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Blended Learning forHistory & Social Science courses
Mike Gwaltneymikegwaltney.net/blog
Twitter: @MikeGwaltneyEmail: mike@mikegwaltney.net
Global Education Conference 2010
Essential Questions for Conversation
What is Blended Learning?
Why is it beneficial for our students?
What strategies work best in a Blended Learning model?
What resources can be employed in traditional classes to start blending teaching and learning?
What challenges are presented by a move to a Blended Learning model?
Joins the best aspects of face-to-face instruction with the best aspects of online education.
Effective? Relevant?
• There is early evidence that a "blended" instructional approach can result in learning outcome gains (http://www.uic.edu/depts/oee/blended/workshop/bibliography.pdf).
• 93% of Higher Ed instructors and admin say they are using blended learning strategies somewhere in their institution. 7 in 10 expect more than 40% of their schools’ courses to be blended by 2013 (Bonk, C. J. & Graham, C. R. (Eds.).
• Web Learning @ Penn State Univ.http://weblearning.psu.edu/
Why Do it?
21st Century Competencies
21st Century Tasks
What’s the Balance?Goals, Policies, etc.
How much Face-to-Face time?
How much Online time?
“Web-Centric” vs. Fully Blended
“The Flip” Version
Classroom time is used for interactive experiences / discussion of big ideas Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Creative
problem-solving are done with instructor on the side
Online time is used for consumption of multimedia-rich content Student acquires important information on
his/her own
Students consume content
Gold-Standard Blended Learning
Student-Centered Students are “doing” online, teachers are facilitating
/ coaching Students make their own meaning by applying
(transferring) what they learn to "authentic, meaningful, worthwhile tasks” online, creating content
Performance Tasks and Assessments are Authentici.e. “real-world” Communicate and Collaborate Manage information Think Critically and Problem-solve Create own products with Authentic Audiences
Blogging
Debate
Questions so far?
What is Blended Learning?
Why is it beneficial for our students?
What strategies work best in a Blended Learning model?
Getting Started
Web Hosting Google Sites
Blogs Edublogs, Wordpress, Blogger
Learning Managements Systems (LMS) Blackboard, Moodle, Haiku, etc.
Social Networks Ning, Facebook
Ning
Tools
Content Consumption
Textbook Sites Online Video
TED, YouTube, TeacherTube, Discovery Ed, etc.
News sites RSS Feeds / Blogs Podcats
iTunes, iTunes U GapMinder Newseum
Content Creation Images
Flickr, Picasa, National Archives
ScreenCasting Videos Jing
Video Uploading YouTube, Vimeo
Video Creation Animoto
Graphic Organizers bubbl.us
Video
Great Online Content for History and Social Science Teachers
Teaching History with Technologyhttp://www.thwt.org/
NCSS Teacher Network:http://ncssnetwork.ning.com/group/teachingwithtechnology
100 Great History Blogshttp://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2008/09/10/100-awesome-blogs-for-history-junkies/
Web 2.0 Tools for Gold-Standard Blended Learning
Collaborate
Google Documents Social Bookmarking
Diigo, Delicious Wikis
Google Sites, Wikispaces
Microblogging and Social Networking Twitter, Ning, Facebook
Personal Learning Networks
Create
Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts VoiceThread Speeches,
Debates Storytelling
Animoto, Prezi Video Online Discussion
VoiceThread embedded
Emerging: Mobile Learning
"We learn anywhere, anytime, anyplace; there are opportunities to learn all around us everyday. We learn in the home, office, on the road. Likewise, educational content can be shaped to fit all kinds of useful delivery media that is convenient, user-friendly, and (most important) serves the educational need of members without the content being shortchanged or trivialized." Smith,J.(2001)
Assessing Online Learning
Implications for Rubrics
include 2 traits to distinguish between: content understanding product/performance quality
Rubric must be properly weighted to reward the trait emphasized by the task/assessment
Questions?
What resources can be employed in traditional classes to start blending teaching and learning?
What challenges are presented by a move to a Blended Learning model?
References Watson, John. Blending Learning: The Convergence of Online and Face-to-Face
Education. Vienna, VA: North American Council for Online Learning, 2008. Promising Practices in Online Learning. North American Council for Online Learning. Web. 10 June 2010. http://www.inacol.org/research/ promisingpractices/NACOL_PP-BlendedLearning-lr.pdf.
Smith, Judith M. Ph.D. (2001). "Blended Learning: An Old Friend Gets a New Name." Executive Update, Online. http://www.gwsae.org/Executiveupdate/2001/March/blended.htm