1950
youth television
needs of my neighbor
Mr. Rogers’Neighborhood
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Your Neighborhood
The aspiring author.
#storycraft
#writechat
The aspiring biologist.
“The winning and surviving learning organizations will be
the ones that put the students first.” – Dan Rosensweig
(CEO of Chegg)
-Larry Rosenstock
Who should have the remote control?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28478778@N05/5728485497/
Which best represents
your school?
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sydney_Chinatown_fish_market.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Father_and_son_fishing_little_boy_helps_his_father_to_fish.jpg
What is the learner’s role?
Face-to-Face Learning
Online Learning
BlendedLearning
http://etale.org/main/2013/02/21/a-flipped-classroom-primer/
http://www.christenseninstitute.org/blended-learning-model-definitions/
5Self-
blendedLearnin
g
“Blended learning is a formal education program
where the student is learning in part online and
has some control over time, pace, and path”
– Michael Horn 2/14/14
Self-directed Learning“...the individual takes the initiative and the
responsibility for what occurs. Individuals select, manage,
and assess their own learning activities...”
http://selfdirectedlearning.com/
Self-blended Learning
self-directed learning+
blended learning
Self-blended Learning
“Individual students or groups of students gain control over time, pace or path by creating or supplementing
learning experiences with digital and/or face-to-face learning
activities.”
http://etale.org/main/2013/03/11/5-examples-of-self-blended-learning/
It happens regardless
…
It happens regardless
…
The Digital Divide & the Cupboard
Metaphor
What do studentsneed to learn?
What do I
need/want
to learn?
How will I know
when they learned it?
How will I know
when I’ve learned it?
How will I monitor
their progress?
How will I monitor
my progress?
How will I monitor
their progress?
How will I monitor
my progress?
How will I monitor
their progress?
How will I monitor
my progress?
http://etale.org/main/2013/10/06/3205/
selfcompute
rpeers
teachers mentors others?
How will I help themlearn it?
How will I learn it?
11 Ways to Become A Champion of Self-Blended
Learning
1. The“Why?” of Self-Blended Learning
Why?
How?
What?
Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle
2. “Get informed about the possibilities” & go on digital
walkabouts with the students.
3. Give Learners Some Control Over Time,
Pace & Pathway
http://online.cuw.edu
What is a digital badge?
A visual/digital symbol that indicates evidence of specific knowledge, skill,
accomplishments, etc.
+ meta-data
Why badges?• Granular documentation of learning.• Flexibility in time, pace, place and
pathway.• Accurate meaning across
organizations.• Document and track learning
outside of school.• Students own the credential• Instant “resume” updates
meta-data• Description • Badge Issuer• Criteria
5 Badge Design Tips• Beware of badges as biscuits.• Create great criteria.• Make the badges mean something.• Make the badge mean something
beyond your classroom / school.• Value Open Badge Infrastructure
(OBI)
Badge Issuing Options
• BadgeKit (private beta) - http://badgekit.openbadges.org/
• BadgeStack (WordPress Plug-in) - http://badgeos.org/badgestack/
• Moodle, Blackboard Learn, Canvas, Edmodo, etc.
• ClassBadges - http://classbadges.com/ • Credly - https://credly.com/
4. Challenge the Can’t
5. Find Inspiration from
the Past
6. Watch for Load Bearing Walls, but Learn to “Orbit the Hairball”
Inevitable: Mass Customized Learning: Learning in the Age of Empowerment by Schwahn & McGarvey
Orbiting the Giant Hairball by Gordon MacKenzie
7. Cultivate Self-Assessment• Why am I learning this?• What is my prior knowledge about it?• How can I grow in my knowledge or skill in this
area? • How am I doing? • What do I understand well?• What am I misunderstanding? • What mistakes am I making?• What do I need to do to adjust…to improve my
knowledge or skill?
The Student PLN
8. Make Student PLN Development Part of the
Curriculum
9. “How I did it!” Self-Blended Show and Tell
10. Be & Do What is Most Needed Among
Teachers
Design Demonstrate
MirrorMentor
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