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Blended Learning Presented by: LeAnn Maddox LMADDOX@LAKEORION.K12.MI.USLMADDOX@LAKEORION.K12.MI.US

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Have you Heard? Blended learning can provide new opportunities to expand student learning, and assist schools in meeting local, state and national expectations. Blended learning can provide an opportunity to differentiate instruction for individualized and personalized learning for students. This is because blended learning can offer students the benefits of both online learning and in-person instruction.

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What is Blended Learning? Depends upon who you ask!

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What is Blended Learning? Blended learning is a formal education in which a student learns at least in part though online delivery of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace and at least in part at a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home. Innosights 2012 Classifying K-12 Blended Learning reports definition of blended learning www.innosightinstitute.org

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What is Blended Learning? The definition of blended learning is a formal education program in which a student learns: 1.at least in part through online learning, with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace; 2.at least in part in a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home; 3.and the modalities along each students learning path within a course or subject are connected to provide an integrated learning experience. http://www.christenseninstitute.org/

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We are Blending! Where? When? Why? What?

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How Does Blended Learning Look? Depends upon who you ask!

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Brick-and-Mortar *School Setting Online Learning A La Carte Model Blended Learning Rotation Model Flex Model Enriched Virtual Model Station Rotation Lab Rotation Flipped Classroom Individual Rotation http://www.christenseninstitute.org

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Blended Learning Models 1. Rotation (includes four sub-models) Station Rotation Lab Rotation Flipped Classroom Individual Rotation 2. Flex 3. A La Carte 4. Enriched Virtual http://www.christenseninstitute.org

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#1 - Rotation Model students rotate on a xed schedule between learning activities at least one learning activity is online learning other activities might include: small-group or full-class instruction group projects individual tutoring pencil-and-paper assignments students learn mostly in a school setting, except for homework

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#1 - Rotation Model Station Rotation students experience the Rotation Model within a contained classroom or group of classrooms students rotate through all of the stations, not only those on their custom schedules

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#1 - Rotation Model Lab Rotation students rotate to a computer lab for the online-learning station

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#1 - Rotation Model Flipped Classroom students participate in online learning off-site in place of traditional homework students attend the school setting for face-to- face, teacher-guided practice or projects primary delivery of content and instruction is online easiest way to get into blended learning movement

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#1 - Rotation Model Individual Rotation students have an individualized playlist and do not necessarily rotate to each available station or activity teachers set individual student schedules

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#2 - Flex Model online learning is the backbone of student learning, yet may direct students to offline activities students move on an individually customized schedule among learning activities teacher is on-site and students learn mostly in the school setting, except for homework teacher provides face-to-face support on a flexible and as- needed basis through activities (small-group instruction and individual tutoring)

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#3 A La Carte Model students take course entirely online to accompany other experiences that they are having in the school setting students may take the course either in a school setting or o -site differs from full-time online learning because it is not a whole-school experience students may take some courses A La Carte and others face-to-face in a school setting

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#4 Enriched Virtual Model students have required face-to-face learning sessions with their teacher and are free to complete their remaining coursework remotely online learning is the backbone of learning because students seldom meet face-to-face with their teachers on a daily basis online and face-to-face teacher are generally the same person

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Which One to Use? What if the models do not meet your needs? Shouldnt we allow content and need to determine the best approach? Isnt that what blending is all about?

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Ready to Start? Blended instruction is an effective way to meet multiple teaching and learning needs. If you are ready to make the transition, take small steps and make connections.

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How to Start? 1.Conceptualize Your Blended Learning Course 2.Design for Interaction 3.Decide Upon Learning Assessments 4.Develop Content

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What Does it Take? 1. Flexibility and Patience 2. Problem-Solving 3. Willingness to Handhold 4. Ability to Scaffold 5. Willingness to Learn 6. A Full Toolbox 7. A Big Inbox 8. Willingness to Give Up Time http://www.edutopia.org

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How to Make it Work? Teacher training Teacher tools Schedules Administrations role MI has a seat time waiver: www.techplan.org/seat-time-waivers/www.techplan.org/seat-time-waivers/ Policies Technology role Content

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Beyond Course Content? Learning Management System Learning Style Inventory Collaborative Document Creation Ways to Build Communication Data Collection Screencasting Software Student Presentation Tools Digital Citizenship Tools Lots of Links

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Tools & Resources

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Need Tools at Your Fingertips? 3 Critical Mindsets for Blended Learning 50 Tips to Develop and Run Your Online Courses Blended Learning: Making it Work in Your Classroom 37 Blended Resources You Can Use Tomorrow

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Want More? BlendMyClassroom BlendedLearningNow UCF Blended Learning Toolkit RFF Blended Learning Resources Edutopia Blended Learning: Resource Roundup MVU Planning Guide for Blended Learning Donnell-Kay Foundation - Blended Learning Resources If you have time for 2 videos Introduction to Blended LearningIntroduction to Blended Learning & 4 Blended Learning Models4 Blended Learning Models

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Want Journals? Journal of Online Learning and Technology http://jolt.merlot.org/ MACUL Journal http://www.macul.org/maculjournal/http://www.macul.org/maculjournal/

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Want to Follow Others? Blogs Ray Schroeder Online Learning Update Cable Green Open Educational Resources Tony Bates e-Learning and Distance Education George Siemens ElearnSpace Stephen Downes Online Learning Daily Twitter @rayschroeder http://twitter.com/#!/rayschroederhttp://twitter.com/#!/rayschroeder @cgreen http://twitter.com/#!/cgreenhttp://twitter.com/#!/cgreen @creativecommons: http://twitter.com/#!/creativecommonshttp://twitter.com/#!/creativecommons

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Want Books?

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Got REMC? http://www.remc.org/projects/blendedlearning/ http://www.21things4teachers.net/

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Want Tutorials? https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/ssf-cci

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Need a Grant? blended learning $5 million in grants to support blended learning programs Waggle Blended Learning Grant will award up to $5 million, recognizing outstanding blended learning models in elementary and middle schools. http://go.triumphlearning.com/acton/media/12753/waggle-blended-learning-grant

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Questions?