In higher education, the need for blended learning strategies will continue to grow. This resource guide will help you facilitate a fast change to engaging students in the face-to-face, online, or hybrid classroom using blended learning methodologies. From incorporating tools and resources that promote blended learning methods, you’ll gain specific insight from articles and seminars to guide your blended learning journey. Additionally, for instructors interested in exploring blended learning, such as deciding which course elements to teach face-to-face and which to address through online technology, these resources will address those questions and more – you’ll learn a framework for making those essential educational judgment calls. You’ll be confident that your selection of which materials to present online and which to present in the classroom will provide the best learning experience for your students in your blended course.
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Blended Learning Models
Blended Learning Strategies
Hybrid and Blended Learning
Blended Learning Models
Blended learning, which combines face-to-face and online learning activities into a single course, has experienced tremendous growth. A blended learning course (also referred to as hybrid and HyFlex courses) can satisfy students’ need for flexibility, as well as alleviate overcrowded classrooms. However, the biggest benefit to a well-designed blended course is a much improved teaching and learning experience.
Blended learning programs, models, and ideas have helped instructors navigate how to bring effective teaching strategies to both in-person and online students simultaneously. Many, if not most, college students work part- or full-time jobs while going to school. They often find it difficult to be at a specific place at a specific time a number of times a week to attend their courses, and as a result often miss classes. Online instruction is an alternative that offers anytime and anywhere learning, but most students still prefer the face-to-face learning environment.
Enter the HyFlex approach to blended learning. HyFlex blended learning comes from two key terms: 1) Hybrid – a combination of online and face-to-face instruction; and 2) Flexible –something that is modifiable, moldable, changeable. In short, the HyFlex approach gives the power to students to decide the blend of instruction. Better yet, HyFlex blended learning gives power to each unique student to determine their personalized blend.
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- Thinking Horizontally and Vertically About Blended Learning
- Strategies for Teaching Blended Learning Courses, Maybe You (and Your Students) Can Have It All
- Designing Blended Courses the ADDIE Way
- The Benefits of Blended Learning Explained
- Using Blended Learning to Transform the Classroom Experience
- Strategies for Teaching Blended Learning Courses, Maybe You (and Your Students) Can Have It All
- Teaching HyFlex: It’s a Genre Problem
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- The HyFlex Approach to Blended Learning
- Tips From the Pros: Blended Learning Advice
- HyFlex Teaching: An Overview
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Blended Learning Strategies
A blended learning approach and strategy requires a shift in thinking in what it means to teach and what it means to learn. Done properly it provides a robust, pedagogically sound learning environment. Done poorly, without adequate forethought and planning, and you have a train wreck in the making.
When you undertake a blended learning course, you can’t just think about what assignments and activities you are going to move online. You have to reconceptualize the entire course. This means starting with your learning goals. The place to begin is by asking yourself: What do I want students to learn? If you don’t start with a clear idea of your learning objectives and your strategy, you’re not going to end up where you want to go.
Many discussions about blended learning focus on the blending rather than the learning. “Blended” is an adjective and “learning” is a noun; why has our focus been directed at the adjective? Do we assume that learning is automatically assumed? We believe that blended learning has become widely established enough that attention can now be paid to the learning portion of the name.
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- Formative Assessment: The Secret Sauce of Blended Success
- Blended Learning: Integrating Online and Face-to-Face Courses
- The Process Approach to Online and Blended Learning
- Blended Learning Course Design Creates New Opportunities for Learning
- Blended Learning Course Design Mistakes to Avoid
- Getting Started with Blended Learning Course Design
- Putting the Learning in Blended Learning
- Structuring Blended Courses for Maximum Student Engagement
- Blended Learning Course Design Begins with Strong Learning Objectives
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- Getting Started with Blended Learning Videos
- Informal Assessment Activities for Blended and Online Courses
- A Three-Tiered Discussion Format for Online and Blended Courses
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Hybrid and Blended Learning
As we begin to think about hybrid courses in new and more accepting ways, there are numerous hybrid learning plans and models that exist to help guide you. From a handout to offer to students for their hybrid course to a game day approach to hybrid course design and finally, how to use Air Sketch in Hybrid courses, there are numerous blended hybrid learning models to learn from. If you’ve felt unsure about how to transition your course to a hybrid learning opportunity, these articles will help give you the confidence and self-efficacy your course and teaching may need.
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- Lecture Capture: A New Way to Think about Hybrid Courses
- Building Self-Efficacy: How to Feel Confident in Your Online Teaching
Teaching Professor articles (requires paid subscription)
- Flipped and Hybrid: Some Interested Results
- Would a Hybrid Be More Efficient? Analysis of Class Grades: A Traditional Format vs. One With an Online Component
- Planning for Success in Remote, Hybrid, and Online Classes: A Handout for Students
- A Game-Day Approach to Hybrid Course Design
- Asking ‘Y’ of Professor X: An Analysis of Nontraditional Students in Hybrid Classes
