Not exact matches
Adopting what are becoming tried - and - true
blended -
learning models (yes, I know it still may be too soon to use that phrase for
blended learning, but I just did it) to individualize
learning for students and improve teachers» lives is better than remaining stuck in a failed factory -
based model of schooling, even if the
model is not the most innovative thing ever that pushes the
blended -
learning field forward for students.
Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate
blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project -
based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in
blended -
learning models to launch a competency -
based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.
At least one
blended -
learning school, Summit Public Schools, is partnering to build its own solution to the problem and use content from different sources to support the new competency -
based learning model it is developing, which seems like a smart backward integration.
On this week's podcast, Marty West talks with Larry Kearns, a principal at Wheeler Kearns Architects, a Chicago -
based design firm, about how he and his team designed two charter schools to support their
blended learning models.
Innovations is among a small group of district -
based trailblazers to use the «flex
model» of
blended learning as its foundation.
It can limit new
models of
learning — like online,
blended or competency -
based education through geographic or enrollment caps, or by restricting the use of funds to purchase digital content; or it can support them by building a strong, sustainable and accountable framework.
Certainly
blended -
learning schools that are integrating project -
based learning — as part of the face - to - face component of
blended delivery
models — may also be providing space for interest -
based explorations.
The school is pushing the bounds of
blended learning with a Flex
model that is competency -
based.
The piece focuses on Teach To One, a math curriculum used to power the Individual Rotation
blended -
learning model whereby students receive an individualized schedule and instructional plan each day
based on their performance the day prior.
Colleges and universities, high schools, and training and tutoring centers can use the online
learning platform to create and deliver self - paced, live online or
blended courses — without the need for third - party plug - ins or added costs to support advanced features and support any number of students with a flexible, SaaS -
based pricing
model.
Educators have developed 6
models for
blended learning, and teachers and / or schools select from among them
based upon their unique student populations.
Summit is using a complex competency -
based model of
blended learning that gives students significant ownership over their
learning.
There are several
models of
blended learning that became increasingly popular during the last years, which could be used as the
basis for further lesson plan development.
Design a school that pays more and reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013 Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows promising alternative to closing failing charter schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City -
based organizations» roles in quality digital
learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better
Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve
learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different
Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now What?
Responding to individual student data in real time — or even on a daily
basis, as happens in many
blended -
learning models today — is a significant and important shift for teachers to master.
Yet it is an interesting hybrid of both existing
models: it combines the governance reforms of the RSD and ASD with a big push for competency -
based,
blended learning.
Combinations of practice may also prove important categories: looking ahead, much as our
blended -
learning taxonomy work has aimed to do, the field might try to formulate a taxonomy that describes the universe of practices in competency -
based schools, and from those, extrapolates common combinations of practices or «
models.»
The next paper will analyze the role of
blended learning in a subset of these schools to better understand which
blended learning models appear best suited to supporting competency -
based education.
For Backler and his team, competency -
based education undergirds the flexible pacing that is inherent in their particular
blended -
learning model.
As a form of
blended learning, the flipped classroom
model makes it possible for teachers to have more interaction with students on a one - on - one
basis.
Like
blended learning, the flipped
learning model of education combines face - to - face classroom instruction with computer -
based activities, making a point of integrating technology into the lesson, rather than simply having it play a supplemental role.
A
blended professional
learning model supports site -
based professional development and builds educators» skills in creating high - quality assessments and lesson plans aligned to the standards.
As part of this initiative, they are looking to integrate project -
based learning, personalize education, and implement
blended learning models in their pedagogical practice.
As a strong proponent for student - centered instruction, she uses a
blended learning model for her students using a strengths -
based approach to differentiate for all student needs.
An increasing number of schools are adopting
blended -
learning models in which classroom -
based teaching is integrated with online
learning in order to meet disparate student needs.
It is important to note that this research only addresses full - time online charter schools and does not assess the performance of other charter public school
models, including
blended -
learning programs (many of which are classroom -
based).
GaTAPP is a performance -
based, job - embedded teacher preparation program for teacher candidates to earn an induction and professional teaching certificate via a
blended -
model professional
learning training that includes demonstration of proficient classroom performance, external field experiences, and support from an assigned Candidate Support Team.
Thus, along with an overall focus on high school redesign, North Carolina has highlighted STEM education at the secondary level by making STEM - related fields the theme of many of the redesigned high schools and by developing a replication
model for future efforts that
blends project -
based learning with a pre-engineering curriculum.
One D.C. teacher designed and implemented a tech - driven
blended learning model for his class — one that's self - paced and constructs a mastery -
based approach to
learning.
Most regional sites provide significant content and skill building in next gen academic
models, which integrate
blended, competency -
based, and personalized
learning to different extents.
C21 Canada is a unique
blend of national education associations and knowledge sector businesses united in their belief that 21st Century
models of
learning must be adopted in public education on an urgent
basis to position Canadians for economic, social and personal success in the high skills, knowledge and innovation
based economy.
All of these next generation
models combine
blended learning environments with the Buck Institute Gold Standard for project -
based learning.
Our breakthrough
model is a
blend of personalized, self - directed, digital, experiential and project -
based learning, designed to spark motivation and meet the interests and needs of Venture's diverse family of previously underserved learners.
