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White Paper: Blended Learning Course Design

Blended learning, which combines the benefits of face-to-face instructional time with the conveniences of asynchronous, individualized online learning, offers many potential advantages for faculty and students.

It also can be challenging to get just the right mix of activities to maximize student learning and engagement, without creating an organizational nightmare for instructors.

In Blended Learning Course Design, you will learn the 10 steps Dr. Ike Shibley of Penn State used to transform his own courses with blended learning strategies that increased student performance and improved course evaluation ratings.

He even reduced his workload in the process. Now, that’s something to get excited about!

This new 22-page white paper is loaded with practical, solution-focused information you can use right away to effectively create a hybrid course that brings together the best of both worlds. You will learn:

The factors essential for successful blended courses
Which learning activities should be moved online
When face-to-face communication is necessary
How to use online grading opportunities to reduce your workload
Why it makes sense to use high- and low-stakes grading in a blended course
How blended learning facilitates higher order learning
How blended courses can help students learn

This white paper is based on one of Magna’s most popular seminars ever, originally delivered by Dr. Ike Shibley on March 11, 2009.

Dr. Shibley became involved in blended learning as part of a project to redesign the curriculum at Penn State and discovered that students in his blended learning courses achieved an average GPA almost 25 percent higher than students receiving traditional instruction. Here’s your chance to get true insider information on the right way to do blended learning.

Blended learning is revolutionizing college classrooms across the country. If you are thinking about getting started with blended learning or if you are struggling with fine-tuning an existing course, Blended Learning Course Design will point you in the right direction and save you from making frustrating and time-consuming mistakes. Get your copy today!

Cost

You can download the PDF of this white paper, or get the print version mailed to you.

Price per white paper for quantities up to:	1	2-10	11+
Print	$109	$99	$89
PDF Download	$69	$59	$49

A Campus Access License is available for an additional $200. It allows the purchasing institution to load the white paper onto the institution’s password-protected internal web site for unlimited access by members of the campus community.

“When you see how well blended learning fits with established pedagogical paradigms, creating a synergistic blend of what works best in face-to-face and online, why wouldn’t you want to at least try it?” – Ike Shibley, assistant professor, chemistry, Penn State.