This presentation was designed to assist educators, educational leaders, and industry leadership in moving real time instruction and workplace activities to online,

cloud-based solutions through the provision of education and resources in challenging times.

Stop – Breathe – Pay Attention – Take a Deep Breath

About Blended by Designwww.blended-by-design.net

� Founded in 2018 after the successful launch and sale of Literacy Solutions and more, Inc., 400+ online courses for educators in Moodle and Word Press.

� The Blended by Design mission is to help businesses in adult learning achieve their learning goals by migrating digital assets to create common sense online courses to be used in a blended learning format. Course formatting is based on best, evidence-based practices for blended learning.

� Online courses for K-12 students in ELA, ESOL, TESOL, digital and media literacy.

� Online courses for adult learners to support their transition to blended learning.

Application for Adult Learners� Blended by Design principles apply to all industries

that focus on adult learners working in fast paced, time pressured environments with state and federal mandates to comply with.

� Implementation of e-learning training programs help alleviate need of lengthy classroom training sessions, saving industries time and resources.

� Inclusion of self-paced learning modules and resources such as apps., pocket guides and job aids improve retention and recall during application.

Questions Answered� What do learners need from blended learning to

engage in the learning experiences that lead to real change?

� How can blended learning contribute to better learning and higher cognition?

� What type of planning and preparation is needed to teach using a blended learning curriculum?

� Most critical: How do I move real time work to online, and where do I begin?

Checklist� High speed internet – 4G, 5G

� Access to a high functioning learning managementsystem

� Access to working collaboration tools that include conference calling, desktop sharing and whiteboard tools that allow for face-to-face contact

� Knowledge of, and access to, open source file sharing

� Access to Microsoft Office Suite

� Curriculum with learning goals and objectives for yourlearners

� A designated spot to work and focus without interruption

� Knowledge of best practices for online and blendedlearning

Learning Management SystemsOpen Source and Free

Moodle: Community-driven, this globally supported effort makes one of the largest open source teams in the world. Moodle comes with a full kit of features that allow not only corporates but also educators to create a private learning space online, filled with tools that easily create courses and countless activities – all optimized for collaborative learning. https://moodle.com

Kornukopia: Learning Management System (LMS), Student Information System (SIS) and Learning Content Management System (LCMS) is the first cloud-based platform to be offered 100% free to the general public. https://kornukopia.com/

Coursesites: a free version of Blackboard and Canvas found at https://coursesites.com/

Open edX: Supports online campuses, instructor-led courses, degree programs, and self-paced courses using

a single platform with interactive forums, discussion boards, live video conferencing: https://open.edx.org/

Chamilo: Developed in Spain by the Chamilo Association: https://chamilo.org/en/

Claronline: Available in 35 languages https://claroline.net/

Forma.lms: award-winning Learning Management System, used to manage and deliver online training courses. Designed for corporate training, born to fit your company needs and processes: https://www.formalms.org

Collaboration Tools

Open Source and Free

Heyspace: Task and project management software with communication and collaboration features. Coordinate and organize projects with clients, vendors, colleagues, employees. https://hey.space/

Clinked: Client-facing teams with mobile application. https://clinked.com/

Monday: monday.com, ranked No. 1 for productivity, helps teams manage and execute projects. https://monday.com/

Trello: Organize teamwork, manage projects, assign tasks, manage due dates, attach files, create checklists, and more. https://trello.com/

Hive: https://hive.com/

GoToMeeting: Virtual team meetings, video conferencing, calendar management. https://www.goto.com/meeting/

Zoom: Virtual meetings, video conferencing, desktop sharing, calendar management https://zoom.us/

Skype: Online meetings, conference calls, desktop sharing https://www.skype.com/en/

Google Hangouts: Team video calling, conference calling, calendar sharing https://gsuite.google.com/

Calendar Management

Contact Management

Document Management

Project Management

Real Time

Editing

Task Management

Video Conferencing

File Sharing ToolsOpen Source and Free

Google Drive: Permissions can be set up for viewing or editing, and others outside the organization can be invited to view, download, and collaborate — no email attachment required. Documents, images, spreadsheets https://www.google.com/drive/

