beyond blended: supporting learner engagement and access

Beyond Blended: Supporting Learner Engagement and Access

Dr. Valerie Irvine @_valeriei#botany2015 on July 27, 2015

Five Movements

The Technology Integration and Evaluation (TIE) Research Lab

PersonalizationOpenness

Connectedness

AccessAssessment

Learning Pathways (Major, 2015)

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Salt Spring Island Tour with Ministry of Education & John Abbott

February 14, 2012

Science Education SymposiumAt Science World during AAAS

February 15, 2012

Via @courosa

SubjectsSegregated ------------------------------------------------------------------- Integrated

CurriculumPredetermined ---------------------------------------------------Co-created

DesignLearning Outcomes ------------------------------------------------------ Personalized

GroupingAge/Grade ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dynamic

EnvironmentClassrooms of 30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------Flexible

ConnectionsHypothetical ------------------------------------------------------------- Real world projects

Mode of AccessFace-to-Face or Online ------------------------------------------------------------ Hybrid Mix

Personalization

Open PrincipleConnectedness

AccessAssessment

Open Access -> Open Research

• “The means of communication should be held by the public, the very basis of how we connect should be a public utility. That principle we are trying to bring to research and scholarship.”

Culture of Sharing: Open Blogs

PersonalizationOpenness

Connectedness

Access

Assessment

For Instructors: How to Unlearn or Innovate Requires Connections

For Learners

How to Engage in Inquiry Requires Connections

PersonalizationOpenness

Connectedness

AssessmentAccess

Memories of Biology 11

Flickr@Quinn.Anya

Observed Score = True Score + Error

O = T + E

Teacher-made assessments have a reliability of

0.4

Is act of O harming T?

Instead of Error being a threat to validity…

Is the act of O an error in and of itself?

Potential =

Personalization + Connectedness + Openness + Assessment for learning + Access

Harprit Nijjar@harpritN1

Biology 12 teacherDelta School District

“Pecha Kucha final exam”

YOUR BIOLOGY 12 FINAL WILL BE IN AN INTERVIEW FORMAT WITH 5 STUDENTS AND YOUR TEACHER.

EACH STUDENT WILL HAVE 4-5 IMAGES DISPLAYED TO THEM AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED ABOUT EACH IMAGE FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS.

THE INTERVIEWS WILL TAKE PLACE IN BIOLOGY CLASS DURING THE EXTENDED BLOCKS FROM JUNE 15-18. THE TIME FOR EACH STUDENT WILL BEGIN WHEN THE IMAGE IS DISPLAYED, THE TIME WILL END WHEN THE NEXT IMAGE IS PUT UP. STUDENTS WILL ALTERNATE SPEAKING UNTIL ALL IMAGES ARE COVERED AND EACH STUDENT HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK 4-5 TIMES.

IN PREPARATION FOR YOUR FINAL A DROPBOX ACCOUNT HAS BEEN SET UP. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO ACCEPT THE INVITE YOU WILL RECEIVE FROM YOUR TEACHER AND TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT FOR YOURSELF USING YOUR EMAIL.

IN THE BIOLOGY 12 FINAL 2015 FOLDER, YOU WILL FIND A LIST OF FOLDERS WITH ALL THE TOPICS COVERED OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR:• CELL STRUCTURES• CELL TRANSPORT• CIRCULATORY SYSTEM• DIGESTIVE SYSTEM• DNA REPLICATION• ENZYMES• EXCRETORY SYSTEM• PROTEIN SYNTHESIS• REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM• RESPIRATORY SYSTEM YOUR TASK IS TO OBTAIN IMAGES FROM THE WEB WHICH COVER TOPICS IN BIOLOGY 12. YOU WILL CREATE A SEPARATE WORD OR PDF DOCUMENT FOR EACH IMAGE THAT YOU CHOOSE. WITH THE IMAGE YOU WILL ALSO ADD A LIST OF VOCABULARY WHICH ARE RELEVANT.

• WHEN NAMING YOUR FILE (IN EACH FOLDER) START WITH YOUR BLOCK, LAST NAME, FIRST NAME

EXAMPLE: E. SMITH, JOHN• BE SURE TO INCLUDE IMAGES OF INDIVIDUAL

ORGANS AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. YOU MAY USE ARROWS TO POINT TO SPECIFIC STRUCTURES AS WELL.

• EACH STUDENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADDING A MINIMUM OF 2 PICTURES.

• YOUR TEACHER WILL MONITOR ALL FOLDERS AND ADD/REMOVE IMAGES AND VOCABULARY AS NEEDED.

• THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS NEW SPIN ON A FINAL EXAM!

PersonalizationOpenness

ConnectednessAssessment

Access

FACE TO FACE ONLINEOR

FACE TO FACE ONLINE*AND*BLENDED

F2F ONLINEMULTI-ACCESS

Remote Online Pod (3 F2F) F2F On-Campus Class

Remote Online Blended (F2F & Online)

Irvine, V. (2013). Multi-Access Learning

Grand Yellowhead School Division, Alberta

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Physical

Cyber Proxy

Remote or Rural

Special Needs / Anxiety

COMMUNITY

Learner Preferences

WORK FAMILY

STUDENT PRESSURES, SOCIAL JUSTICE, & PRIVILEGE

SELF-CARECOMMUTE

COST (transportation, accommodation, parking, airfare, etc.)

Can Blended Meet Mobility Needs?

NO

Copyright John Bell UMichigan

Destination in Place and Space

The distance is nothing when one has a motive.

~ Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

Dr. Valerie IrvineAssistant Professor, EdTech

Co-Director, TIE Research LabUniversity of Victoria

http://valerieirvine.ca@_valeriei

virvine@uvic.ca