Blended Learning Scenarios

INTRODUCTION: How many people have a Veteran in their family or know one? If yes do you help them or is it someone else’s problem. Well many people think it’s someone else problem, but the truth is it’s our problem.

When I first started to research about how the American society helps discharged soldiers, I first wanted to know what type of help society offer to them. The article “10 Organizations that Help Veterans Transition to Civilian Life” published by Vista College helped me view a plethora of organizations that offer help to veterans. The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) organization helps “connect veterans to one another and educate them on,” issues and benefits they could get when transitioning

The issue that has been addressed throughout this study is veteran’s rights. The issue of veteran’s rights is still being pursued and is near and dear to me. Not only am I a veteran, but I come from a long line of men and women who have proudly worn the uniform in defense of our nation. Between the mindset of the American public, to the cases presented before Congress, this is an ongoing dilemma. Caring for our brothers and sisters in arms is the socially responsible thing to do. However, many roadblocks must be torn down before this can come to fruition.

After years of admirable service, many veterans choose to make the transition back to civilian life. During their enlistments, they’ve learned invaluable skills that are highly sought after by employers. For these individuals, the experience was a powerful and empowering experience, but it’s time for a new chapter in their lives. Each year, more than a million veterans take advantage of resources that are provided specifically for current and former military personnel. Just as there are many reasons why these men and women decide to go back to school, there are many resources to aid veterans in the process.

Particularly vulnerable to failure, though, are those who are not entitled to resettlement support, or who lack educational qualifications; and those who are required to serve their final months either deployed or distant from their chosen civilian life. These barriers can be overcome by changes to service policies. As far as the separate but symbiotic issues facing those transitioning are concerned, each of these components will require its own micro strategy: for example, and perhaps controversially, at least for some stakeholders, priority should considered towards targeting resources to those Veterans who are most vulnerable to social exclusion. In this context, care is about not only healing but also prevention by seeking to do more to protect the vulnerable while in service and as they leave; targeting and

When completing chapter 3 and 5 of Heterogeneous Classrooms by Watanabe I learned that heterogeneous groups and group work can be very beneficial for students. The author gives examples on how teachers can shift from procedural teaching methods to conceptual. As a pre-service teacher it is critical to make sure that students experience feeling smart when completing assignments especially when they take risks and work persistently. For example in the reading when the teachers provided math examples they concluded that students will only believe they are smart at math when they succeed with challenging mathematics. When completing the reading I realized that many of the example problems administered whether it be algebra or general chemistry

The creators of hybrid degrees recognize that certain skills and knowledge cannot be adequately conveyed through online platforms alone. In order for certain topics to be effectively taught, it is sometimes necessary to receive face-to-face instruction. Lectures can be recorded and listened to online, but advanced medical or mechanical techniques need to be learned from someone who is available to answer questions and provide constructive feedback. Hybrid degrees incorporate the best features of both online instruction and on-campus study to deliver a holistic educational experience.

Many veterans today are coming home from wars that are less dangerous than past wars. Despite this fact, “far greater number of them wind up alienated and depressed. This is true even for people who didn’t experience combat.” Clearly, the main reason veterans are struggling is not a result of what they encountered while at war, but it is how they dealt with it when they tried to enter society again (Junger 90), Modern society makes the transition from war to civilization extremely difficult for veterans. Although there are federal policies in place, which are designed to help all veterans, especially disabled ones, this system is causing more harm than it is good. However, there is a way that will help veterans “live for” their country. By

These two modules demonstrate components of suggestions made by Ko and Rossen (2017) and Ragan (2017) of the practices that are best used when conducting a blended or online course. Although MIT’s course is described as a blended learning environment, Saylor Academy’s course is solely facilitated online; the two share many similarities and few differences. Besides the contrast of the learning environment each course final assessment of learning competencies is different, i.e. MIT: portfolio submission versus Saylor Academy: password-protected timed final exam. Furthermore, MIT provides students the opportunity to collaborate, discuss, and learn independently as students reflect in blogs about classroom observations and through written assessments. This approach is unlike Saylor Academy’s asynchronous, independent study, knowledge base – through recall approach learning opportunity for students.

Veterans have struggling with their civilian life after separated from military. Returning to the civilian life seem to be a big challenge for veterans who have no prior job’s skills for civilian because they had been influenced from military’s training, have physical and psychological injuries, so they have a hard time for

“Military occupations and training are not always transferable to the civilian workforce,” though there are many opportunities that would help if supported by people in society (“National Coalition for Homeless Veterans”). Likewise, more support in society could help decrease the numbers of incarcerated veterans. A report released in 2007 by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, estimated 140,000 veterans were held in both state and federal prisons (“National Coalition for Homeless Veterans”). State prisons held 54% of veterans that reported “service during a wartime era” and 20% of veterans who saw combat (“National Coalition for Homeless Veterans”). Two-thirds of veterans in federal prisons had served during wartime while one-quarter of veterans had seen combat (“National Coalition for Homeless Veterans”). Many of these veterans were not criminals prior to combat with “six in 10 incarcerated veterans” receiving honorable discharges from the military (“National Coalition for Homeless Veterans”). In state prison, “veterans had shorter criminal histories” than other inmates who were not veterans (“National Coalition for Homeless Veterans”). This shows a significant number of incarcerated veterans were affected deeply by their military experiences and possibly diagnosed with

Blended Learning...what does it mean to you? If you do a search on the internet, you will find a variety of definitions and resources. However, if I defined blended learning in our school, it would mean combining classroom learning with online learning to differentiate student learning.

The national manager at MBUSA, Greg Settle, needs to create the most efficient and effective training program in the automotive industry. This report examines two options that Settle can explore. The benefits and risk for each option are then discussed, and a recommendation is made as to what approach Settle should take to create this new training program.

The learning skill I would pick is "Blended Learning". I think Blended Learning is the best experience for kids to learn Online and Face-to-face at the same time. Blended Learning is like picking Cupcakes From Cakes they're both the same just sometimes they have a very big difference. So Face-too-face is being taught in person and online is just being taught Online but not in person. Well, what if I told you and can make Blended Learning sound better than it does to you already?

Ms. Crow and I discussed PA Cyber’s two varying functionalities of meeting the needs of our diverse range of students. Ms. Crow described the variation between the offering of Virtual and Blended courses. Virtual courses provide daily or synchronous learning experiences similar to what students would receive in the traditional brick and mortar setting. Blended courses provide an asynchronous model of learning where students work independently and take part in live sessions with teachers once per week.