Data - Driven Instruction is the backbone of the entire
Blended Learning Model and drives the use of Flexible Instructional Grouping to remediate individual standards for students on a daily
basis.
Personalized
Learning is a
blended classroom -
based and nonclassroom -
based public educational
model that is tailored to the needs and interests of each individual student.
VLACS, a virtual school serving students across New Hampshire in grades 5 - 12, is developing a 100 percent self - paced, competency -
based learning model framed not around courses but around a map of required competencies that students may master through any number of possible
learning opportunities.In the VLACS Aspire «experiential
blended learning»
model,
learning experiences in real - world, community -
based settings serve as the face - to - face component in addition to traditional classroom -
based learning that is integrated with online
learning opportunities.
The study divides online
learning into two broad categories — virtual schools and
blended -
learning schools — and,
based on data from 50 experts, reports that «the average overall per - pupil costs of both
models are significantly lower than the $ 10,000 national average for traditional brick - and - mortar schools» (p. 1).
The
blended learning model at Thrive integrates technology throughout a curriculum built upon project -
based learning, targeted instruction, and tinkering.
Independent Study; Parent Engagement; Technology; Personalized
Learning; Legal Issues; Instructional Strategies for Individualized learning; Developing an Online Edu Program; Successful Hybrid Models; Introduction to Online Learning; How to Present an Online Class; Blended Learning; Implementing the New «Course - Based» Independent Study Model; Open Education Resources; Training for Teachers; Supporting Students in the Transition to Blended; Staffing Models; Implementation Challenges and Solutions; Success Stories; The Cost of Implementing Blended Learning; The Changing Policy and Regulatory L
Learning; Legal Issues; Instructional Strategies for Individualized
learning; Developing an Online Edu Program; Successful Hybrid Models; Introduction to Online Learning; How to Present an Online Class; Blended Learning; Implementing the New «Course - Based» Independent Study Model; Open Education Resources; Training for Teachers; Supporting Students in the Transition to Blended; Staffing Models; Implementation Challenges and Solutions; Success Stories; The Cost of Implementing Blended Learning; The Changing Policy and Regulatory L
learning; Developing an Online Edu Program; Successful Hybrid
Models; Introduction to Online
Learning; How to Present an Online Class; Blended Learning; Implementing the New «Course - Based» Independent Study Model; Open Education Resources; Training for Teachers; Supporting Students in the Transition to Blended; Staffing Models; Implementation Challenges and Solutions; Success Stories; The Cost of Implementing Blended Learning; The Changing Policy and Regulatory L
Learning; How to Present an Online Class;
Blended Learning; Implementing the New «Course - Based» Independent Study Model; Open Education Resources; Training for Teachers; Supporting Students in the Transition to Blended; Staffing Models; Implementation Challenges and Solutions; Success Stories; The Cost of Implementing Blended Learning; The Changing Policy and Regulatory L
Learning; Implementing the New «Course -
Based» Independent Study
Model; Open Education Resources; Training for Teachers; Supporting Students in the Transition to
Blended; Staffing
Models; Implementation Challenges and Solutions; Success Stories; The Cost of Implementing
Blended Learning; The Changing Policy and Regulatory L
Learning; The Changing Policy and Regulatory Landscape
In the Classroom Literacy; Online
Learning; Common Core
Models and Best Practices; Math Education; Culturally Relevant Education; Backwards Instructional Design; Achievement Gap Strategies; Differentiation / Intervention Strategies; English Learners; Supporting Struggling Students; Multi-age Classroom Instruction; Common Core;
Blended Learning; Teacher Evaluation; Smarter Balanced Assessments; Project
Based Learning; Grading Systems
Most personalized
learning models are also examples of «
blended learning,» so called because they rely on a
blend of traditional teacher - led and technology -
based instruction.
Alex Hernandez, a partner at the Charter School Growth Fund, led our first group discussion of a
blended learning school
model, First Line Schools
based in New Orleans.
As a flexible, cloud -
based solution, ESPAÑOL is designed to accelerate Spanish language and literacy gains in any
blended learning model, including station rotations and flipped or bilingual classrooms, with:
To look at different
models that can be applied, such as project
based learning and flipped and
blended classrooms
Maximize the impact of your summer school program with Achieve Intensive: the flexible, cloud -
based literacy solution that works in any
blended learning model — and empowers students to work anywhere, anytime, and on any device for even more time on task and even greater
learning gains!
In less than 2 years Thrive was named one of the top 100 Schools Worth Visiting and is a National
Model School for Next Generation
Learning for its innovative use of Project
Based,
Blended and Social Emotional
Learning.
As part of its consulting services, Agylia offers a broad range of
learning and development related services, including providing advice, guidance and recommendations on creating mobile
learning, microlearning and
blended learning centric curricula from existing classroom
based delivery
models.
An understanding of the different instructional
models such as project
based learning and flipped and
blended classrooms
During this course, participants will explore different
models that can be applied, such as project
based learning, flipped and
blended classrooms.
Partnerships: The Planning Grant winners include organizations with deep experience in school reform — such as BattelleEd (OH), Building 21 (PA), Internationals Network for Public Schools (NY), and New Tech Network (FL)-- that are joining in «Breakthrough School Developer Partnerships» with districts or charters to incorporate breakthrough personalized, competency -
based, and
blended learning approaches into their existing academic
models.