Lecturers were allowed to choose a variety of commonly used blended teaching tools such as blogs or forum, online laboratory experiments, discussion groups, videos, and recorded videocast. They also had the liberty to pick the right mix of online and offline time, which may vary from 20% to 80% online. These flexibilities were given to the lecturers because they were teaching different disciplines as one blended teaching technique may be suitable for one discipline may not be so for another. However, lecturers had to report to the researchers which teaching technique(s) they used and the percent of the online and offline mix. This information is useful in the analysis.
The teaching methods used and the percent of the offline and online
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At least two months before the research commenced, the chief researcher conducted a one-day workshop for all the participating lecturers. They learned the importance of the Social Presence to build trust among the group members which will eventually lead to open communication. Various activities and suggestions were given to the lecturers to assist them to develop the Social Presence at the beginning of a semester. Also, lecturers learned how to organise a 12-week syllabus into major themes so as not to overburden the students with content and assignments. With each major theme, lecturers selected subject matters (topics), resources, learning activities and assessments needed. After that, these broad themes were organised into a teaching plan with online and offline activities. All lecturers were required to submit their teaching plans to the chief researcher for checking before it was implemented. In the workshop, lecturers also learned how to facilitate and carry out direct instruction in the classroom; two essential components of the Teaching Presence.
From Week 1 to Week 12, lecturers executed their teaching plans with all the learning activities. They were allowed to choose a variety of commonly used blended teaching tools such as blogs or forum, online laboratory experiments, discussion groups, videos, and recorded videocast. They also had the liberty to pick the right mix of online and offline time, which may vary from 20% to
My previous high school, Menomonie High School, does not have nearly as much technology available for the students to use as Crestwood High School does. In March of this year, I moved from Menomonie, WI to Elma, IA, I currently attend Crestwood High School in Cresco, IA. Menomonie High School has computer labs and computer carts the teachers are able to check out, but they have to reserve them months ahead of time because otherwise their students would not be able to have access to the computers. As a student, I noticed the transition from Menomonie High School to Crestwood High School has been very successful, I enjoy learning now and my grade point average has increased. Students like myself enjoy their education more due to having more access
Schwartz (2013) discusses how blended learning can be a mix of online and in-person instruction or hybrid class. Blended learning is a combination of the physical and digital tools, which integrate face-to-face pedagogical methods with a mixture of in class instruction, online work, and peer collaboration all intertwined with choices, creativity, and differentiated instruction that keeps student’s engaged as they learn. Blackboard, Ramport, and Banner allows faculty and staff members’ access to university data that is need to track the student’s VA benefits.
From this study, results of both success and failure were discovered and documented. From the aspect of success, the following results were found: First, classes that had online discussion helped students that would normally be introverts in a traditional class, to be active in discussions. Second, this type of class helped to improve
A traditional learning environment is a lecture-based course where the teacher has full control over the education of our country’s future voices which (s)he is bringing up in worldly knowledge. Typically, the semester plan stays on track and a syllabus is completed on time, however it is not as enjoyable of a style for the majority students and therefore not as effective. The majority of students require an active learning environment. When a professor discusses, “one subject for a set amount of time,” it is almost always a guarantee that the class’ pace will be set well in advance with little chance of falling off course states the education ministry of Guyana
One of the most important principles that should be taken into consideration before switching to blended learning is the effect of tech usage on general human communication
Principles that will support the students are strategies that are effective, systematic instruction, adequate learning and instruction in the general educational instructional context. Provide the students with peer relationship to promote social interaction. The use of technology for the students to be able to communicate and fully participate in the class activities, setting goals that goes accordingly to the students’ needs. Giving support to the students by teaching living skills, functional skills, and academic skills that will help the students to be more independent as much as possible, to make sense of the world around them, and have self-determination. Plan generalization for the students to have a better understanding of their surroundings and how are they able to react to life situation appropriately. Teaching the
As we continue in the future, online classes are becoming more and more popular. Students are able to work and continue education with more flexibility. The most common problem with the online class is communication, as well as learning is not always successful. In a recent article by Maria Konnikova, Ziming Liu, a professor at San Jose State University suggests, “On screen, people tended to browse and scan, to look for keywords, and to read in a less linear, more selective fashion. On the page, they tended to concentrate more on following the text.”(Konnikova. Par. 3). Perhaps instead of just an online class, an instructor combines the two. Some parts of the class, such as video lectures should be presented online, and other things like homework or work be done in class.
In my classroom, I am currently using the ELMO and TI-INSPIRE. Recently, I have receive a classroom set of iPad and I am looking forward to using that for my blended classroom. For my geometry class, I have been use Geometer’s Sketchpad as my curriculum software.
A teaching model is not just a plan or a set of ideas but also it comes with guidelines for designing education activities, as well as certain teaching and learning that are intended to achieve goals and outcomes. In order to achieve these goals and outcomes four different types of teaching models can be utilized in the classroom context along with various sub-models that comes under each of these model.The four major models proposed are social, personal, behaviour, and information processing model. Each of these model caters for a particular developmental area of the student which leads to overall progress of the
The video that I watched was about Blended Learning and what works better in your classroom. there are different strategies may will work in some classes but not work of another classes. the purpose of all these strategies are helping students to be successful. The video define of Blended Learning is the combination of digital content and activity with face to face. Teachers should decide what is appropriate for their students. in addition, the video shows that students engage well with using technology in class but there are some thing students can not find it online for example, classroom time direct, instruction,investigations, and discovery, so students are need to meet their teachers and friends to achieve these. There are alot of face
The class setting would be discussion based. Instead of lecturing to the students, the discussion would be facilitated by the instructor. The class would make use of a textbook, and the instructor could set up the weekly modules made up of short videos and supplemental material in a way that facilitate daily student preparation. The topic would come for assigned material and flow in the direction the students move it. Moreover, as a part of the daily preparation, the instructor could ask students handed in a discussion question to be turned before class but not required.
With high speed internet available to potential students of all economic levels, schools are opting to implement online classes into their traditional teaching curriculum. As a result, our society is divided in two different ways of thinking on the education. Some believe the modern method is better than the traditional method of teaching. Personally, I believe both methods should balance one another instead of attempting to substitute one another; this way their purpose of educating will be far more successful.
* Workshops must be arranged for the teachers so that they learn how to teach their students and teachers, professors should be consulted while making any plan, syllabus or
This chapter began with a signpost of an introduction to blended learning and scenario of learning style in MARA University of Technology. Buzzwords such as learning, blended learning, technology enhanced learning, digital academic and digital literacy have become common place in the educational world. Blended learning means the process of face to face learning and teaching events that are mixed with practical use of technology or online activities. Ward and La Branche (2003) claim that blended learning is often labeled as “the best of both worlds”. The definition of blended learning, however, is controversial among researchers and practitioners (Whitelock, 2004; Oliver and Trigwell, 2005). Macdonald (2007) describes blended learning
Online teaching is defined as any educational activity that requires a student to complete some learning or assessment activity via a personal computer and a connection to a network (Murdoch University Academic Council 1999). This network connection is usually to the Internet (Demirdjian 2002). It is a seen by the Murdoch University Academic Council as a teaching and learning technology, not a method of study (2002), but this depends on how it is to be used and by whom. For example, distance education student using online teaching would be more inclined to see it as a study method than a QUT student who uses online teaching to download and print lecture notes to attend a lecture on campus.