Darrow blendedlearning.apr2012

Breaking Down Boundaries with Blended
Teaching and Learning

Rob Darrow, Ed.D.
April 2012
LEAD 3.0 – San Mateo

Rob’s Wiki:
http://robdarrow.wikispaces.com

Introductions
 Me:Retired online school
principal, doctorate, consultant
(www.onlinelearningvisions.com),
father of a 22-year-old
 My online learning journey

 You:Administrators? K-6? 7-12?
teachers? Librarians? Other?

Textbook to Online Teaching and Learning. Rob Darrow, EdD. Rob @ onlinelearningvisions.com. Feb. 2012.

What are current challenges
of Ca education?

 In addition to funding…


How does blended learning meet
some of these challenges?
 Time
 Flexibility
 Students take greater control of their own
learning
 Teachers become more than “sage on the
stage”
 Customize learning for students
First, let’s define blended learning…

A few realities about
blended teaching and learning
 Blended Learning will not save you money in the
short term (maybe in the long term)
 But it does provide greater access which can be

considered a cost savings
 Not many districts measure how many students stay

in the district
 It does not work well without highly trained and
skilled teachers
 In California, there is no ongoing funding stream for
online/blended learning courses as part of ADA


California Ed Finance 101
 ADA (“seat time” - 240
minutes each day)
 Independent Study (student
gets hours based on work and
physically meets a teacher
once a week).
 Charter (ADA or Ind Study)

1 student in school for 1 day = 1 ADA.


What was school like
for you?

Teaching ?
Learning ?
Curriculum ?


 What is the student
doing and where is the
student?

 What is the teacher
doing and where is
the teacher?

 What and where is the
content / curriculum?

We are pretty clear
Face-to-Face Teaching Online Teaching
 Students in classroom  Students online
 Teacher in classroom  Teacher online (minimal
 Interaction face-to- face-to-face interaction)
face, mostly verbal, some  Interaction online video
visual conferencing, email –
 Fixed schedule of classes more visual, less verbal
to attend  Flexible schedule for work
 Prescribed curriculum completion
based on standards / use  Prescribed curriculum
of textbooks online based on standards
/ text

Blended teaching and learning
is more than
plugging a kid into a computer
 It involves …
the student
the teacher
the curriculum (content)
 About transforming teaching leading
to a more customized approach to
teaching and learning


What is
Blended
Teaching and Learning?

 In
the context of a continuum from
textbook enhanced to
online teaching and learning…


Online
Teaching

Textbook
Enhanced Technology
Teaching Enhanced
Teaching

Web / Online
Enhanced
Teaching

From Textbook to Online Teaching

Confusion about
“blended learning?”

 Blended learning should be viewed as a
pedagogical approach that combines the
effectiveness and socialization opportunities
of the classroom with the technologically
enhanced active learning possibilities of the
online environment,
• Dziuban, Hartman and Moskal (2004)


Confusion about
“blended learning?”

 Blended learning
“combines face-to-face
learning with computer
mediated learning.”

(Bonk and Graham, 2006. Handbook
of blended learning: Global
perspectives, local designs.
http://www.publicationshare.com/).

Another definition
 “Blended learning is any time a student
learns at least in part at a supervised
brick and mortar location away from
home and at least in part through
online delivery with some element of
student control over
time, place, path, and/or pace.”

 (Horn & Staker, 2011)


Allen, I. E., Seaman, J., & Garrett, R. (2007). Blending in: The extent and
promise of blended education in the United States. Newburyport, MA: The
Sloan Consortium.
http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/survey/blended06

Why does this matter?

 The goal is student achievement, high
school diplomas and careers, but…
if we don’t know what “it” looks like:
 We can’t count it
 We can’t study it (researchers)
 We don’t know if it’s making a difference
 We can’t teach it to others


Online
Teaching

Technology
Enhanced
Teaching
Textbook
Enhanced Web / Online
Teaching Enhanced
Teaching


What does “it” look like?
Where do you fit?

 Textbook enhanced teaching and
learning
 Technology enhanced (not online)
 Web/online enhanced
 Blended
 Online


What was
there before
textbooks?
When were the
first textbooks
in California?

McGuffey Reader
1841

 What is the student
doing and where is the
student?

 What is the teacher
doing and where is
the teacher?

 What and where is the
content?

*Teacher vs. student control of

More teacher
control  Textbook enhanced
 Technology enhanced
Shared (not online)
control
 Blended
More student
control  Online

*Teacher-centric vs. Student-centric

More teacher
centric  Textbook enhanced
Combination (not online)
 Blended
More student
centric  Online

*Control of time and pace

Set time
structure  Textbook enhanced
Some (not online)
Flexibility
 Blended
Flexible
 Online

 Textbook enhanced teaching and
learning
 Technology enhanced (not online)
 Blended
 Online


Textbook Enhanced
Teacher Student Curriculum


Textbook Enhanced
What is the student doing? What is the teacher doing?
• Sitting in a desk in a classroom • Standing in front of the
• Writing on paper classroom
• Listening to teacher • Directing Learning
• Talking with peers • Group discussions

