You're Teaching a Hybrid Class Etudes Summit 2015

You’re Teaching a Hybrid Class

Now What?

Jim Marteney

Congratulations You Were

Just asked to teach a

hybrid class

Let the Excitement

Begin

Life is Good

Or Were You “Persuaded

”

Suddenly

Reality Sets In

Confusion

Now What?How do you use the technology?

Were You Well

Trained?

Have a Good

Support System?

Where Do You Turn for Help?

Not just Technology questions

but, teaching questions

Ever Felt All Alone?

Teaching Online is Isolating

But here we are to help you

get started

How can we use

Technology?

Does it really Help?

“In the elementary classroom, we typically think of incorporating multiple instructional strategies, instead of the ‘sit and get’ instructional model of long ago.”

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/10/16/blended-math-core-301/

Technology being used in elementary schools

What is the difference between

A blended course?

A flipped course?

An online course?

A web enhanced course?

Dr. Desmond Keegan

An Online course

In 1979 he initiated the international journal Distance Education, which is now in its 36th year of publication

Laid the foundation of differentiating Distance Education from regular study

Proposed some of the fundamental issues that are still outstanding

The Role of Time Synchronous TechnologyAccess Equity and Social Impact of Distance Education

Skills Required by Learners and Teachers in using Electronic TechnologyThe Market and Willingness of Students to Partake in Electronic Classrooms

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Keegan

Distance education and training result from the technological separation of teacher and learner which frees the student from the necessity of traveling to “a fixed place, at a fixed time, to meet a fixed person, in order to be trained” Desmond Keegan

http://www.sabri.org/EDTECH-01/Definition.htm

An Online course

A Web Enhanced course“Web-Enhanced Courses are face-to-face courses that use any form of electronic media to post information, deliver content, provide learning resources, and foster student interaction outside the classroom. Even though web-enhanced courses use the internet and other online media, they are not considered distance education courses, because instruction takes place in the classroom. Technology is used to support instruction instead of being the main source of course delivery.”

http://online.pasadena.edu/faculty/face-to-face-course-support/aboutwebenhanced/

A Web Enhanced course

Jason Beaton

Effective?

“The first class I taught web enhanced (Summer 2012) has been the only class I've ever taught where all students passed with a grade C or Better. There are a lot less D's and Fails since web enhancing my face to face class”

A course where videos are watched at homes and are used to provide instruction so that the face-to-face portion of the course can be used for activities

A Flipped course

A Blended course

at least in part through online learning, with some element of student control over time, place, path,

and/or paceat least in part in a supervised brick-and-mortar

location away from homeand the modalities along each student’s

learning path within a course or subject are connected to provide an integrated learning experience.

An education program in which a student learns:

http://www.christenseninstitute.org/blended-learning-definitions-and-models/#sthash.7paSuSPf.dpuf

Is Blended learning Superior to f-2-f classes?

http://elearningindustry.com/why-blended-learning-is-better

Resources can also be managed efficiently with a minimum of fuss.

Engaged more and driving his/her individual learning experience to some degree,

In a Blended course learner is

Is more likely to cater to varying learning styles. as different learners have different learning styles

Benefits for the instructorInstant feedbackThe ability to quickly assess learner performance and needs based on reporting, testing or quizzing via the LMS.

http://www.teachthought.com/blended-learning-2/the-definition-of-blended-learning/

Blended Courses

“integrate online with traditional face-to-face class activities in a planned, pedagogically valuable manner.”

The essence is clear: Hybrid education uses online technology to not just supplement, but transform and improve the learning process

A professor not simply start a chat room or upload lecture videos and say he is leading a hybrid classroom.

http://www.teachthought.com/blended-learning-2/the-definition-of-blended-learning/

Successful blended learning occurs when technology and teaching inform each other: material becomes dynamic when it reaches students of varying learning styles. — Education Elements

In other words, blended classrooms on the Internet can reach and engage students in a truly customizable way.

