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Blended Learning: Prepared By: Carah Jean A. Hurtado Ms-Bioed

Blended learning combines face-to-face instruction with online learning to provide a flexible, student-centered learning environment. It allows students to learn at their own pace and provides opportunities for differentiated instruction. Key elements include live events, self-paced learning, collaboration, assessment, and support materials. Benefits include flexibility, engagement, and convenience for students. Challenges include technology infrastructure issues and keeping up with rapid changes in technology.

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Blended Learning: Prepared By: Carah Jean A. Hurtado Ms-Bioed

Blended learning combines face-to-face instruction with online learning to provide a flexible, student-centered learning environment. It allows students to learn at their own pace and provides opportunities for differentiated instruction. Key elements include live events, self-paced learning, collaboration, assessment, and support materials. Benefits include flexibility, engagement, and convenience for students. Challenges include technology infrastructure issues and keeping up with rapid changes in technology.

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BLENDED LEARNING

Prepared by:
CARAH JEAN A. HURTADO
MS-BioEd
What is blended learning?

• A mix of face-to-face and


online learning
• Lesson set to own pace
• Increased opportunities to
differentiate instruction
What is blended learning?

Traditional Learning: Online Learning:


Teacher-centered Blended Learning: Student-centered
Group-centric Interactive Individual-centric
Authentic Collaborative Fabricated
Experiences Diverse Experiences Experiences
Summative and Formative
Conventional Tools Digital Tools
Feedback
Rigid structure Flexible Structure
Reasons to choose blended learning
Five key elements of blended learning

• Live events. These are synchronous, instructor-led events. Traditional lectures,


video conferences, and synchronous chat sessions such as Blackboard
Collaborate, Adobe Connect or YouTube are examples.
• Self-Paced Learning. Experiences the learner completes individually on her
own time such as an Internet based tutorial.
• Collaboration. Learners communicate and create with others. E-mail,
threaded discussions, and wikis are all examples.
Five key elements of blended learning

• Assessment. Measurements of whether or to what extent learning has taken


place. Assessment is not limited to conventional tests, quizzes, and grades.
Narrative feedback, portfolio evaluations and, importantly, a designer’s
reflection about a blended learning environment’s effectiveness or usefulness are
all forms of assessment.
• Support Materials. These include reference materials, both physical and
virtual, FAQ forums, and summaries. Anything that aids learning retention and
transfer
Tips to use blended learning
(Carol Tucker)
• Start small
• There are tons of technologies and tools
• Choose one digital tool or technologies to try when starting
• Become comfortable with one before going onto another

• Mistakes happen
• That is how you learn so don’t give up
• Ask student for help with technology they have grown up with it!
Tips to use blended learning
(Carol Tucker)
• Use technology to make life easier
• Don’t just use it to use it
• Replace something with technology to make things easier, like powerpoint
EduCreations video for alecture, or a wikipage for a class discussion
• Truly Blend Technology
• Use it inside and outside the classroom
• Online Discussions-continue discussions on topics on sites like Uclass
• Expert Group Investigations-students in small groups research a topic online
and present using digital tools
Tips to use blended learning
(Carol Tucker)
• Everyone Can Get Online
• Even if they don’t have internet at home, there is access in the
community
• Town libraries, school libraries, computer labs
• Internet is important and part of Common Core students need to
have access
• Explain to parents at Back to School Night the importance
• In class, work in groups or rotate if not enough computers/tablets
Examples on how to blend learning
• Blogs, Wikis and online Discussion Formats
• Students can post and answer questions on these platforms to expand on
topics in class

• Webquests
• Guide students through a research project

• Digital Storytelling
• Using PhotoStory3 for PC or iMovie on the iPad
Examples on how to blend learning
• Flipped Classrooms
• Students complete the learning/lecture part outside the classroom and apply
the knowledge in the classroom

• Models: Simulations and Mind tools


• Simulations are interactive technologies where students can move and
change components without risk of messing something up or getting hurt
• Mind tools allow students to show concepts they learn
Benefits of Blended Learning
• For universities, blended courses can be part of a strategy to
compensate for limited classroom space, as well as a way to think
differently about encouraging faculty collaboration.
• For faculty, blended courses can be a method to infuse new
engagement opportunities into established courses or, for some,
provide a transitional opportunity between fully face-to-face and
fully online instruction.
• For students, blended courses offer the conveniences of online
learning combined with the social and instructional interactions that
may not lend themselves to online delivery (e.g., lab sections or
proctored assessments).
Disadvantages of Blended Learning
1. The technology challenge. Infrastructure
2. The technology challenge. Mentality
3. Pace of advancement
4. Negative impact on teachers. Overwork
5. Negative impact on students. Cognitive load
6. The plagiarism and credibility problem

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