I believe you can
do blended learning well without aligning to standards.
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.
But what
does the blended learning look like in 2014?
Innovations is
doing blended learning on a shoestring.
When
did blended learning make its debut, and how did it evolve into what it is today?
How
did your blended learning experience compare with face - to - face professional development using the same content?
What
does your Blended Learning roadmap look like?
what
does blended learning look like in 2018?
I started putting in place interventions by leveraging technology and
doing blended learning with kids at mastery.
(This was an) effective way to transition a school that has never
done blended learning and has little expertise.
THE Journal: How
did your blended learning program come about?
«This shouldn't be about doing this for the sake of
doing blended learning.
The district needed the resources to assist schools in that transition, and when it was discovered I was
doing a blended learning program at the elementary level, that attracted interest.
Not exact matches
I also
learned why their hamburgers don't rot (not enough moisture, so they just dry out), whether there's any «pink slime» in the beef (not here in Canada, it's not legal), and whether you can ask them to
blend a fruit pie into your McFlurry (short answer: no).
Did he
learn the Indian culture and
blend in?
While I
do val - ue multi-culturalism, one of the problems that I think that @BG makes reference to is the «lack» of many sub-cultures within the U.S. to
blend in and
learn English, and contribute and be a part of the society as a whole.
I don't know much about protein
blends but I'm
learning.
2) Also I have
learned that preheating the oven is an absolute necessity before baking; and 3) I have
learned to customize my flour
blends and that one size
does not fit all recipes when adding the xanthan gum to a recipe.
I have since
learned that high speed and excessive
blending does terrible things to oat flour based baked goods, so actually
blending on low speed and just long enough to combine all the ingredients works much better.
but if you behold it critically you will find a rich mixture of science and religion,
blended in a manner only the very
learned and of very high cognition in both fields can
do.
The designers of Leapfrog educational toys have
done a really good job of
blending the two - Functionality and
Learning Outcomes, plus they definitely appeal to children.
She
does this by using a unique
blend of Chinese and Western medicine to help you
learn to listen to your body, and find out what works for you.
I
learned this weekend that if you have skin with a pink undertone, (like me) and your foundation doesn't perfectly match your skin, and you don't want to put foundation on your neck (because its too heavy), don't put bronzer on your neck to
blend the foundation to your neck because it brings out the pink.
If you want eyes that look bigger and more awake, you don't need to
learn any complicated contouring techniques or
do a bunch of eyeshadow
blending.
Okay, so maybe Craven's attempts at
blending comedy and horror are pretty awkward, but you can't say he didn't
learn anything from the experience; his next film was «Scream,» where the comedy / horror
blend was almost perfect.
But
doing so will not prove easy and likely requires that educators, vendors, and researchers alike
do a better job of calculating the real cost of implementing
blended learning.
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.
As the use of technology in schools grows rapidly — whether in
blended -
learning environments, for project - based
learning, or just because it's the fad
du jour — how much time students should spend
learning on a computer is a point of contention.
Now that you know the
do's for
blended corporate
learning, take a minute to discover the don'ts.
As a result, I encourage regular teachers (like myself) to embrace this term and use technology to create a
blended curriculum that combines engagement and active
learning in the classroom with meaningful work
done online.
Third, I'm excited to see many more
blended -
learning programs funded that don't only provide online experiences but also project - based
learning experiences as a central part of what they
do.
While I am passionate about online integration in the traditional classroom, I
do not know yet if
blended learning is really for everyone.
Julia: For school leaders looking to transition their school to nontraditional instructional models like
blended learning, what
do you view as the key leadership skills they need to successfully steer their school in a new direction?
Guest blogger Victor Small, Jr. offers four practical tips for getting comfortable with
blended learning: don't assume every kid is a tech wiz, be wary of online textbooks, use PowerPoint sparingly, and encourage student - to - student communication.
It
does seem like the more I
learn about
blended learning, the more it becomes obvious that it can look REALLY different from one school to the next.
«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.
As I mentioned in a previous article, Why
Blended Learning Is Ultimately Best For Corporate Training, having a blended approach to learning - the traditional and the eLearning - could be a logical compromise and many companies and global brands are already doing this with great s
Blended Learning Is Ultimately Best For Corporate Training, having a blended approach to learning - the traditional and the eLearning - could be a logical compromise and many companies and global brands are already doing this with great
Learning Is Ultimately Best For Corporate Training, having a
blended approach to learning - the traditional and the eLearning - could be a logical compromise and many companies and global brands are already doing this with great s
blended approach to
learning - the traditional and the eLearning - could be a logical compromise and many companies and global brands are already doing this with great
learning - the traditional and the eLearning - could be a logical compromise and many companies and global brands are already
doing this with great success.
But principal Michelle Tubbs, a veteran of the classroom who holds a doctorate in education technology, had conducted a pilot program with
blended learning at an Alliance school in the city's Watts neighborhood, where the average freshman read and
did math at the 4th - grade level.
Did you know that 46 % of all California school districts and direct - funded charter schools report that their student are involved in full or part time online or
blending learning?
Do you have questions about
blended learning?
(Don't forget
blended learning, the flipped classroom, etc).
So how
do the generally progressive ideals of PBL merge with the more reform - oriented
blended learning approach?
But in the short term, there
does appear to be a bit of a «bubble» developing around innovation in education — be it in online
learning products and services,
blended -
learning schools, and the like.
In the absence of full - time virtual schools, teachers unions and other opponents use their resources to attack
blended -
learning charters, even though the latter
do not differ in legal structure, brick - and - mortar presence, or enrollment practices from other charter schools.
To date, there has been relatively little research on the effectiveness of
blended learning in U.S. schools, and what research
does exist can not necessarily be generalized.
By simply being fully aware of the pros and cons of
blended learning and education technology, parents will be able to truly utilize the benefits of technology in education as well as to help their children
do the same.
Although there is plenty of data to understand the growth of charter schools or the numbers of students in districts, because
blended learning is a phenomenon that doesn't occur at the school level — it instead occurs at the level of individual classrooms and teachers — capturing what's happening is difficult.
The question isn't whether online or
blended learning works — we have more than enough evidence (see here and here, for example) that it
does in certain circumstances when
done well.
At the Christensen Institute, we partnered with the Evergreen Education Group to
do just that: research and profile district schools with measurable positive student results from having adopted
blended learning.
In short, educators who adopt
blended learning need to consider carefully what they are hiring it to
do, because by and large, they will get what they ask for.