teaching in blended and online learning environments
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Teaching in Blended & Online Learning Environments
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Introductions
Kim Bell- Client [email protected]@kibel77
Tiffany Kelley- Instructional [email protected]@techietiff68
Angela Christopher- [email protected]@avchristopherwww.AestheTECH.weebly.com/blog.html
Agenda
• Overview of the e4TN program• Blended learning
• Teaching online
• Interactive Tools: Web 2.0
What is a primary reason teachers do not incorporate more differentiated
instruction?
lack of…TimeResourcesSupport
According to John Watson, online learning has become an increasingly important component of K-12 education with the growth being driven primarily by state-led online programs.
Watson, John. "Blending Learning: The Convergence of Online and Face-to-Face Education." Promising Practices in Online Learning (2010): 18.
www.e4tn.org
Tennessee’s State Led Online Program
e4TN is a grant funded initiative that provides Tennessee teachers the opportunity to develop online Carnegie credit courses that are rigorous, engaging and aligned to Tennessee standards, to include core courses and electives such as foreign languages.
Dan LongExecutive Director - Assessment , Evaluation, Research and e-Learning [email protected]
Dr. Wendy OliverDirector, e4TN, Leadership [email protected]
Think?If you could meet the needs of diverse learners…
• How does blended learning fit into current conceptions of online learning?
• How does blended learning help engage students and support their academic success?
• How are online learning and face-to-face instruction being combined effectively?
• Is blended learning meeting unique student needs that neither fully online nor face-to-face models can achieve?
• What digital content and curricula are being used in blended learning?
Group Work
NACOL “Blended Learning: The Convergence of
Online and Face-to-Face Education”
Standards Based Curriculum
https://www.e4tn.orgStudents and Parents
Course Catalog
Course Outline: Learning Objects and TN Standards Correlation
What does digital content look like?
https://www.e4tn.org Click “Go to Class”
Username: e4tnfacilitatorPassword: spring2011
Blended Learning in Action
Freshman AcademyPhysics
Scope and Sequence
Resources Available to TN Teachers and
Administrators…Audit Curriculum
Teaching Strategies
Blended vs. Online
Teaching: Blended vs. Online
Blended Teaching• "F2F enhancement"• F2F teaching combined
with Online Components• Student performance
better than F2F alone1
• Benefits:o flexibility o allows for better use of
time during F2Fo appeals to multiple
learning styleso current information
Online Teaching• "F2F Alternative"• Strictly online• Student performance same
as F2F1
• Benefits:o flexibilityo review ofteno "quiet" students inclined to
communicateo curriculum - real time
updates
Blended Teaching
"Overall, the meta-analysis found that students who took part of their class online performed better, on average, than those taking the same course through traditional face to face instruction." - USDOE's "Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning"1
"Blended learning, combining the best elements of online and face-to-face education, is likely to emerge as the predominant teaching model of the future." 3
- Promising Practices in Online Learning: Blended Learning: The Convergence of Online and Face-to-Face Education
Blended Teaching
• Shift from lecture to student centered learning• Use of web-based resources to supplement, add dimension
or perspectiveo videoso interactive sites o collaborationo student created products
• Teacher acts as facilitator• Students take ownership of learning• Best of Both Worlds
Online Teaching
• Learning Management System (LMS)• Teacher acts as Facilitator• Engaging Learning Environment • Asynchronous
o teacher and student accessing at different times• Synchronous
o teacher and student online at same time• Schedule Flexibility
Let's login as an online teacher! www.d2l-e4tn.org
VOCAL
• Visible• Organized• Compassionate• Analytical• Lead by Example
Adopted from John Savery - http://www.ncolr.org/jiol/issues/pdf/9.3.2.pdf
How can online teachers engage these 21st century
students?
• Graphics• Color• Videos• Links
• Graphics & Color
Let’s try it!
• Videos
Let’s try it!
• Links
Let’s try it!
Web 2.0
Interactive Technology
by: Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D.
Interactive Tools
• Interactive • User generated content• Collective knowledge
• Youtube • Wikipedia• Google Docs • Facebook• Twitter
• Real time• Artificial Intelligence• Semantic• Intelligent search • behavioral advertising
• Bing's reference search• Google Map App (real time
driving conditions, traffic, & street views)
Web 3.0Web 2.0
TPACK
Total PACKage
Content= what we teach Pedagogy= how we teach
Technology= how to use achieve learning goals
Why?
e are preparing our children for jobs that do not exist today. e need life-long learners. e need to make the learning "stick."
W W W
Many tools
We NEED Life-Long Learners
Where do we start?
You do not have to be an expert.
YOUR students become the experts!
Let's try...
Twiddla: http://www.twiddla.com/
TypeWith.me
http://www.typewith.me/
It's about learning...
•teach them HOW to learn •ENGAGE them, let them engage •make it MEANINGFUL •let them be PRODUCTIVE
Shared knowledge
• Wikis- Coast to Coast
• Blogs –Mrs. Cassidy’s Classroom Blog
• Social Networks- ArtEd 2.0• Edmoto
ToonDoo
www.toondoo.com
Let's try it!
Maps
• Google Earth – Memphis
• Mapwing – Coral Reefs
• Nike+ - Physical Education
Digital Stories
• VoiceThread – Romare Bearden
• Prezi – Landslides• Animoto –
Stockmarket
Collaboration
Let’s try it!
Keep collaborating!
Edmodo
Gliffy -
More...
• Voki• Google Docs• Diigo and Delicious
Web 2.0 for Blended & Online Learning
• Group projects• Student products (video, audio, e-portfolios)
• Differentiated instruction
• Embed artifacts directly into a class wiki, webpage, or
learning management system (Voicethread, Wordle, Audacity, etc.)
Want more?
21 Things For The 21st Century Educator - The purpose of this resource is to provide "Just in Time" training through an online interface for K-12 educators based on the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T).
Thank you!
Find these links & more aton the conference wiki
References
1Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning - http://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based-practices/finalreport.pdf2Fast Facts about Online Learning - http://www.inacol.org/press/docs/nacol_fast_facts.pdf3Promising Practices in Online Learning: Blended Learning: The Convergence of Online and Face-to-Face Education - http://www.inacol.org/research/promisingpractices/NACOL_PP-BlendedLearning-lr.pdfBe VOCAL, Characteristics of Successful Online Instructors- John R. Savery, University of Akron
TPACK Graphic: http://tpack.org/