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8 Interesting Examples of Blended Learning

a crowd-sourced catalogue

Started by Joyce Seitzinger

With thanks to @tombarrett for his crowd-sourced Interesting Ways To... resources

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The aim of this presentation is to gather examples of blended learning in one place, providing an indication for educators (teachers, managers, ed techs, librarians, etc) of what is possible. And what others are already doing...

As education technologists we are often asked for examples, "just show it to me". Often you end up sending people to one site for one course example, and then to another article, blog or journal for another example. Sometimes it's like comparing apples with oranges. So I thought it might be useful to gather different examples in one place, to create a 'possibilities catalogue'.

You're invited to add your examples of blended learning to this catalogue. And if possible, use the template slide to make it easier for people to compare examples.

What do I mean by blended? Well, any blend goes really. Mixes of f2f with online, mix of technologies, mix of paper with tech, classroom work supported by technology, fully online...

For questions/comments, contact

Joyce Seitzinger

Twitter: @catspyjamasnz

Blog: www.cats-pyjamas.net

Mail: joyce (at) cats-pyjamas.net

With thanks to @tombarrett for his inspirational crowd-sourced Interesting Ways To... resources.

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Programme: Online Master of Nursing

Teacher: Nursing Team / R Crawford

Students: Working nurse practitioners, across NZ.

Level: Master

Institution: Eastern Institute of Technology

Location: Napier, New Zealand

Link for more information: http://www.eit.ac.nz/programmes/master-of-nursing/

Description of blended approach:

What teaching approach was taken? Courses consist of structured learning activities, with mix of group and individual work. Courses aim to involve students' day-to-day practice in their learning, allowing them to learn from each other's contexts. Teachers are facilitators of learning communities rather than instructors. Students self-assess their participation.
What tools and/or technologies are used and how? Moodle, mainly discussion forums and wikis, mini-lectures (Captivate and podcasts), virtual classroom (using Adobe Connect). Other tools used: Slideshare for student presentations, online mindmapping for assignment writing.
What is the combination of live learning experiences with asynchronous? Mostly asynchronous in Moodle, augmented with F2F orientation day and 3-4 virtual classrooms per semester.

Submitted by/contact for more info: Joyce Seitzinger (@catspyjamasnz)

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Course/Programme:HNC Geology and Soil Mechanics

Teacher:Mark Rollins

Students:Full and Part time students (Adults)

Level: HNC and HND

Institution: Wigan and Leigh College

Location:North West UK

Link for more information: http://vle.wigan-leigh.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=61

Description of blended approach:

What teaching approach was taken? Self-directed, assignment-based, blended learning, three to four week inclass contact.
What tools and/or technologies are used and how? Moodle, online notes, directed by schemes of work and task practice quiz and final subject quiz(graded for assignments) completion aided by screencasting, video recordings, and simulation software.
What is the combination of live learning experiences? Classroom interactions occurs over a three to four week period,and asynchronous using forums and email.

Submitted by/contact for more info:muppetmasteruk@hotmail.com

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Course/Programme: CIV in Training & Assessment

Teacher: Department of Business,

Communications & Service Industries

Students: Mature Age, Fee-for-Service

Level: Vocational, CIV

Institution: Wodonga Institute of TAFE

Location: Wodonga, Victoria, Australia

Link for more information: Learning Innovation, Wodonga TAFE

Description of blended approach:

This course is delivered in a very traditional blended mode with a greater emphasis as time goes on with online learning to give the soon to be teachers an experiential method of learning how to teach.

What teaching approach was taken? Self-directed, project-based, learning community, learner-centred
What tools and/or technologies are used and how? LMS (Moodle), Interwebz links, eBooks, Professional portals,
What is the combination of live learning experiences- F2F tutorials, presentations, Workshops and student presentations and asynchronous learning experiences- Link library, NTIS web site, forums and glossary

Submitted by/contact for more info: Geoff Young, Team leader- Learning Innovation

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Course/Programme: Henry VIII / Modern & Ancient Olympics / Great Inventions

Teacher: several partnership primary teachers

Students: Key stage 2 mixed ability groups

Level: K-12

Institution: Primary / Junior Schools,

Sheffield West City Learning Centre

Location: Sheffield

Link for more information: http://swclc.net/?p=870

Description of blended approach:

Please include a description of the approach taken here. Use the 3 prompts below to get started:

A set of projects based on whole-school themed learning. Planning of the lessons was based on the TASC Wheel (Thinking Actively in a Social Context) combining face-to-face discussion, activities and task guidance. F2F / online activities were chosen on the basis of which are most appropriate for each section of the TASC Wheel. A classroom with PCs and table space was used for teaching.
Initial projects used the now-defunct StudyWiz learning platform. Later projects then moved onto our own Moodle platform. BBC Learning Clips were imported or linked, and a range of other vetted websites were included. Starter activities made use of online post-it boards, and online games were included as learning resources.
Classroom interactions in small and whole-class groups were both teacher-led and independent tasks. Online activities involved forums, post-it boards, wikis and 'topic rooms' filled with teacher-selected resources.

