1. The Blended Learning Toolkit --
The University of Central Florida is a lead developer of this open
source product for all interested in blended learning and higher
education. The spirit of this website is very much in keeping with the
open source movement, which is also central to blended and other online
educational initiatives. While reviewing the tabs at the top of this
site, please pay attention to the wide variety of organizations under
the "Research" tab, as I believe it is emblematic of the wide support
for blended learning.
2. Blending In: The Extent and Promise of Blended Education in the United States -- The Sloan Consortium is one of the most respected organizations reporting on blended learning. This 2007 report gives a fairly comprehensive view of the academic issues surrounding the blended approach. Later in this class, we will do our own research into the pros and cons of blended learning, and this will serve as a touchpoint for that research.
3. The Blended Learning Initiative -- The David O McKay School of Education has produced this online class for teachers developing blended coursework. While the class itself covers material outside the ION format, I found the introductory lesson to be very helpful in terms of describing blended learning and giving specific rationale to pursue the blended classroom. A very important takeaway is that blended learning is not an either or proposition in terms of f2f or online learning. As exemplified by the three-pronged symbol on the home page of this course representing online collaborative learning, face-to-face learning, and self-paced learning, blended learning is a continuum that mirrors the way people work outside academia (and always have). We learn f2f from teachers, colleagues, and friends, while using text-based materials (books, newspapers, magazines) as well as online sources (blogs, news websites, etc.).
4. Blended Learning -- This overview by Northern Illinois University provides a nice review of relevant issues.
5. How to Make the Most of Blended Learning -- This article nicely summarizes some of the benefits/challenges of the blended environment .
6. Blended Learning -- This comprehensive site introduces us to many of the technologies we will investigate throughout this class. It is also important to note that the Blue Valley school site is for grades k-12. Blended learning is a technique that really started in primary grades and high schools. Higher education was not the leader in this trend. Many graduating high school students (especially those from more affluent school districts) will come to our colleges and universities expecting blended learning opportunities.
7. How to Escape the Community College Trap -- As I mentioned in the Module One Overview, blended learning is constantly evolving. This article as written is traditional content, but when combined with reading the comments at the end of the article, it becomes something else (at least to me) How do you opinions of the author's points change when reading the comments afterwards? Can the blended process open up more ways to exchange information?
2. Blending In: The Extent and Promise of Blended Education in the United States -- The Sloan Consortium is one of the most respected organizations reporting on blended learning. This 2007 report gives a fairly comprehensive view of the academic issues surrounding the blended approach. Later in this class, we will do our own research into the pros and cons of blended learning, and this will serve as a touchpoint for that research.
3. The Blended Learning Initiative -- The David O McKay School of Education has produced this online class for teachers developing blended coursework. While the class itself covers material outside the ION format, I found the introductory lesson to be very helpful in terms of describing blended learning and giving specific rationale to pursue the blended classroom. A very important takeaway is that blended learning is not an either or proposition in terms of f2f or online learning. As exemplified by the three-pronged symbol on the home page of this course representing online collaborative learning, face-to-face learning, and self-paced learning, blended learning is a continuum that mirrors the way people work outside academia (and always have). We learn f2f from teachers, colleagues, and friends, while using text-based materials (books, newspapers, magazines) as well as online sources (blogs, news websites, etc.).
4. Blended Learning -- This overview by Northern Illinois University provides a nice review of relevant issues.
5. How to Make the Most of Blended Learning -- This article nicely summarizes some of the benefits/challenges of the blended environment .
6. Blended Learning -- This comprehensive site introduces us to many of the technologies we will investigate throughout this class. It is also important to note that the Blue Valley school site is for grades k-12. Blended learning is a technique that really started in primary grades and high schools. Higher education was not the leader in this trend. Many graduating high school students (especially those from more affluent school districts) will come to our colleges and universities expecting blended learning opportunities.
7. How to Escape the Community College Trap -- As I mentioned in the Module One Overview, blended learning is constantly evolving. This article as written is traditional content, but when combined with reading the comments at the end of the article, it becomes something else (at least to me) How do you opinions of the author's points change when reading the comments afterwards? Can the blended process open up more ways to exchange information?
