The role of the trainer in
the blended model of learning is also multi-layered.
Not exact matches
Our lab
blends computation and theory in close collaboration with experimentalists and clinicians, developing machine
learning approaches and statistical
models of next - generation sequencing data.
The process
of learning, maintaining and later accessing information can be
modeled as an ongoing process that
blends new information (content) into a gradually drifting context.
In conclusion, this three - pronged approach to
blended learning empowers students to be in the driver's seat, rather than being the passive passengers in the traditional
model of teaching.
Their new enthusiasm encouraged me to begin experimenting with a «flipped» education
model — a form
of blended learning that calls for students to
learn material outside
of the classroom via video presentations and then apply their understanding in class.
The downside is that the process to arrive there can waste a lot
of time and energy in reinventing the wheel, when, depending on the problem a school is trying to solve, the level
of freedom it has to solve it, and the type
of team it deploys to attack it, there is some predictability to the
blended -
learning model it is likely to adopt.
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.
It is important that we venture down the path
of blended learning, that we're actually doing
blended learning, that we're clear in our
model, and that we share common language.
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.
Wolpert - Gawron discusses the necessity
of protecting face - to - face (F2F) and real - time teacher interaction while conducting online programs and presents five necessary components for creating
blended -
learning models.
There are tremendous resources available to us from books to blog posts, videos to white papers that will support an educator to
learn about, identify different
models of, and seek to begin to utilize
blended learning in their practice.
The Clayton Christensen Institute (Formally Innosight Institute) has an excellent publication that explains and gives examples
of the various
models of blended learning.
Having shifted three key dimensions
of any school — the teaching and
learning, the system structures, and the culture — RHS is now an emerging exemplar not only
of blended learning, but also the steps we must take to grow this strong
model across the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts and even the nation.
Use scavenger hunts, Twitter, and back - channel chats to engage students in a variety
of mobile -
learning activities to support your
blended -
learning model.
A recent rigorous RAND study
of Carnegie
Learning's Cognitive Tutor Algebra I program found that the blended - learning model boosted the average student's performance by approximately eight percentile
Learning's Cognitive Tutor Algebra I program found that the
blended -
learning model boosted the average student's performance by approximately eight percentile
learning model boosted the average student's performance by approximately eight percentile points.
The institute even goes on to say: there are four
models of blended learning that categorize the majority
of blended -
learning programs emerging across the K - 12 sector today.
But Education Elements is smart to understand both how steep the design challenges can be for districts in moving to
blended -
learning models — and consequently where the action is today — as well as the opportunities
blended learning presents to rethink the use
of time in school, such that it can create schools that transform teaching and
learning for both teachers and students and rack up some wins in the process.
The role
of the teacher changes dramatically in
blended -
learning models designed to personalize
learning for students.
In our observations, this rule has held true with the disruptive
models of blended learning.
At the same time, we are seeing the Next Generation
Learning Challenges (NGLC), a non-profit partnership, continue to push people's imagination of what blended - learning models might ultimately lo
Learning Challenges (NGLC), a non-profit partnership, continue to push people's imagination
of what
blended -
learning models might ultimately lo
learning models might ultimately look like.
As Heather Staker and I have written, the
models of blended learning most likely to scale into the core academic subjects at all levels
of schooling in the near term are sustaining innovations, in which online
learning is essentially an augmentation to the traditional classroom, but there is still a fundamental shift in the
learning model from the student's perspective.
First, despite what we're starting to see in the field as some consistent
models of blended learning that can bolster student
learning, we've yet to see anyone create «the solution» — and we're unlikely to ever see that I suspect.
Want to know more about the flipped - classroom
model, a popular form
of blended learning where traditional lecture and homework elements are reversed?
Online and «
blended» school
models — where students spend all or part
of the day
learning online — are coming to K - 12 education.
She chose to use a rotational
model of blended learning, one
of several variations on the approach.
Tips,
models, benefits, advantages, strategies and all the information you need to discover how
Blended Learning offers you the best
of both worlds.
Wheeler Kearns Architects recently designed, from scratch, new facilities for two charter schools, each
of which uses a distinct
blended -
learning model; the new facility designed for Intrinsic Schools is pictured above.
Explore Edutopia's content related to flipped
learning, a popular
model of blended learning.
Innovations is among a small group
of district - based trailblazers to use the «flex
model»
of blended learning as its foundation.
«The right personalized -
learning model» can engage students who haven't done well in traditional schools, said Don Soifer, executive vice president
of the Lexington Institute, who's researched
blended learning.
Zoning flexibility for schools with non-traditional approaches (like small - group instruction or one - to - one
blended learning models) would make it easier for innovative schools to find space that fits their needs, such as using office occupancy standards instead
of the usual school standards for rezoning.
By way
of comparison in the international arena, Singapore trains every preservice teacher to teach online, including training in
blended -
learning models for the classroom.
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.
Produced by edtech consulting company Education Elements, this video illustrates and explains the four main
models of blended learning, including lab rotation, class rotation, flex, and pod.
He envisioned a more open environment and opted for the flex
model of blended learning.
Watch for a lot
of new work from CRPE's new crop
of brilliant analysts on the state education agencies
of the future, district - charter collaboration, the costs
of blended -
learning models, charter schools and special education, and,
of course, more research and tools for portfolio management.
Often, these schools are taking advantage
of the innovations offered by
blended learning technology platforms and combining them with the regulatory freedom offered under charter school laws, waivers
of seat time requirements, and teacher reforms to develop entirely new
models of education.
What most
of these early
blended learning models are missing, however, is application
of knowledge — the deep and meaningful
learning that students experience when they synthesize content and apply it in novel, exciting ways.
Michael Horn, co-founder
of the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, spoke
of blended learning as the «new
model that is student - centric, highly personalized for each learner, and more productive, as it delivers dramatically better results at the same or lower cost.»
The Report Card offers a comprehensive state - by - state analysis
of laws and policies that embrace new education
models, utilize technology to make personalized
learning a reality for all students, and eliminate the barriers to
blended learning in K - 12 education.
With that said, the level
of execution required to implement a disruptive
model of blended learning in the hardest - to - serve parts
of Detroit flies in the face
of the recommendations from our new book.
There is still plenty
of room for the edtech market that is driving
blended -
learning models to evolve to reach this vision
of personalized pace and path.
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.
These new paradigms shift the metrics
of quality and can ultimately lead to disruptive
models of blended learning.
In contrast, because there is rampant nonconsumption in secondary schools —
of advanced courses, foreign languages, credit recovery and so on — the disruptive
models of blended learning are likely to replace the traditional classroom over the long term.
Participants stressed that limiting the number
of seats around a
blended and personalized
learning design table, in turn, limits the level
of teacher buy - in to new classroom
models.
The school is pushing the bounds
of blended learning with a Flex
model that is competency - based.
With a great range
of possibilities provided by the
blended learning model, teachers may start overdoing with educational activities and content.
The disruptive
models of blended learning ultimately introduce new benefits that focus on providing individualization; universal access and equity; and productivity.
As Matthew Peskay, the chief
of innovation and technology
of KIPP LA Schools — which is pursuing a bold
blended -
learning model across the network — explained, «You need to be able to fund whatever your plan is without E-Rate funding.»