Onehub: Secure online document and file sharing with bank-level encryption in transit and at rest, role-based permission system, secure file sharing and collaboration. https://www.onehub.com/

Microsoft Onedrive: Hosts over 270 file types with 5GB of storage space free of charge. Cloud storage that replaces SharePoint Workspace. Your data can be stored and shared either on your own on-premise server or purchased as a Cloud-based subscription from Microsoft.https://products.office.com/

eFileCabinet: Offers full-Text Search, folder templates, pre-defined file names, portfolios with up to 5 TB of storage, additional space available https://www.efilecabinet.com/

Dropbox: Documents, images, spreadsheets, collaboration in realtime https://www.dropbox.com

Box: Workflow and collaboration with advanced security controls https://www.box.com/home

Wire: Added features that some other file sharing platforms lack, such as team chats that can involve external partners, high quality video calls, integrated voice conferencing and other ways of encouraging collaboration and making it highly interactive. https://wire.com/en/

Best Practices:Discussion Forums

Discussion forums prompted with deep discussion prompts that foster scholarly discussions:

� Discussion forums are opportunities to further reflect, discuss, give and receive qualitative feedback from peers and course instructors (Gaytan, 2010; McFarlane, 2011; Ruckdeschel, 2017).

� Discussion forums should always prompt learners with broad and essential questions geared to discussion of implementation, newly learned strategy, and commentary on new learning, while inspiring deeper dives into the learning material.

� Without such discussion learners may be left feeling uncertain about their own impending or executed implementation of newly learned strategy (McConnell, 2013). Discussion forums were found to inspire quick transfer of new learning into K-12 classrooms (Ruckdeschel, 2017).

Discussion Forum Example:

Include Video ExamplesShort video examples (versus lectures about content):

� Real examples of reading and/or lecture content.

� Short and meaningful, to-the-point video of two to five minutes in length of classroom strategy use.

� The same strategies taught in the course were the same strategies discussed in the podcasts of content reads, later moved into video examples.

PodcastsPodcasts/MP4s supplemental to content reads:

� Online generic content holds great value in an online classroom (Marzano, 2015), but can be daunting to a learner in a 30 or 60-hour course.

� Content is a crucial piece to online learning in order to effectively articulate strategy, and to have teachers understand the rationale behind the strategy, which will ultimately sell them on its application to their own teaching and pedagogy.

� Podcasting, or audio scripting content, is an effective way to strengthen content’s reach.

� Podcasting content is another way to differentiate for adult learners who may need a break from reading but feel compelled to continue with the learning (Ruckdeschel, 2017).

Evidence-Based StrategiesIntroduction to research-based strategies that transport easily

and quickly into learning:

� Learners need to know that strategies taught in an online course have direct application to their own work.

� When properly implemented, evidence-based practices can be just as effective in an online environment as they are in a live one.

� With proper design, trial and error, and qualitative feedback from colleagues along the way, teachers and their students benefit from evidence-based instructional strategies.

Scaffolded, Job-embedded Assignments

Scaffolded, job embedded assignments:

� When assignments can be scaffolded throughout the entire course of blended learning with opportunities for reflection and qualitative feedback, learners have ample opportunities for trial and error learning.

� Learners need qualitative feedback and opportunities for reflection in order to import any needed modification or differentiation along the way.

� With multiple opportunities for reflection, feedback, and modification, leadership can be assured that that online learning will be properly aligned in design and execution.

Places to pool and share resources:

E-folders Web links to e-resources Collaborative environments for sharing: G-Drive, Blogs, Dropbox, etc.

Qualitative FeedbackQualitative feedback:

� Learners need multiple opportunities for feedback.

� In a blended environment, some of the most effective opportunities to influence learning and collaboration can arise from qualitative feedback (Yang & Badger, 2010).

� When feedback can focus on specific elements of design and collaboration, learners have more opportunities to make adjustments and thus effectuate more productivity (Ruckdeschel, 2017).

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