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Introduction to the resource page

This is a collection of resources for for the topic - Blended learning. There
are many ways of how to combine virtual and physical classrooms
and create combined classrooms. This page contains some examples
of how teachers and schools create blended learning environments.
The different content blocks have color coding.
Blue boxes contain easy acessable content.
Purple boxes containt more in depth material on the topic.

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Introduction to Blended learning

Blended learning is seen by many educators as the best way to evolve
education to ensure that it meets the needs of todays generation of
learners. But what is it? And how can itslearning help teachers,
schools and school districts put it into practice? This module attempts
to answer some of these questions.
What is blended learning?
There is no single definition of blended learning and there are several
ways of doing it. But the main point is that the teacher combines
traditional classroom teaching with something else. In an ICT
supported teaching context, the something else' is a virtual classroom
which is where itslearning has an important role to play.
The Clayton Christensen Institute, formerly Innosight Institute, in
California has done a lot of research in this field and has given a
definition of blended learning.

One critical part of this definition is that blended learning involves some
element of student control of time, place, path, and/or pace. This is
essential for developing student ownership of learning and so
increasing engagement and therefore, performance.
So what elements can the student control in a blended learning context?

Time: Learning is no longer restricted to the school day or

the school year.

Place: Learning is no longer restricted to the walls of the

classroom.

Path: Learning is no longer restricted to the pedagogy

used by the teacher. Interactive and adaptive software allows
students to learn [in a method that is customized to their
needs].

Pace: Learning is no longer restricted to the pace of an

entire group of students.

Choosing the perfect blend

Depending on how the teachers mix 'the ingredients', the blended
teaching can be classified into different models. The diagram below
shows how the Innosight Institute has classified the different types of
blended teaching practice:

A good starting point for this topic is to read the Innosight Institutes
report 'Classifying K-12 blended learning'.
This resource page contains several video clips that demonstrate some
of the models described by the Innosight Institute.

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Blended-Learning Definitions and Models

Innosight Institutes report Classifying K-12 blended learning

introduces a refined definition of blended learning and distinguishes
blended learning from other education practices. It highlights four
blended-learning models and sub-models that are appearing across
the K-12 field and provides examples of schools and districts that
have implemented them. As educators begin to converge on a shared
language about the emerging phenomenon of blended learning, they
will be better able to advance the pace and quality of the innovation.
The report was published in 2012 and is the result of continous work
after the report 'The rise of K-12 blended learning: Profiles of
emerging models' was published in 2011.

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The Basics of Blended Learning

This video made by Education Elements explains some of the models
from the Innosight Institure report,'The basics of blended learning':
It looks like it is based on the report by Michael B. Horn and the
Innosight Institute, but the presenter has renamed the models and
refer to them as:

Lab Rotation

Class Rotation

Flex Model

Pod model

The Fundamentals of Blended Learning

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Lab Rotation - Example: Rocketship education

Rocketship Education is pioneering a unique hybrid education model,
transforming elementary education by building high-performing,
scalable, sustainable schools in high-need neighbourhoods.
http://www.rsed.org/
John Danner on using adaptive technology to increase math test scores.

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Station-Rotation model - Example: KIPP Empower Academy

The KIPP LA Empower Academy equips each kindergarten classroom
with 15 computers. Throughout the day the teacher rotates students
among online learning, small-group instruction, and individual
assignments.

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Flex model - Example: Flex Academy SF

Experience San Francisco Flex Academy (SF Flex) through the eyes of the
students and teachers.

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The Station-Rotation model

In this video teachers talk about how they use the station rotation model
of Blended Learning.

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Blended learning and learning platforms

Many educators believe that blended learning is
the best solution to today's educational
challenges. This whitepaper looks at the
different models of blended learning, showing
examples of how schools are using it to
increase student attainment and
achievement. It also includes a number of
simple techniques using your school's
learning platform that you can start with
tomorrow.
http://info.itslearning.eu/rs/655-PLS373/images/itslearning_blended_eBook.pdf

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Blended learning in Millis School District

The options technology can offer teachers and learners today can be
baffling. The question is: how can schools prepare their students so
they can succeed in the 21st century?
Grace Magley, Educational Director of Technology at Millis Public
Schools explains why K-12 schools need to consider adopting a
transformational approach to learning. It also looks at how Blended
Learning environments personalize instruction and improve student
outcomes.
Presenter: Grace Magley
School District: Millis School District
Listen to this webinar

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The rise of K-12 blended learning: Profiles of emerging

models

The Clayton Christensen Institute, formerly Innosight Institute, has

published several papers describing the rise of K12 blended learning
that is, formal education programs that combine online learning
and brick-and-mortar schools.
Innosight Institutes report The rise of K-12 blended learning: Profiles
of emerging models published in 2011 offers 40 brief case studies

of organizations that are beginning to blend online learning with

supervised physical school settings.
This whitepaper was followed by the report 'Classifying K-12 blended
learning' in 2012.
In May 2013, The Clayton Christensen Institute published 'Is K-12
Blended Learning Disruptive? An introduction to the theory of
hybrids' which looks at the future of blended learning and the
relevance ot the physical classroom.

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The Innosight Institute reports

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The-Rise-of-K-12-Blended-Learning.pdf

Classifying-K-12-blended-learning2.pdf

Is-K-12-blended-learning-disruptive.pdf
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Flipped learning in the UK

How the flipped approach is transforming learning at Shireland Collegiate
Academy.

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Flipped Classroom - Example: Katie Gimbar, Raleigh, NC

Katie is an 8th grade math and Algebra 1 teacher at a public school in
Raleigh, NCRotation-model implementation in which within a given
course or subject (e.g., math), students rotate on a fixed schedule
between face-to-face teacher-guided practice (or projects) on campus
during the standard school day and online delivery of content and
instruction of the same subject from a remote location (often home)
after school. The primary delivery of content and instruction is online,

which differentiates a Flipped Classroom from students who are

merely doing homework practice online at night. The FlippedClassroom model accords with the idea that blended learning includes
some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace
because the model allows students to choose the location where they
receive content and instruction online and to control the pace at
which they move through the online elements.

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Flipped Classroom Example: Aaron Sams & Jonathan

Bergmann
Peer into Aaron Sams' classroom as he explains why he flipped his
classroom. Aaron Sams, along with Jonathan Bergmann were the first
to flip their classes. The currently teach in Woodland Park Colorado
and are writing a book about the Flipped Class.
In depth reading: How the Flipped Classroom Is Radically
Transforming Learning by by Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams

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Individual Rotation - Example: Carpe Diem Schools

Individual Rotation a Rotation-model implementation in which within a
given course or subject (e.g., math), students rotate on an individually
customized, fixed schedule among learning modalities, at least one of
which is online learning. An algorithm or teacher(s) sets individual
student schedules. The Individual- Rotation model differs from the
other Rotation models because students do not necessarily rotate to
each available station or modality. Example: Carpe Diem Collegiate
High School and Middle School assigns each student a specific

schedule that rotates them between online learning in the learning

center and offline learning. Each rotation lasts 35 minutes.

http://www.thedailyriff.com/articles/how-the-flipped-classroom-is-radicallytransforming-learning-536.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtDKuj863a4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s_O65rWV10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5fFr3E9J-s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=632eenlBwZk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H4RkudFzlc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aGuLuipTwg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xMqJmMcME0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Get_LYWLCU8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPvreKWaKjY
https://itslearning.webex.com/itslearning/ldr.php?
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