Building a Blended Learning Program

Autor/in	McLester, Susan
Titel	Building a Blended Learning Program
Quelle	In: District Administration, 47 (2011) 9, S.40-42 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1537-5749
Schlagwörter	Electronic Learning; Blended Learning; Elementary Secondary Education; Online Courses; Educational Technology; Educational Environment; Teaching Methods; School Districts; Program Development; Conventional Instruction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Online course; Online-Kurs; Unterrichtsmedien; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; School district; Schulbezirk; Programmplanung
Abstract	"Online learning" often serves as an umbrella term that includes the subcategory of blended learning, which might also be referred to as hybrid learning, and comprises some combination of online and face-to-face time. Spurred in part by a 2009 U.S. Department of Education study, "Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning," which found that students learn better in a blended model than they do in either fully online or traditional "brick and mortar" models, blended learning is increasingly becoming the approach of choice in online learning, and has seen a steep upward growth trajectory over the past decade. In the 2011 report "The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning," authors Michael Horn and Heather Staker of the Innosight Institute reported that the number of students taking online courses had increased from 45,000 in 2000 to more than 3 million today. Experts like Horn, USDLA CEO John Flores, and iNACOL CEO Susan Patrick say that blended learning offers the best of both worlds, allowing schools to integrate 21st-century instructional models such as time and space flexibility, self-pacing, digital content, and increased personalization into an adult-supported environment. For districts considering implementing or ramping up a blended learning program, or moving from a fully online to a blended program, the place to start is with goals. Another thing to consider is the resources. Most districts are able to fund programs within their existing budgets by restructuring resources. Finally, experts say that recognizing the key role adults and K-12 administrators play in the blended learning process should be a primary consideration for any program, as in the end, success is about the trust in and respect for teachers that students have. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10