BLENDED LEARNING September 21, 15.00 16.00 WEBINAR PREVIEW - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
BLENDED LEARNING September 21, 15.00 16.00 WEBINAR PREVIEW - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
BLENDED LEARNING September 21, 15.00 16.00 WEBINAR PREVIEW Definitions of blended learning The role of the student The role of the teacher Blended learning models Challenges and success factors Framework for creating a
WEBINAR PREVIEW
- Definitions of blended learning
- The role of the student
- The role of the teacher
- Blended learning models
- Challenges and success factors
- Framework for creating a blended learning course
- Example of blended learning (video)
- Questions and answers
What is/isn‘t blended learning?
- Students take notes on their lap tops during teacher‘s explanation.
- At home one group of students of English watch a Youtube video about advantages
- f blended learning while the other group watch a video about disadvantages. In the
classroom they go deeper into the topic and finally take part in a pro-and-contra debate on blended learning.
- An adult student from Mexico is taking an online course in digital marketing.
- Students do French grammar practice on their tablets in the classroom.
- Peter is taking a course about data mining via Coursera (MOOC).
- In the classroom, primary students rotate between different stations (work in small
groups, online work, project work).
What does blended learning mean to you?
Different definitions
- Combination of face-to-face learning and distance
learning (Frendo, 2005)
- Face-to-face + e-learning (Smith & Baber, 2005)
- Combination of methodologies (P-P-P and TBL)
- Combination of technologies
- Blended learning combines face-to-face components
and appropriate use of technology (Sharma, Barret; 2007)
The Clayton Christensen Institute
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.
Source: http://www.christenseninstitute.org/blended-learning-definitions-and-models/
What does it bring to the student?
- 1. PERSONALISATION
- 2. STUDENT OWNERSHIP
- 3. RELATIONSHIPS
- 4. MASTERY-BASED EDUCATION
How does teacher‘s role change?
TRADITIONAL ROLE
- LECTURER
- USING FIXED GROUPS
- FOCUS ON CONTENT
- EXPLAINER
NEW ROLE
- FACILITATOR
- DYNAMIC GROUPINGS
- FOCUS ON CONTENT, SKILLS,
MINDSET
- INTERVENER
BLENDED LEARNING MODELS
- Flipped classroom
- Rotation (station rotation and lab rotation)
- Flex
Station rotation
Face-to-face vs online part ratio
HYBRID DUAL TRACK INTEGRATED
50 % - 50 %
3 factors of success according to Sharma
- APPROPRIACY
- COMPLEMENTARITY
- ATTITUDE
+ TRAINING
Some powerful statements
- Let computers do what they do best so that teachers can do
what they do best.
- Teachers build relationships, help students draw connections,
create light bulb moments.
- The teacher shouldn‘t be the sage on the stage, but a guide on
the side.
Example of Blended learning Highlander Institute:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BGoqKN_Od0
Framework for creating a blended learning course (Sharma, 2016)
STEP 1: CONTEXT STEP 2: COURSE DESIGN STEP 3: LEARNERS AND TEACHERS/TUTORS STEP 4: EVALUATING AND DEVELOPING THE BLEND
STEPS
STEP 1: CONTEXT Reasons and limiting factors STEP 2: COURSE DESIGN What? Lead mode, setting the pace, time allocation Pedagogic purpose Arrangements of modes in the timetable
Framework for creating a blended learning course
Methodology Complementarity Where?
- STEP 3: LEARNERS AND TEACHERS
Who and what roles Interaction patterns Level of autonomy Support
Framework for creating a blended learning course
- STEP 4: EVALUATING AND
DEVELOPING THE BLEND How will the blend be evaluated? How will the blend evolve?
Some references
Author Year Title Publisher
Pete Sharma & Barney Barrett
2007 Blended Learning: using technology in and beyond the classroom Macmillan
Edited by Bryan Tomlinson and Claire Whittaker
2013 Blended Learning in English Language Teaching: Course Design and implementation British Council
Edited by Mike McCarthy 2016 The Cambridge Guide to Blended Learning for Language Teaching
CUP
Blended learning course: www.coursera.org/learn/blend
Tina Baloh UPI-ljudska univerza Žalec (Žalec Adult Education Centre) tina.baloh@upi.si Fore more webinars go to: www.dlearn.eu