Are You Ready to Blend? Transform Teaching and Learning

1. Are You Ready to Blend?Transform Teaching and Learning TamerinCapellino, Ed.D. Assistant Professor, Instructional Designer and Co-Chair Ed.D. in Organizational leadership Brandman University

4. What is Blended Teaching & Learning? • Incorporates the best of face-to-face learning and online strategies. • Blending is not new. Teachers have always blended their methods. • Guiding Principle: Use the right tool, in the right situation, for the right purpose.

5. Definitions • “the thoughtful integration of classroom face-to- face learning experiences with online learning experiences” • “Blended learning combines online with face-to-face learning. The goal of blended learning is to provide the most efficient and effective instruction experience by combining delivery modalities”. • “Blended learning - mixed mode or hybrid - learning is the integration of face-to-face (F2F) learning with online learning activities”

6. 21st Century Skills 21st Century Learning

7. Effects of Technology on Classrooms & Students • Change in student & teacher roles (Students do most of the work. The teacher is a facilitator of learning.) • Increase in student motivation and self esteem • Increase in students’ technical skills • Increase in student collaboration with peers • Improved presentation skills/ attention to details 2c

10. Post-Secondary Online Enrollment

11. Blended Learning Models

12. Where is your classroom on the continuum?

14. Lab Rotation Model

15. Classroom Rotation Model

16. The Flipped Classroom

17. Trends

19. MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)

20. MOOCs in Higher Education http://sloanconsortium.org/

21. “Learning To Do” http://educurious.org/

22. Learning Platforms • Learning Management Systems • Social Learning Platforms • Blended Learning Platforms • Instructional Improvement Systems • Online Learning Providers • Adaptive Content Providers • Assessment and Data Platforms • Grade-level collections and tablet bundles

23. https://www.coursesites.com/webapps/Bb-sites-course-creation-BBLEARN/pages/index.htmlhttps://www.coursesites.com/webapps/Bb-sites-course-creation-BBLEARN/pages/index.html

24. http://www.edmodo.com/

26. Free Tools

27. https://www.khanacademy.org/

28. Live Audience Polling http://www.polleverywhere.com/

29. Free websites and blogs • Drag and drop interface • Easy to use (little technical skills required) • Dozens of design templates http://www.weebly.com/

30. Wikis http://www.wikispaces.com/

31. SurveyMonkey https://www.surveymonkey.com/

32. Prezi http://prezi.com/ http://prezi.com/-hqxdxzhxviz/teaching-for-the-future/

33. Online Engagement • Below are some examples of online engagement: • Online discussions • Case studies • Online tests/quizzes • Practice exercises • Virtual tutorials or labs • Essays (submit online) • Online literature searches • Simulations

34. Pedagogical Reasons for Online Engagement • Allow for new types of assignments.  • Refocus classroom time.  • Allow for collaboration.  • Encourage reluctant participants.  • Accommodate different learning styles and levels.  • Give instant feedback to students.  • Archive course information.  • Deliver online or distance education courses.  • Provide students with transferable skills for other courses and in their careers.  • Be environmentally friendly. 

35. Can it be blended?

36. Contact Info. Dr. TamerinCapellino capellin@brandman.edu tcapellino@verizon.net Drtamerincapellino.weebly.com (website)

37. Resources/Links http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/01/08/survey-finds-online-enrollments-slow-continue-grow#ixzz2Rnwp1M3Chttp://sloanconsortium.org/ http://edudemic.com/2010/07/the-100-best-and-free-online-learning-tools/