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10 Ways to Improve Blended Learning Course Design
Magna, March 2009, Pages: 90
90--minute computer file containing audio with synchronized PowerPoint and downloadable handouts - Originally broadcast March 11, 2009
If you’re on the fence between teaching in a traditional classroom and teaching in an online one … you might be in exactly the right place.
Increasingly, faculty and others are finding that “traditional versus online” really isn’t an either/or proposition - and that the best teaching may involve a bit of both.
Blended learning (or hybrid learning) synergizes the strongest features of face-to-face and online teaching, creating a uniquely rich learning experience. And the benefits are not only pedagogical … there are some practical advantages to blended learning, as well.
Dr. Ike Shibley of Penn State University conducts this 90-minute video seminar to show you how blended-learning courses can produce benefits for faculty, students and institutions alike.
In 10 Ways to Improve Blended Learning Course Design, Dr. Shibley discusses key elements of blended learning, including:
- Factors necessary for successful blended courses.
- Which learning activities are best accomplished in a classroom, and which online.
- Which courses are the best candidates for blended design.
- How blending contributes to a learner-centered course.
- When and why to choose face-to-face versus online communication.
- How to structure blended courses that meet less often than traditional ones, with better or comparable results.
- Steps involved in redesigning an existing face-to-face course to work as a blended one.
Who will benefit:
- Faculty members seeking to implement or improve blended-learning courses
- Academic deans
- Instructors
- Course developers
- Instructional designers
- Administrators
More reasons to make the move to blended learning …
While the primary benefit of blended-learning courses is an enhanced learning experience for students, there are plenty of other potential benefits. Consider:
- In today’s economic climate, increased numbers of students are holding down jobs, and that puts pressure on them to meet on-campus commitments; shifting some coursework online helps them balance the demands on their time.
- Institutions are feeling the economic pinch, too, in some cases deferring capital construction projects. That puts the squeeze on classroom space, another situation a shift online can help alleviate.
- For faculty, the process of developing blended-learning courses can be an especially rewarding one, providing an opportunity to re-examine ideas about teaching and explore new tools and techniques.
The time is right to embrace blended learning, and this new seminar is a great place to start!
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