This post is a response to Chapter 1, “Understanding Blended Learning,” in the BlendKit Reader, Second Edition, Edited by Kelvin Thompson, EdD. The topic for our first week is “Understanding Blended Learning.” Put simply, a blended course is one in which online learning replaces some portion of face-to-face instruction (Thompson, 2014). The blended learning model…
Category: Flipped and Blended Learning
Blended Learning Design Blog Series
Three members of the Instructional Technology team, Diane Creede, Jessica McCullough and Laura Little, have enrolled in a 5-week course, “Becoming a Blended Learning Designer.” This massive open online course (or MOOC) offers its 2,469 (!) students from around the world suggestions and strategies for effectively shifting some components of traditional face-to-face courses to an online environment….
Lecture Capture to Stay on Track
Today’s Technology Fellows guest post is written by Joe Schroeder, Associate Professor of Neuroscience. Inspired by one of our recent Teaching with Technology workshops, his post focuses on using easy lecture capture technologies to keep up on course content when the unexpected happens. “I have been thinking more and more about flipped classrooms since Steve…
Video and Second Language Acquisition
The Technology Fellows Program is underway! Our initial discussions have focused on social media, digital literacies, using and creating video, among other topics. We are excited to share our discussions with the broader community and will use Engage as a platform to publish guest posts written by the Fellows. Our first post is written by…
Flipped Classroom: Recording Your Lectures Workshop
We had a great turnout for our workshop, Flipped Classroom: Recording Your Lectures. We started by introducing the idea of a flipped classroom, which in its simplest terms is providing prerecorded lectures to your students outside of class time and using class time for hands-on assignments, discussion, and other activities. Focusing on the positive aspects…
Snow Day Resources: Don’t Let Snow Stop You!
If you are like me and unable to get to campus today, you may be worrying about missing more class time or completing all your work. Here are some ideas to help you communicate with and get content to students when you can’t be there in person. Technology is a great help during weather events…
Flipping the Classroom: New Lynda.com Video
Recently we’ve heard from faculty who are interested in the idea of flipping the classroom. Flipping the classroom is simply providing your lectures to students to view outside of class and using class time to work on problems, for discussion and creating a more active class. In this model you are both providing content in…
