Blended Learning: Novel Perspective of 21st Century Classrooms

1. Blended Learning: Novel Perspective of 21st
Century Classrooms
Suresh C Joshi
Ahlcon International school
Mayur Vihar, Phase – 1, Delhi, India
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2. Why have I chosen this book?
1. My fascination & interest
about the topic: Blended
Learning
2. to walk with the walk (of
21st century natives)
3. to learn about the new style
of teaching and benefit my
colleagues and school by
this pedagogy first hand
4. to take my project (GBTM) to the next
level through the blend of content,
activities and technology
5. to implement strategies given in the
book with my students and produce
some research results
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3. What am I (are We) going to learn ?
(Learning & Educational Objectives!!)
1. To recognise the context for Blended
Learning
2. To discuss the current state of
Blended Learning.
3. To reflect on current blend of online
and F2F learning
4. To adapt & adopt the latest trends in
education around the world
5. To prepare ourselves to walk with the
walk
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4. Reading strategy I have followed
1. I dreamed my most successful talk on this topic,
2. Divided the material into small chunks,
3. Tried to connect the content to real classroom
situations,
4. Made reading this book a part of my most of the
discussions, gossips,
5. Searched content on net (watching YouTube
videos)
6. Repeated the reading three times
7. Wrote an article ‘Educating Digital Age through
Self-Empowerment: Blended Learning with 21st
Century Skills’
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5. Let us come to the book now!
Have you heard about the term?
Are you fascinated about it?
Have you ever implemented it…. knowingly
or unknowingly?
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6. Preparing Background
21st
Century
‘period of transition’
paradigm shift from
‘being digital immigrant’
to ‘becoming digital
native’
poured us into the ink of fortune of knowing new ways of knowing
‘Metacognition’
Are we educating our young generation in the way
that prepares them to bring sustainable changes in
the society?
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7. What will happen ?
In 21st century,
1.
classroom environment will be very
active
2.
technology will be used as a vehicle to
hook learners’ interest
3.
Integration of technology will help in
developing 21st century skills needed to be
successful in life beyond the school.
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8. What we will have to do?
we have to cross the digital barriers
to posses
1. creativity,
2. communicating effectively,
3. working collaboratively,
4. leveraging technology successfully and
5. finding creative solutions to the problems
(21st century skills)
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9. How can we achieve this?
these skills
can be developed
in the learners only
by making our classrooms
Student Centered
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10. ‘Blended learning’
is an approaching type of instruction that
sounds
effective and promising
to train the present generation
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11. About Blended Learning?
• origin of the term in the USA…
• No clear single definition available
• … and no clear common understanding
either?
• difficult to translate in different languages
• Alternative names:
– mixed learning
– hybrid learning
– blended e-learning
– ”melted learning” (in Finnish)
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12. About Blended Learning?
• ’next big thing’ replacing e-learning
• one mode of delivery among many others
• new innovative way to combine face-to-face and
web-based learning
• new habit to mix teaching and learning methods
• Outstanding pedagogical innovation
• the only way of learning in the future!
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13. Defining Blended Learning
Definition 1
• “the thoughtful integration of classroom face-to- face
learning experiences with online learning experiences”
•
“Blended learning combines online with face-to-face
learning. The goal of blended learning is to provide the
most efficient and effective instruction experience by
combining delivery modalities”.
•
“Blended learning - mixed mode or hybrid - learning is
the integration of face-to-face (F2F) learning with online
learning activities”
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14. Defining Blended Learning
Definition 2
•
"a solution that combines several different delivery methods,
such as collaboration software, Web-based courses, EPSS,
and knowledge management practices”
•
“learning that mixes various event-based activities, including
face-to-face
classrooms,
live
e-learning,
and
self-paced
instruction.“
•
“Blended learning is the effective combination of different
modes of delivery, models of teaching and styles of learning”
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15. Defining Blended Learning
Definition 3
•
Blended learning is the combination of multiple
approaches to pedagogy or teaching. For
example:- self-paced, collaborative or inquirybased study (Wikipedia)
•
”a mix of different didactic methods and delivery
formats”
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16. What is Blended Learning actually?
• Combining F2F and online delivery.
• Web Enhanced
• Web Focused
• Web Driven
• “ a combination of face-to-face and online media, with "seat
time" significantly reduced.”
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17. E – Learning
B – Learning
Combining F2F
and online delivery.
Web Enhanced
Web Focused
Web Driven
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18. b without e ?
• Classroom based audio-tape resources (language laboratories);
• Auditorium multimedia visual resources (movie projectors,
slideshows, VCRs);
• Textual resources: textbooks, exercise books
• Home-learning resources (video & audio recordings);
• Blackboard and whiteboard resources, including high-tech "printing
whiteboards" and "online whiteboards";
• Demonstration resources, including "museum exhibits", "laboratory
experiments", live theatre, historic re-enactment, hands-on
workshops, role-playing, etc;
• Non-instructional education resources, such as examination, quizzes,
invigilation, test-grading, etc.
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19. Learning Outcome
Use of technology
doesn’t make
teaching process pedagogically better
automatically
It is the teachers
who has to take care that the process is
pedagogically sound
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20. How reading this book was helpful for my professional
development?
(and Professional development of school’s educational environment)
Inclusive Learning Outcomes / Goals Achieved
1. Got to know about the latest trends in teaching around the
world,
2. Applied blended learning techniques in my classroom teaching,
3. Boosted my confidence manifold (using advanced techniques),
4. Used tools mentioned in the book (like
) for designing low
cost pedagogical tools for activity based teaching model
(GBTM),
5. Shared ‘Blended Learning’ with my colleagues (teacher
transformational) and students (student transformational) and
prepared them to be ready to accept and adapt it, as I proposed
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21. How reading this book was helpful for my professional
development?
(and Professional development of school’s educational environment)
Inclusive Learning Outcomes / Goals Achieved
5. Disseminated the concept of ‘Blended Learning’ among
academics of neighbouring schools through a workshop in ‘Latest
trends of teaching in 21st Century’,
6. Plan to take it to the next level by associating value stream (by
developing lesson plans on difficult topics by using all modes of
delivery, as proposed)
7. Professional life has been transformed.
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22. Resources / References
• Garrison,
R.
&
Kanuka,
H.
(2004).
Blended
learning:
Uncovering its transformative potential in higher education.
Internet and Higher Education. 7(2004). P. 95-105.
• Levonen, J., Joutsenvirta, T. & Parikka, R. 2006. Blended
Learning
–
katsaus
sulautuvaan
yliopisto-opetukseen.
Piirtoheitin 1/06. www.valt.helsinki.fi/piirtoheitin/sulautus1.htm
• https://www.google.co.in/#q=blended+learning+ppt
• Blended learning; Catlin R Trucker: Corwin Publication.
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23. Thanks for taking a look….
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