from face-to-face to blended instruction: best practices for a smooth transition
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From face-to-face to blended instruction: best practices for a smooth transition
Hybrid
Blended Learning
Transition
Online Learning
How to scare instructors
Online Education Myths!
Online Education Myths!
1. Online education is easy.
2. The quality of online courses is lower.
3. Online credits will not transfer to another school.
4. Online students can’t meet with the instructor and/or won’t have that personal touch you get in the physical classroom.
5. It is easier to cheat online.
6. You have to be very technological inclined to take an online class.
7. Students can easily hide from the instructor.
The Blended/Hybrid Approach
Blended or hybrid learning courses are sometimes seen as a "middle road" between fully online teaching and learning, and face to face classroom settings. In fact, many instructors begin transitioning to the online environment by teaching hybrid before they begin developing a course to be delivered fully online. So what is blended teaching and learning?
The approach known as "inverted" learning is, in part, the belief that technology is most powerfully used outside of the classroom--where all of the lecture material is made available online for students to study prior to class.
Some of the benefits of blending teaching and learning include extending the reach of the course to more participants due to increased flexibility
Student-Centered Course Design
While online students come from all backgrounds and walks of life, the early indications about online learners is that they tend to be working professionals seeking to better their circumstances.
Young learners who grew up with computers and the internet integrated into their lives are showing signs of interest in online education. It may seem obvious, but one important characteristic of online students is their belief that learning can take place outside the classroom as well as inside.
So how do we become more student-centered in our course design?
Student-Centered Course Design
In the general sense:
• Consistent faculty presence.
• Chunking/scaffolding out your lectures.
• Use a dynamic interaction or two.
Orienting Your Students to the Virtual Learning Space
• Online course orientation.
• Software.
• Consistency.
• Help Resources.
Designing to Learn: Best Practices for Building an Online Course
1. Build to be present.
2. Build for a supportive online course community.
3. Build with clear communication and time management expectations.
4. Build a variety of large group, small group, and individual work experiences.
5. Build using both synchronous and asynchronous activities.
Designing to Learn: Best Practices for Building an Online Course
6. Build-in regular feedback.
7. Build a discussion forum that invites questions, engagement, reflection and dialogue.
8. Build-in digital connections.
9. Build-in customized and personalized learning.
10. Build-in a good closing activity for the course.
Recommendations for Instructors and Instructional Designers
• Get to know Your Online Environment.
• Get to know Your Students.
• Create Your Course Map and Structure.
• Video Lectures
Mary Jane Blystone
Blended Learning and LMS Specialist
Drake University2507 University AveMeredith Hall 10CDes Moines, IA. 50311
E-Mail: [email protected]
Cyndi Castro
Manager Blackboard Central/Bb GUI Admin
The University of Texas at El Paso500 W. UniversityLibrary Rm 300El Paso, TX 79968
E-Mail: [email protected]
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