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Blended Learning

Blended Learning. From an educational perspective, blended learning is primarily focused on integrating the traditional face-to-face classroom environment

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Blended Learning

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From an educational perspective, blended learning is primarily focused on integrating the traditional face-to-face classroom environment and the self-directed online environment

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What Can Blended Learning Look Like?

Some blended learning teachers deliver most of the lessons in atraditional manner.

They post due dates, reminders, homework assignments, class notes, and enrichment or remediation materials online.

Students access this material mainly outside of class – before and after school, at lunch, on weekends and holidays, and while absent.

Some blended learning teachers have a small bank of computers in their classrooms that can be accessed flexibly.

Students may take turns usingthe computers, or they may work inpairs on some assignments.

Teachers of split grades can have one grade access content and assignments online, while the other does group work or is taught a face-to-face lesson.

Some blended learning teachers have access to a full mobile lab or teach in a computer lab.

In such classes, teachers may deliver the majority of their lessons online, since there is a high ratio of students to computers.

During class, teachers makeobservations, confer with students,and offer face-to-face instruction tothose struggling with difficult concepts

Blended Learning Spectrum

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What do I need to know to teach a blended course?

• You need to know how to use a Learning Management System (LMS).

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What is a Learning Management System (LMS)?

A Learning Management System is an internet platform which lets you:– communicate and collaborate online– store information and create repositories with

different access rights– create training materials, upload existing

courses and train online– receive and mark your students’ assignments

electronically– monitor your students’ performance and track

their results.

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LMS Tools

• Blogs• Wikis• Email• News

• Podcasting• Screencasts

• Discussion Groups• Dropboxes• Online quizzes• Online tests• Surveys• Calendars• Insert Videos• Insert Audio• Upload files

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Desire 2 Learn (D2L) LMS

• In Ontario, blended learning may be conducted through the provincial learning management system (LMS), where students and teachers have access to:– Communication tools, such as the blog,

pager, discussions, news, schedule, and e-mail tools.

– Assessment tools, such as drop boxes, quizzes, and surveys.

– Provincially-developed content which includes

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125 Secondary courses packages

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And 18 Elementary course packages

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Course Previews

To view the available content and get a feel for the LMS visit

https://courses.elearningontario.ca/login.asp

and login user the following:

• For Public Secondary courses:– userid:  preview_public– pword: preview

• For all Elementary packages:– userid: preview_elementary– pword: preview

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Benefits of using a LMS

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How to Start?

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Conclusion

Blending Learning: The Convergence of Online and Face-to-Face Education; John Watson; NACOL

By combining the benefits of online instruction with the advantages of face-to-face instruction, you might improve learning in your course in ways that are impossible to achieve using only face-to-face meetings or only online resources.

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The use of computers and online learning in education requires a much larger shift in thinking than simply adding a few computers to classrooms. Truly blended learning requires that teachers approach their role differently, as guides and mentors instead of purveyors of information.

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