Connected Educator Month Blended Learning Panel. See archives here: http://blendedlearning.pbworks.com/w/page/86632270/CEMBlendedLearning2014. Recording: https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2014-10-06.1623.M.A7BDF1B9F9F6E044B01D18DAE60636.vcr&sid=2008074

1. What is Blended Learning and
What are the Best
Implementation Strategies?
October 6, 2014
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2. CEM / CUE Blended Learning Strand Draft Slides
What is Blended Learning and What are the Best
Implementation Strategies?
Presenters:
• Heather Staker, Christensen Institute
• Mike Lawrence, CUE.org
• Allison Powell, iNACOL
• Rob Darrow, Blended Teacher Network
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3. Housekeeping
• This session is being recorded and will be emailed out
and posted on CEM and http://cue.org/blended-learning-theme_
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2014
• Archives here:
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EMBlendedLearning2014
• Hashtags: #ce14 #blendedlearning
• Future BL webinars sign up via CUE website:
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4. CEM Blended Learning Strand
• Monday webinars for 4 weeks – 7:00 EST
• Tuesday Tweet Ups – 8:00 EST (#ce14
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#blendedlearning)
• Ongoing discussions via Linked In “Blended Teacher
Network” Discussion group. Free to join.
• Blogposts via
– CEM blog (connectededucators.org) ,
– CUE (blog.cue.org),
– Rob’s Blog (robdarrow.wordpress.com)
Link your blogs with #ce14 #blendedlearning

5. Where do you live?
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6. Quick Poll
• What do you say Blended Learning Is?
– A. Students control their own learning plan
– B. Online tools used in face-to-face
classrooms
– C. A change in teaching pedagogy that better
personalizes learning for students.
– D. Putting lesson plans and videos on the
web
– E. All of the above
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7. Blended Learning Definition
• Important for research
• How to teach others (professional
development)
• Implementation
• Let’s start what it is not…
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8. Tech-rich = blended
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9. Teaching and Learning
• What the student is
doing and where the
student is.
 What the teacher is
doing and where the
teacher is.
 What and where the
content is.
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10. Generally Defining Terms:
“Teaching and Learning”
• Traditional = the way it has always been
done
– (e.g. teacher lecture, quarterly benchmark
testing, if students don’t get it, the teacher
moves on, limited use of technology)
• Blended = use of technology, course
management system, flexibility of time,
student centered learning and data to
personalize learning for students
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11. Blended Learning Definition –
Christensen Institute
A formal education program in which a
student learns at least in part through online
learning, with some element of student
control over time, place, path and/or pace
and
at least in part in a supervised brick-and-mortar
location away from home, and , and
the modalities along each student’s learning
path within a course or subject are
connected to provide an integrated learning
experience.
(Horn & Staker, 2013)
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12. Definition Discussion
• Heather Staker, Christensen Institute
• Allison Powell, iNACOL
• Mike Lawrence, CUE
• Rob Darrow, Blended Teacher Network
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13. Challenges to the definition?
• Student perspective
• Teacher perspective
• Content perspective
• Future perspective
• Will it change some more?
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14. Allison Powell, iNACOL
iNACOL
Blended Learning
Teacher Competency Framework
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15. www.cue.org

16. www.cue.org

17. What
Core values or beliefs that guide thinking, behaviors and actions that
align with goals of educational change and mission
How
Understood, adopted, and committed to
What
Personal characteristics and patterns of behavior that help an educator
make the transition to new ways of teaching and learning
How
Coached, encouraged, and reinforced
What
Higher complexity that are generalized across domain/jobs.
Help people tackle problems and tasks where the solution might be
unknown or that require organizational learning and innovation
How
Developed through modeling, coaching and reflective practice
What
Skills that are known and specific to task and domain.
Observable “know-how” and basic mechanics and expertise helpful for
execution and implementation of day-to-day job (for teachers instruction)
How
Acquired and mastered through instruction, training, and practice
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18. Overview of Domains
• 4 Domains, 3-4 Competencies in Domain, 2-5
Standards Each Competency
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Mindsets
● New Vision
for teaching
and learning
● Orientation
toward
change &
improvement
Qualities
● Grit
● Transparency
● Collaboration
Adaptive Skills
● Reflection
● Continuous
improvement
& innovation
● Communicatio
n
Technical Skills
● Data Practices
● Instructional
Strategies
● Management of
Blended Learning
Experience
● Instructional Tools

