Blending Instruction:

1. Blending Instruction: a survival guide for confused teachers..! Nikos Mattheos University of Bern, SwitzerlandMalmö University, Sweden ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

2. ”if you want them to learn... ...confuse them! ” Rolf Attström, Monday morning 8.00, Periodontology department corridor, Malmö ..! ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

3. A little bit of History! Distance Learning (DL) Open and Distance Learning (ODL) Flexible Learning Distributed Learning Blended Learning ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

4. ...and what is blended learning ? 1. ”traditional” + electonic/web based 2. face to face + distance/self-paced 3. Different pedagogic approaches ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

5. ”Blended learning is only new to people who were foolish enough to think that delegating the entire training role to the computer was going to work..!” Jay Cross, 2004 ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

6. E-mail Web boards Team work Search engines Multimedia Chat Audioconference Project work On-line library Seminars THE SOUP MODEL ! ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos Mattheos N. 88th Annual FDI Congress, Paris 2000.

7. Invimeds consortium Education will be enhanced and improved through technology as long as the focus remains on learning ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

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9. Virtual Learning Environments Learning Content Management Systems ”Instructional technology software created for educational use, primarily used as course support or as vehicles or on-line courses.” Minielli Ferris, 2005 ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

10. Web page or CDwith images + e-mail discussion Forum Blended Learning ! Undergraduate teaching of Oral Pathology: LecturesSeminarsClinicTextbooks - ArticlesAtlasMicroscope Lab TraditionalConventionalDidacticFace-to-Face ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

11. A B • loads of transparencies • One Amphitheatre • Three lectures per week • 100 students ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

12. Digitise transparencies +Internet + Three lectures + Asynchronous board 40students in lectures23 hits on the web2 comments on the e-board 2 e-mails A ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

13. One opening lecture • Digitise - Internet • Links - references • Individual – Grouptasks ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

14. 20 + questions ! ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

15. One opening lecture • Digitise - Internet • Links - references • Individual – Grouptasks • self- assessment • Peer critic • Invite ”guest” expert ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

16. A B Blended Learning ! He ”blended” media to deliver instruction She used media to ”blend” - self-assessment- teamwork- peer critic- external assessment- interaction ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

17. ”Keep the end in mind ! ” ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

18. Why bother? Learning Styles ! Diveristy in Learning ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

19. “With blended learning, schools and teachers can increase the engagement of students in the learning process and accommodate a variety of learning styles.” Liz Pape. From Bricks to Clicks: Blurring Classroom/Cyber Lines. www.Aasa.org 2006 ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

20. Pasta? Fish? Meat? Beans? Ice cream? ...Blend ! ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

21. Learning styles - Blended learning Simpson C & Du Y. 2004.Effects of learning styles and class participation on students’ enjoyment level in distributed learning environments. Richmond AS & Liu L. 2005. Student learning styles of traditional courses versus online distyance courses. Terrell SR & Dringus L. 2000.An investigation of the effect of learning style on student success in an on-line learning environment. No correlation between specific learning styles and computer enhanced instruction ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

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23. Myers - Bryggs: Rose: Extraversion - IntroversionSensing - IntuitiveThinking - FeelingJudging - Perceptive Visual AuditoryKinesthetic Tactile Kolb: Felder & Silverman: AccomodativeAssimilativeDivergentConvergent Active - ReflectiveSensing - IntuitiveVisual - VerbalSequential - Global ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

24. Computer is a tool - it can be used to favour any learning strategy or style ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

25. to ...blend on not to blend? Instructional Advantages: - simplicity, accessibility, flexibility - management of learning process, documentation Educational Advantages: - pedagogic strategic choice - better than purely on-line education ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

26. to ...blend on not to blend? ...because students will like it more ...because this way you will accommodate more learning styles ...because it is be more effective ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

27. ”Blended learning focuses on optimising achievement of learning objectives by applying the right learning technologies to match the right learning style to transfer the right skills to the right person at the right time” Singh H & Reed C. Singh H & Reed C. A white paper: Achieving success with Blended Learning. www.Centra.com 2005. ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

28. ”The term blended-learning is ill-defined and inconsistenly used. Whilst its popularity is increasing, its clarity is not. Building research around this term becomes an impossible project, since without a common concept of its meaning there can be no coherent way of synthesising the findings of studies, let alone developing a consistent theoretical framework.” Oliver M (London) & Trigwell K (Oxford) 2005 Oliver M, Trigwell K. Can blended learning be redeemed? E-learning, Vol2, Nr1, 2005. ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

29. ”Blended is a transitory term. Soon it will join other terms in the dustbin of has-beens. In the meantime, ”blended” is a stepping stone to the future. It reminds us to look at learning challenges from many directions. It makes computer-only training look ridiculous. It drives us to pick the right tools to get the job done”. Jay Cross Jay Cross, In: Foreword, Handbook of blended learning. December2004 ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

30. Thank You ! ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos