1. BLENDED LEARNING
AN INTRODUCTION
The future of education in Western Region
Regional Management Meeting
August 2012

2. Blended Learning Unpacked
Emerging area of education
Fundamentals of blended learning
Essentially a blend of traditional and online education
Formal education in which students learn at least part of the
time online with an element of control over space and time
Fundamentals of Quality Teaching critical
Video http://vimeopro.com/edelements/education-elements/video/29536658

3. Why Investigate Blended Learning ?
Enhance student learning
Enhance quality teaching and engagement
Enhance pedagogy

4. Implications of Blended Learning for us as a region
How can we apply to our contexts?
What benefits are there for students?
What do we have to do to support our schools
develop blended learning?

5. Blended Learning
Take a couple of minutes and write your
own definition to describe what
“Blended Learning” means to you

6. Blended Learning
“Blended Learning is the integration of digital content, resources
and Web 2.0 tools into classroom instructional practice to
enhance, expand and transform student outcomes”
Blended Learning in Action, presentation by Colleen Worrell,
Virtual High School and Susan Rees Executive Director of ACCEPT
Education Collaborative given at the 2011 ASEA Conference

7. • How can we best prepare all students for
success?
• How can we meet the needs of all
learners in the classroom?
• What new skills and literacies do
students need in a world transformed by
technology and innovation?
Image Credit: Flickr DaddysAgeek’s

8. • What type of teaching and learning will
elevate student engagement and
improve achievement?
• What is the role of technology?
• What should classrooms of the 21st
century look like?
Image Credit: Flickr DaddysAgeek’s

9. Traditional Learning Environment

10. Blended Learning Environment
Image credit: Photo Supplied by Millis Public Schools, 2011

11. Virtual Classroom
Blended
Learning
Environment
Physical Classroom

12. ACCEPT’s Project ABLE and
Virtual High School
“Blended Learning is the integration of
digital content, resources and Web 2.0
tools into classroom instructional
practice to enhance, expand and
transform student outcomes”
Blended Learning in Action, presentation by Colleen
Worrell, Virtual High School and Susan Rees Executive
Director of ACCEPT Education Collaborative given at the
2011 ASEA Conference

13. Why Blended Learning Works for all Learners
Image redit: http://www.cast.org/udl/

14. Role of the Classroom Teacher
Facilitator, Coach
The Disruption of Blended
Learning, July 2011:
*Relevance Managers
*Rigor Managers
*Relationship Managers

15. Blended Learning Possibilities
Enhance Student Motivation
Incorporate 21st Century Skills:
Communication, Collaboration, Critical
Thinking & Problem Solving, Innovation
and Creativity.
Improved Productivity
Project Based Learning
Personalize Learning

16. ABLE Goals
Leveraging online digital content to provide students with skills and practice.
Content Knowledge & 21st Century Skills
Teachers focus on depth and application of concepts to teach higher order
thinking skills during class time. Rigor, Relevance & Relationships
Teachers provide differentiated feedback based on data. Facilitating &
Coaching
Students self pace to master skills and content knowledge in an online
collaborative environment. Community & Habits of Mind

17. ABLE Blended PD
 Introduction to Blended Learning
 Open Educational Resources & Web 2.0
Tools
 Building an Online Environment to
support Blended Learning with
itsLearning
 Supporting all Learners begins with
Engagement
 Incorporating tools for Differentiating
Online
 Designing an Environment to support
self-directed learners
 Facilitation Skills

18. Benefits of a Blended Approach

19. Questions? More
Information?
Ann-marie Furney
David Lloyd
Trish Webb
http://wnswblendedlearning.
wikispaces.com/