Submitted by/contact for more info: Dave Gibbs dgibbs@nwsclc.net

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Course/Programme: BSc Physiotherapy

Teacher: Michael Rowe

Students: 170 physiotherapy students

Level: Undergraduate

Institution: University of the Western Cape

Location: Cape Town, South Africa

Link for more information: Project blog post

Description of blended approach:

Please include a description of the approach taken here. Use the 3 prompts below to get started:

What teaching approach was taken? I designed assignments that were aligned with the module learning outcomes. Communities of Practice / Inquiry was used as a framework for the project.
What tools and/or technologies are used and how? Wordpress and Buddypress, with various other plugins installed on a private server which was closed to the public (because patients were discussed).
What is the combination of live learning experiences: Students wrote reflective blog posts about clinical and ethical dilemmas that they experienced while on clinical rotations. Those experiences were sometimes discussed in class if they related to the module content. Also, conversations that started in the classroom sometimes continued in the social network.

Submitted by/contact for more info: Michael Rowe

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Course: English Language Arts

Instructor: Catlin Tucker

Students: 164

Grade Level: 9th/10th Grade

Location: Windsor, California

More Info: catlintucker.com

Flipping Discussions to Teach Digital Writing:

Using a discussion centered online learning platform, students first learn to engage in respectful, substantive conversations online. Then they are placed into the role of facilitator designing multimedia rich questions using the various question types to structure interesting and varied discussions. The goal? Teach students:

digital writing
communication online
collaboration
critical thinking
leadership
adaptive expertise
creation of content

Collaborize Classroom is free discussion centered learning platform used to flip traditional discussions to allow students to design questions, facilitate conversations & work asynchronously on projects.

Blend: Students began slowly answering teacher designed questions and completing activities in groups online. Slowly, students began to experiment with constructing questions, incorporating media and facilitating online discussions and activities. By end of the school year, students are using Results Page to bring conversations and activities done online into the classroom to lead follow up debates, conversations, projects, presentations, etc. Goal: Student driven discovery of knowledge via dynamic discussions!

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Course/Programme: STEAM Cloud�Teacher: Roland Gesthuizen

Students: 21

Level: Year 8 Science

Institution: Westall Secondary College

Location: Melbourne, Victoria

Link for more information: YouTube Video

Description of blended approach:

What teaching approach was taken?�We used a constructivist model to explore understanding by examining the interaction between our experiences and ideas. We explored our understanding by asking deep questions to outside experts, designing activities and interpretations to build upon our experiences and ideas.
What tools and/or technologies are used and how?�Students used a range of tools from tablet computers, Flip Video cameras, GoogleApps, Moodle Skype, butchers paper, modelling and even access to the drama room to interpret our work as a dance.
What is the combination of live learning experiences?�Over a school term we engaged in discussions, web conferences, Skype meetings, face to face talks. We journaled our progress and thoughts with drawings and on paper. Our final production won a place in the state science drama awards.

Submitted by and for more info contact:

Roland Gesthuizen rgesthuizen@gmail.com

STEAM Cloud - Blending science, technology, engineering, arts and maths to mash and blend modelling bridge building, Galileo, the scientific renaissance, space science and weather with our cloud dance.

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Course/Programme: Advanced Medical Terminology

Teacher: Mike Walters

Students: Adult Learners

Level: AQF Certificate III

Institution: ICM Training

Location: Newcastle, Australia

Link for more information: http://redtwenty.net | http://icm.org.au

Description of blended approach:

What teaching approach was taken? This is a self-directed, student paced course. There is no paper-based delivery at all and everything happens through the moodle interface.
What tools and/or technologies are used and how? moodle 1.9+,lessons, qhali6butuiz, wiki, glossary, forum, assignment and other downloadable/linked resources.
What is the combination of live learning experiences and asynchronous learning experiences? There is no formal f2f learning activities scheduled unless one-on-one mentoring is required via skype or phone. The emphasis here is on self-directed distance education for working students unable to attend formal classroom sessions.

Submitted by/contact for more info: Mike Walters

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Course/Programme: Undergraduate Introductory Economics

Teacher: Nisha Malhotra

Students: (Class of 150)

Level: Unidergraduate

Institution:University of British Columbia

Location:Vancouver, Canada

Link for more information:

Course Website: http://econ101.sites.olt.ubc.ca/

Type of blended approach More Description here

What teaching approach was taken?

learner-centred, Active Learning.

What tools and/or technologies are used and how?

Screencasting, Video recordings, Presentation

What is the combination of live learning experiences

Classroom interactions

Example of Video Tutorials:

Submitted by/contact for more info: Nisha Malhotra

Nisha.malhotra@ubc.ca

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Now it's your turn.

Please add your Blended Learning example by duplicating the following Template Slide and then filling it out.

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Course/Programme:

Teacher:

Students: (describe student group)

Level: (k-12, vocational, bachelor, master, other)

Institution:

Location:

Link for more information:

Description of blended approach:

Please include a description of the approach taken here. Use the 3 prompts below to get started:

What teaching approach was taken?(self-directed, project-based, learning community, learner-centred, constructivism, workplace based..., etc etc)
What tools and/or technologies are used and how? (LMS, screencasting, video recordings, presentation software, blogs, wikis, Second Life, mobile technologies,....)
What is the combination of live learning experiences (eg classroom interactions, web conferences, Skype meetings) and asynchronous learning experiences (eg discussion forums, blogs, wiki, etc)?

Submitted by/contact for more info:

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