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Hybrid Courses at OHS

Hybrid Courses at OHS. Erin Halverson , Jessica Wagner, Lauren Gendron , and Teri Preisler Staff Development Day January 16, 2012. Hybrid Courses. What are Hybrid Courses ? Also called a “blended course”

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Hybrid Courses at OHS

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  1. Hybrid Courses at OHS Erin Halverson, Jessica Wagner, Lauren Gendron, and Teri Preisler Staff Development Day January 16, 2012

  2. Hybrid Courses • What are Hybrid Courses? • Also called a “blended course” • Courses where students meet for face to face classes while parts of the course are provided online through course delivery software (LMS) • LMS is Learning Management System – Moodle, Brain Honey, D2L, and others • Implementation in other Districts • Districts as small as WCA (app. 500 students) to Anoka-Hennepen • Mounds View, New Prague, Bloomington, Simley HS, Fegus Falls, Centennial, and many more • WCA student video

  3. OHS – Hybrid Courses • Last Year- Some of our Late Starts focused on Hybrid Learning. In the spring, Dr. Johnson asked if anyone would be interested. • Interested- • College Readiness • Online resources and feedback • Previous Experience • Lab space • Flexibility

  4. Moodle Training (All of us) Over the Summer • Lauren, Jess, Erin, Angie, Cassie, Denise, Connie, and Teri were all trained on how to use Moodle. • Lauren, Jess and Erin decided to implement for the fall for full courses • Curriculum Development was individually done. We each looked at how we could chunk our content in order to deliver a rigor hybrid learning experience for our students.

  5. Communication • Students • Moodle/Blog Guidelines • Common Language for Hybrid Classes • Instructional Day • Workshop Day • Moodle Guidelines and Acceptable Use Policy was discussed in class. Taken home to parents to be signed and returned in order for student to stay in class.

  6. Course Schedule • Instructional Days- In Class- Teacher Driven- Instruction. • Workshop Day- Student Driven-outside of class student activities. • Erin’s AP World History • Jess/ Lauren Composition

  7. What does Moodle look like? • AP World History • Lectures and Presentations, Notes, Discussion Forums, Online & Offline Assignments, Video Clips, Announcements • Composition • Links, Online & Offline Assignments, Samples, Smart Board Lessons, Daily Guided Instructions, Announcements

  8. Instructional Tools beyond Moodle • Live@edu • Skydrive • Microsoft Office Products • Editing/ File Sharing • Email • Embedded Content • TokBox • Voki • Video Clips

  9. Feedback • Survey- questions about Hybrid/ Moodle Delivery System • Positive • AP World History • Composition • Parents Feedback • Conversations at Conferences • No Negative Feedback from Parents

  10. Moving Forward: What would we do the same? What would we do different? Increase/ Vary / Try out Instructional Tools Online Office Hours Online Peer Edit Groups Flip Classroom- Grammar Units • Curriculum is working. • Workshop/ Instructional Days Structure is working. • Instructional Tools that we currently use are working.

  11. Benefits Students Teacher One on One/ Conferencing Timely Electronic Feedback Lab Space! • Flexibility • Time Management • Work Space • Understanding of Content • Students asking more questions. • College Readiness Skills • Former Students • Self Advocacy Skills

  12. Online Resources • www.moodleshare.com • moodle share courses • http://www.mnlearningcommons.org/

  13. Next Steps • Reset and Revise the current class for next semester. • Continually adding new content • Using new instructional tools • Continue to work with District IT and Southeast Service Cooperative. • If you’re interested? Contact Dr. Johnson, Mr. Randall, or Mrs. Preisler • Set up course – format, alignment with current Hybrid Courses, training, timeline for implementation • Hybrid Teacher Group (PLC?)

  14. Questions

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