Blended Learning

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Connect with fellow educators as we explore blended learning (combining online and face-to-face instruction with a reduction in traditional "seat time") which according to iNACOL "is likely to emerge as the predominant teaching model of the future."

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Latest Activity: Sep 30, 2012

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Which LMS? 5 Replies

Dear all,This is my inaugural post as part of the group. Very excited to have access to each of you as I continue my exploration of blended learning.I was hoping to get some good ideas as to which…Continue

Started by Peter Cashman. Last reply by Peter Cashman May 18, 2012.

How is it going with your blended learning class?

Teaching a blended learning class this year? What's working well?What would you like to improve?What tricks have have learned that you can share?What questions do you have for the group? As the year…Continue

Started by Fred Bartels May 15, 2011.

Snow Day Online Learning Plans?

Hi all,I am wondering how many of you have formal plans in place for learning to continue online during snow days or other school outages. We did some pandemic planning a couple of years ago in…Continue

Started by Melissa Wert Feb 14, 2011.

Do I need a LMS like Haiku? 20 Replies

First of all, it is good to see some familiar faces from the on-line class on blended learning offered through the on-line school for girls. It gave me lots and lots to think about, and now I need…Continue

Started by Murry Gans. Last reply by Michelle Koetke Feb 4, 2011.

Putting Blended Learning Principles into Practice 13 Replies

Hi all - Craig and I have heard from a few OSG-Blended Learning alums who have begun implementing blended learning principles in their own classrooms this fall. We would love for everyone to share…Continue

Tags: OSG, blended-learning

Started by Melissa Wert. Last reply by Elizabeth Allen Oct 22, 2010.

Google Docs ?? Is there something better? 2 Replies

I have used google docs in the past, but not very much. I just tried a google doc in one of my AP Biology classes and it really doesn't work that well. There are only 17 of us, but we seemed to…Continue

Started by Murry Gans. Last reply by Murry Gans Oct 3, 2010.

Online Textbooks & Open Courses 4 Replies

Thought it might be useful and interesting to compile a list of online textbooks and open courses. Here's a bunch to get the list started. Please feel free to add to this!ONLINE TEXTBOOKS…Continue

Started by Laurie Bartels. Last reply by Demetri Orlando Sep 16, 2010.

Books concerning online tools? 5 Replies

Hello everyone, I am reviewing some books available from Amazon, thinking of purchasing them for the library of my English department. Please understand how wobbly I as an English teacher feel with…Continue

Started by Deborah Anne Moreland. Last reply by Laurie Bartels Aug 3, 2010.

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Comment by Craig L. Luntz on November 14, 2011 at 12:30pm: Welcome to any new members of the group from the latest section of OSG's Intro to Blended class! Also, here's a great report from the Center for Research on Girls on girls and blended learning.

Have a great Thanksgiving.

Craig

Comment by Brad on October 14, 2011 at 3:49pm: If you all have a chance, take a peek at Melissa Cole and Caroline Goodman's article in the Tennessee English Journal about Blending and Flipping English classes. Really great to see a good Humanities example! And, tell your friends that that the next session of Blended Learning starts on Monday. Still some spaces left!

Comment by Craig L. Luntz on June 27, 2011 at 1:25pm: Welcome to new members from the current sessions of OSG's Intro to Blended Learning professional development course!

Comment by Craig L. Luntz on May 5, 2011 at 10:46am: Spaces still available for the Blended Learning Lab at Holton-Arms, June 17, 2011

Comment by Craig L. Luntz on April 30, 2011 at 9:10am: Welcome to those new members from the latest session of OSG's Intro to Blended Learning course!

Comment by Craig L. Luntz on April 22, 2011 at 10:51am: Hi everyone. See the link below for information on the first annual Blended Learning Lab at Holton-Arms (June 17, 2011).

http://bit.ly/ewyMZo

Comment by Melissa Wert on April 13, 2011 at 4:41pm: Hi all-

I've created a Diigo group (OSB-BL) where Craig and I are (slowly, but surely) putting links to all of the tools and resources we've come across over the past year that are related to or helpful with blended learning. This includes Web 2.0 tools, news articles, etc. Feel free to join and begin adding to the repository!

http://groups.diigo.com/group/osg_bl

Regards,

Melissa

Comment by Melissa Cole on March 30, 2011 at 9:19am: The conference was great! My attendance really made me think about the strides we are making in the secondary classroom. I am very impressed with the attempts secondary and even middle school teachers have made in an effort to blend and reverse learning. I found it interesting to learn about the efforts to blend on college campuses but what I came away with is that secondary schools are moving in right direction and in many ways, in my opinion, leading the way.

Comment by Deborah Anne Moreland on March 30, 2011 at 9:11am: Craig, the conference sounds wonderful. The article in the Chronicle for Higher Education concerning tweets in the classroom raised issues covered also in the NYT last Sunday. Twitter might be helpful in forging boundaries with students (I feel less comfortable with this) but also very useful in teaching concise writing--how to write a single, strong sentence.

Comment by Craig L. Luntz on March 29, 2011 at 11:12pm: Great time at the Sloan-C Blended Learning conference with Melissa Wert, Melissa Cole, and Caroline Goodman. Search the conference tag, #blend11 on Twitter to get some great resources and feedback from the conference.