blended Learning? 1. 2. 3. 4. How does one design Blended Learning? To design blended training, the instructional designers start by analyzing the training or course objectives and braking them down into the smallest possible pedagogically (for children) or andragogically (for adults) appropriate chunks (learning object). After the course or training has been chunked, the best approach to deliver each segment of instruction (learning object) is identified. The course is then aggregated by grouping the instruction logically while taking into account the medium of delivery. What medium can be used in Blended Learning? The medium is not limited to technology and can include: Blended Learning Resources:
My Family Using Blogs to Integrate Technology in the Classroom, Education Up Close, Teaching Today Using Blogs to Integrate Technology in the Classroom As the Internet becomes an increasingly pervasive and persistent influence in people's lives, the phenomenon of the blog stands out as a fine example of the way in which the Web enables individual participation in the marketplace of ideas. Teachers have picked up on the creative use of this Internet technology and put the blog to work in the classroom. The education blog can be a powerful and effective technology tool for students and teachers alike. What is a blog? Blogs are set-up like conventional Web sites, with navigation links, and other standard Web site features. Postings are often short and frequently updated. Although blogs have been around for years, they have recently gained in popularity and consequently have received more media coverage. Blogs work well for students because they can be worked on at virtually any time, in any place with an Internet-enabled computer. Blogs may be viewed publicly, as any other Web site.