Blended Learning (17/25) -- Teaching with Technology

Blended Learning 17 What is Blended Learning? Chapter Objectives - Define blended learning - Survey various models of blended learning - Identify opportunities and benefits to a blended learning approach - Start to consider feasible pedagogical approaches for blended learning Observe & Consider What is Blended Learning? Blended learning is a course design approach that fundamentally restructures class hours and the course environment by integrating face-to-face and online interaction. Blended learning leverages the strengths of online and face-to-face interactions to promote student engagement and help achieve the learning goals of the course. The blended learning course design process focuses on: - Developing a conscious, pre-planned, and streamlined blended course plan unique for your course - Questioning what is necessary to do in the classroom and how face-to-face hours are best used - Thinking outside the box of both the traditional in-class lecture and only online-based learning - Redesigning based on learning goals and expected student outcomes, rather than content - Focusing on active student learning and collaboration - Sustaining an engaged classroom community beyond the confines of a traditional classroom Share & Connect Word Association Activity What words come to mind when you hear “blended learning”? List any and all below, and we will collect these into a word cloud to show our collective word associations with blended learning! Loading… Media Attributions - 3-modesB - photo1-web - 3-modesC