What is the content? Where is the content?
• Textbooks • On paper
• Supplemental materials • In the classroom
• Teacher created materials • In a school library


Technology Enhanced


Technology Enhanced
• Sitting in a desk in a classroom • Standing in front of the classroom
• Writing on paper • Directing Learning
• Listening to teacher • Group discussions
• Talking with peers
• Using a shared or personal
computer
• Computer (Word, Ppt, etc.) • On a computer/digital white
• Computer Program (loaded or board / doc camera, etc.
CD-Rom)


Web/Online Enhanced


Web/Online Enhanced
• Sitting in a desk in a classroom • Standing in front of the classroom
• Writing on paper • Directing Learning
• Listening to teacher • Group discussions
• Talking with peers • Assignments/activities online
• Using a shared or personal
computer
CD-Rom) • Some Online
• Web
• Computer led (e.g.
programmed math or English.
Plato, Ed 2020)

Blended


(30% work online) Blended (30% interacting with students
• Sitting in a desk in a classroom online)
or computer lab • Standing in front of the
• Using personal computer classroom and interacting
online at home or other online
location • Directing Learning
• Interacting with peers in • Meeting students in small
person and online groups (f2f and online)
• Developing/assigning online
lessons
• Grading online

CD-Rom) • Online (computer led or
• Web teacher led content)
• Computer led (e.g.
programmed math or English)

Online


Online
(70% or more work online) (70% or more interacting with students
• Sitting in a desk in a classroom or online)
computer lab • Standing in front of the classroom
• Using personal computer online at • Directing Learning
home or school or other location • Meeting students in small groups (f2f
• Interacting with teacher in person and online)
and/or online • Developing/assigning online lessons
• Interacting with teacher in person • Discussion Board
and/or online • Online meetings/teaching (e.g.
Elluminate)
• Grading online

• Supplemental materials • On a computer/digital white board / doc
• Teacher created materials camera, etc.
• Computer (Word, Ppt, etc.) • Online (computer led or teacher led
• Computer Program (loaded or CD-Rom) content)
• Web
• Computer led (e.g. programmed math or
English)
• Teacher led


iNacol – Updated Quality Online Teaching
Standards – Blended Learning Continuum
**Students**
Less Online More Online Mostly Online
Instruction Instruction Instruction


**Curriculum**


**Instructional Support**

iNacol Standards for Quality Online Courses (2011).
http://www.inacol.org/research/nationalstandards/ EdD. Rob @ onlinelearningvisions.com. Feb. 2012.
Textbook to Online Teaching and Learning. Rob Darrow,

A quick review, then a quiz


Online
Teaching

Textbook Technology
Enhanced Enhanced
Teaching Teaching

Web / Online
Enhanced
Teaching


A Quiz! - Practice
 Students are told to take out their math
books and turn to p. 45 to learn about
adding fractions.


Quiz 1
 Students must create a short video to
demonstrate their learning about the
Pythagorean Theorem in their Algebra
course. Students put together the key
points, add in their voice and background
music and then upload the video to
YouTube. The web address is posted in
the assignment area for the teacher to
grade.

Quiz 2
 Students are directed by the teacher to go
to the National Geographic website to
complete the activity there about the
different continents of the world. Students
turn in the assignment digitally through the
online classroom drop box.


Quiz 3
 Students are working together on a wiki to
identify the key concepts needed to know
about when taking the Advanced
Placement U.S. History exam. The
students decide which students will focus
on different topics and then set a time
when they can meet online to review each
part of the wiki.


Quiz 4
 Students are presenting about what they
learned about the Battle of Gettysburg in
the Civil War. They have created a
PowerPoint and are advancing the slides
on the digital white board in the front of
the classroom. In addition, each student
listening has a “clicker” to answer
questions about the presentation while the
students are presenting.

Resources
 iNacol, International Organization for K-12 Online
Learning – www.inacol.org
 CUE (and the eLearning SIG) – www.cue.org
 Keeping Pace - http://kpk12.com/
 Ca eLearn Framework -
http://www.ccsesa.org/index/hotTopics.cfm
 Ca Dept of Ed -
http://pubs.cde.ca.gov/tcsii/onlineeducation/onlineed
ucindex.aspx
 Online Learning Research -
http://www.onlinelearningvisions.com/research


Questions? Contact

Rob @ OnlineLearningVisions.com

Web:
www.OnlineLearningVisions.com

Rob’s Wiki:
http://robdarrow.wikispaces.com


Online/Blended Learning Programs

Computer Assisted Teacher Lead
 Computer assessment and  Teacher places students
computer placed  Teacher at end of every course
 Complete lesson (teacher in a  Students advance based on
box) teacher assessment (some
 Multiple choice test (Pass, may be multiple choice)
continue; Fail, repeat)  Online interaction (e.g.
 Adult facilitated (credentialed discussion
or classified) boards, synchronous online
 Education 2020 lessons/office hours)
 Plato  K-12, Inc.
 Apex Learning  Florida Virtual School
 Connections Academy


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