19. Blended Learning:
Student Perspective
• How does blended learning look from a
student perspective?
– Descriptions, examples and discussion
– Mike
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20. Blended Learning:
Teacher Perspective
• How does blended learning look from a
teacher perspective?
• Descriptions, examples and discussion
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21. Blended Learning:
Administrative Perspective
• How does blended learning look from
the administrative perspective?
• Descriptions, examples and discussion
• Rob
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22. Blended Learning:
School / District Perspective
• How does blended learning look from a
school / district perspective?
• Descriptions, examples and discussion
• Allison / Rob
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23. Implementation
• Takes time to transform teaching
• Takes time to put proper infrastructure in
place
• Takes time to re-engineer the school
system to be more personalized for
students
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24. Implementation Ideas
• What are some of the best ways to
implement blended learning in a
classroom or school or district?
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25. iNACOL Blended Learning
Roadmap – 6 Elements
(Allison / Rob)
• Leadership
• Professional Development
• Teaching / Instructional Practice
• Operations / Management / Policies
• Content
• Technology
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26. Leadership
School Implementation
• Identified administrator/leader and teachers at each school
• Ongoing interactions (one-on-one, formal and informal) and
meetings of those involved in iLearn
• Administrators, teachers and administrators work together
towards the blended learning goals established in each school
Promising Practices
• School culture of innovation and empowerment
• Start small and build
• Communication is strong and occurs between involved people
in a variety of ways (one-to-one, phone, email, chat, etc.)
…Panel Thoughts…
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27. Professional Development
School Implementation
• Both formal and informal (Schedule trainings to one-on-one
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customized PD)
• Modeling, webinars, small conferences, workshops, cohort
meetings
• Tech support teachers are key
Promising Practices
• Scheduled Time
• Teacher Resources
• Professional Sharing
• School Support
…Panel Thoughts…

28. Teaching/Instructional
Practices
School Implementation
• Support for new blended learning teachers – modeling, mentoring
and measures of success
• Analyzing real-time data to personalize learning for each student
Promising Practices
• Classroom Setup
• Data Analysis
• Individualized Instruction
• Student Engagement
• Digital Content
…Panel Thoughts…
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29. Operations/Management
Systems/Policy
School Implementation
• Restructuring of the traditional school class / school day
• Emphasis on using real-time student performance data
• Change in instructional delivery model
Promising Practices
• Operational support
• Policy development examples
• Data-driven instruction
…Panel Thoughts…
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30. Content
School Implementation
• Common platform
• Content providers to choose from
• Professional development and teacher sharing about content
provider and platform use
Promising Practices
• Content Decision Making (purchase or build your own)
• Customizable platform – many teachers using base curriculum
and supplemental based on student needs
• Customizable for individual student needs
…Panel Thoughts…
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31. Technology
School Implementation
• School leadership ensures that technology needs of students
and teachers are addressed, and proper training provided.
• Dedicated technical support for the blended learning programs.
• School leadership is visible in their own use of technology;
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modeling expectations.
Promising Practices
• Technology Training
• Technology Support
• Hardware and Software Needs
…Panel Thoughts…

32. Implementation
• Other thoughts, ideas
• Questions, clarifications?
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33. Quick Quiz
• What is blended learning?
– A. Students in control their own learning plan
– B. Online tools used in face-to-face
classrooms
– C. A change in teaching pedagogy that better
personalizes and engages students in
learning through the use of technology.
– D. Putting lesson plans and videos on the
web
– E. All of the above
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34. Final Comments
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35. Contact / Resources
• Heather Staker, Christensen Institute.
www.christenseninstitute.org/blended-learning/
• Allison Powell, iNACOL. www.inacol.org.
– apowell@inacol.org
• Mike Lawrence, CUE. www.cue.org
– mlawrence@cue.org
• Rob Darrow, Blended Teacher Network,
www.blendedteachernetwork.org
– Robdarrow74@gmail.com
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