blending instruction:

September 2006 ADEE Cracow, Nikos Mattheos

Nikos Mattheos University of Bern, Switzerland

Malmö University, Sweden

http://www.mah.se/


”if you want them to learn...

...confuse them! ”

Rolf Attström, Monday morning 8.00, Periodontology department corridor, Malmö ..!


Distance Learning (DL)

Open and Distance Learning (ODL)

Flexible Learning

Distributed Learning

Blended Learning

A little bit of History!


1. ”traditional” + electonic/web based

2. face to face + distance/self-paced

3. Different pedagogic approaches

...and what is blended learning ?


”Blended learning is only new to people who were foolish enough to think that delegating the entire training role to the computer was going to work..!”Jay Cross, 2004


Chat

Audioconference

Project work

On-line library

Seminars

E-mail

Web boards

Team work

Search engines

Multimedia

THE SOUP MODEL !

Mattheos N. 88th Annual FDI Congress, Paris 2000.


Education will be enhanced and Education will be enhanced and improved through technology as long as improved through technology as long as

the focus remains on learningthe focus remains on learning

Invimeds consortium


Virtual Learning Environments Learning Content Management

Systems

”Instructional technology software created for educational use, primarily used as course support or

as vehicles or on-line courses.”Minielli Ferris, 2005


LecturesSeminarsClinicTextbooks - ArticlesAtlasMicroscope Lab

TraditionalConventionalDidacticFace-to-Face

Web page or CDwith images

+ e-mail discussion Forum

Blended Learning !

Undergraduate teaching of Oral Pathology:


• loads of transparenciesloads of transparencies • One AmphitheatreOne Amphitheatre• Three lectures per weekThree lectures per week• 100 100 studentsstudents


Digitise transparenciesDigitise transparencies ++ InternetInternet+ Three lectures+ Three lectures+ Asynchronous board+ Asynchronous board

4040 students in lecturesstudents in lectures23 hits on the web23 hits on the web2 comments on the e-board2 comments on the e-board2 e-mails2 e-mails


• One opening lectureOne opening lecture• Digitise - InternetDigitise - Internet• Links - referencesLinks - references• IndividualIndividual – – GroupGroup taskstasks


20 + questions

!


• self- assessmentself- assessment• Peer criticPeer critic• Invite ”guest” expertInvite ”guest” expert

• One opening lectureOne opening lecture• Digitise - InternetDigitise - Internet• Links - referencesLinks - references• IndividualIndividual – – GroupGroup taskstasks


Blended Learning !Blended Learning ! He ”blended” media

to deliver instruction

She used media to ”blend”

- self-assessment- teamwork- peer critic- external assessment- interaction


”Keep the end in mind ! ”


Why bother?

Learning Styles !

Diveristy in Learning


“With blended learning, schools and teachers can increase the engagement of students in the learning process and accommodate a variety of

learning styles.”

Liz Pape. From Bricks to Clicks: Blurring Classroom/Cyber Lines. www.Aasa.org 2006


Pasta?

Fish?

Meat?

Beans?

Ice cream?

...Blend !


Simpson C & Du Y. 2004.Effects of learning styles and class participation on students’ enjoyment level in distributed learning environments.

Richmond AS & Liu L. 2005. Student learning styles of traditional courses versus online distyance

courses.

Terrell SR & Dringus L. 2000.An investigation of the effect of learning style on student success in an on-

line learning environment.

Learning styles - Blended learning

No correlation between specific learning styles and computer

enhanced instruction


Myers - Bryggs:

Extraversion - IntroversionSensing - IntuitiveThinking - FeelingJudging - Perceptive

Kolb:

AccomodativeAssimilativeDivergentConvergent

Visual AuditoryKinesthetic Tactile

Rose:

Felder & Silverman:

Active - ReflectiveSensing - IntuitiveVisual - VerbalSequential - Global


Computer is a tool - it can be used to favour any learning strategy or style


to ...blend on not to blend?

Instructional Advantages:

- simplicity, accessibility, flexibility

- management of learning process, documentation

Educational Advantages:

- pedagogic strategic choice- better than purely on-line education


to ...blend on not to blend?

...because students will like it more

...because this way you will accommodate more learning styles

...because it is be more effective


”Blended learning focuses on optimising achievement of learning objectives by applying the right learning technologies to match the right learning style to transfer the right skills to the right person at the right time”

Singh H & Reed C.

Singh H & Reed C. A white paper: Achieving success with Blended Learning. www.Centra.com 2005.

http://www.centra.com/


”The term blended-learning is ill-defined and inconsistenly used. Whilst its popularity is increasing, its clarity is not.

Building research around this term becomes an impossible project, since without a common concept of its meaning there can be no coherent way of synthesising the findings of studies, let alone developing a consistent theoretical framework.”

Oliver M (London) & Trigwell K (Oxford) 2005

Oliver M, Trigwell K. Can blended learning be redeemed? E-learning, Vol2, Nr1, 2005.


”Blended is a transitory term. Soon it will join other terms in the dustbin of has-beens. In the meantime, ”blended” is a stepping stone to the future.

It reminds us to look at learning challenges from many directions. It makes computer-only training look ridiculous.

It drives us to pick the right tools to get the job done”.

Jay Cross

Jay Cross, In: Foreword, Handbook of blended learning. December2004


http://www.mah.se/

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