the right blend

Luis Domínguez

About this session

The reasoning behind using Blended Learning

The elements a Blended classroom should have

Types of activities where they can be used

Inspirational success stories and best practices from participants

How-to tutorial on creating Blended Learning classes

An online course

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How many of us…

PART 1

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Teaching in the Times of Digital Natives

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PART 2

When was the first time you heard the term Blended Learning?

Do you incorporate Blended Learning to your classes?

What is the rationale behind Blended Learning?

What is Blended Learning?

Some experts say…

• Combining online and face-to-face

instruction (Reay, 2001; Rooney, 2003; Sands, 2002; Ward & LaBranche, 2003; Young, 2002)

• BL combines face-to-face and virtual

teaching(Coaten, 2003 & Marsh 2003)

• Combining instructional modalities

(or delivery media) (Bersin & Associates, 2003; Orey, 2002a, 2002b; Singh & Reed, 2001; Thomson, 2002)

Creating Effective Blended Learning Environments

The best of both worlds…

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Different Instruction Modalities

Distance Virtual F2F

Interaction 2.0

How does technology benefit your teaching practice?

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How does technology benefit your teaching practice?

What it isn’t…

Re-issuing

Media delivery

Wikis

Blogs

Forums

Audio-visual / Vodcast

Self-generated materials

Glossaries

Audio / Podcasts

Printed Material

Blended Learning

What it is…

• Combination of– Instruction modalities

• Distance

• F2F

• Virtual

– Media delivery

• Wikis

• Blogs

• Podcast /Vodcast

• Printed material

What it isn’t…

• BL is not limited to using– computer-related tools,

media, radio, TV, and video.

• re-issuing existing reference works in mobile-friendly formats.

PART 3

Blended Learning Pedagogy

Behaviorist

Cognitivist

Constructivism

Competency-based

Instruction

Media

Pedagogy

What can be blended?

Why blend?

Pedagogical richness

Access to knowledge

Social interaction

Personal agency

Cost effectiveness

Ease of revision

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Teach Display

Enhance Replace

Measure Experience

Luis Domínguez

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Luis Dominguez

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