Blended Courses

Create Something New.

Doug Thomas and John Seely Brown

Learners enjoy—and need—both structure and freedom.

One of the challenges that learning leaders face is “to find a way to marry structure and freedom to create something altogether new,”Blended learning allows you combine structure and freedom to customize a training program for your organization’s specific needs, whether that’s adding more games, social learning, discussion-based activities or face-to-face components.

Blended learning’s real strength:

http://www.teachthought.com/blended-learning-2/the-definition-of-blended-learning/

Does Blended Learning Work?

transforms a largely transmissive method of teaching–say, a professor lecturing for what feels like an eternity–into a truly interactive one.

It sounds ideal on paper, but does it work? A 2010 meta-analysis published by the U.S. Department of Education suggests it does. According to the report, students exposed to both face-to-face and online education were more successful than students entirely in one camp or the other.

Teachers must be committed to and well trained in blended and hybrid education and its technologies

http://www.teachthought.com/blended-learning-2/the-definition-of-blended-learning/

Is There a Catch?

Of Course

No educational model is one-size-fits-all

My First AttemptGroup Communication

How much class content is on ground or online?

Do I test on ground or online?

What percentage of class is on ground or online?

Are all activities on ground or some online?

How do I make both parts interesting

Challenges

Understanding that teaching a blended course is more challenging than teaching either a face-to-face or totally online course

ChallengesConvincing students that both parts of a blended course are necessary.

Students may engage in the part they enjoy the most, either on ground or online.

They tend to pick the one delivery method of the class they are more comfortable with.

Challenges

All classes will have different needs in their on ground and online balance

There is no one formula that works for all blended class situations

Challenges

Blended courses more challenging

Must convince student that both parts of the course are necessary.

All classes will have different balance of needs

There is no one formula that works for all

But, there are are some standard questions.

Challenges

Let’s explore them now.

What is the Purpose of a Blended Course?

Less time students need to be at school.Is it just

or

Engages student while they are out of the class

Lets students direct their own learning example mathIncreases peer to peer interaction

What is benefit to the Learners?

Select a Class You Teach

We are going to blend it

How Will the Online and On Ground Work Together?

Big picture of overall class strategy

How are Your Learning Objectives Best Delivered?

Which objectives translate best through the on ground portion of the class

Which objectives translate best through the online portion of the class

How is Content Best Delivered?

Which content translates best through the on ground portion of the class

Which content translates best through the online portion of the class

How Often Will a Blended Course Meet?

Los Angeles Valley CollegeTheater 100

Must class meet live on a regular basis?

NOTE: This class will meet face to face from 6:45-9:55pm on the following Days: Sept 3th, Sept 17th, Oct 8th ,Oct 22nd, Nov 5th, Nov 19th, and Dec 12th. All other coursework will be conducted online

Kathy Pyles

Assessing Blended Course Learners?

Which assessments will you conduct online?

Which assessments will you conduct “on ground"?

How will your grading policy reflect the importance of both the online and on ground components of the course?

Activities for Blended Classes

Online ActivitiesCase studiesVirtual field tripsOnline study forums“Guest Speakers”

Recorded lecturesSelf assessment online quizzesLow stakes or no stakes exercises to measure understandingGroup projectsDiscussions (more theoretical and more depthPeer Review

Activities for Blended Classes

On Ground ActivitiesMini lectures to introduce new/difficult concepts

Debrief to check for understandingHands on lab workTutorials to work through problem sets

Small group discussions (more spontaneous)Simulations, live and in realtimeIn class debatesDeliver presentationsPresent group materialsPeer Review

How will you teach your learners

That both parts of your class are crucialTo become comfortable with both parts of your class

How will you make it clear this is a blended course?How will you explain the purpose of each format (online and unground?)

Final Thoughts

Stephanie DelanyDean, Seattle Central

College

“Put on the hat of your learner. Approach your class with a completely empty mind.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdI9a1m0quo