1. Blended Learning: Integrating the best of both worlds Dafne González Universidad Simón bolívar VenTESOL Convention – Region 1 Valencia, March 10, 2007

2. Full professor at Universidad Simon Bolivar. Full professor at Universidad Simon Bolivar. ESP (English for Architecture and Urban Planning ) ESP (English for Architecture and Urban Planning ) Educational Technology courses Educational Technology courses Ph.d in Education, Universidad de Valencia, Spain Ph.d in Education, Universidad de Valencia, Spain Coordinator of Graduate Studies in Education Coordinator of Graduate Studies in Education Responsible of the Specialization in Informatics and Education Responsible of the Specialization in Informatics and Education Coordinator of the TESOL Electronic Village Online Coordinator of the TESOL Electronic Village Online Online courses: Online courses: Becoming a Webhead (EVO) Becoming a Webhead (EVO) Teaching Vocabulary and Grammar Online (TESOL PP Program) Teaching Vocabulary and Grammar Online (TESOL PP Program)

3. Blended Learning What is blended learning? Do you have experience with blended learning?

4. What might be the advantages of blended learning? “The question is not if we should blend. Rather the question is what are the ingredients?” - Marc Rosenberg

5. “People are not single-method learners! …We are, as a species, blended learners.”- Elliot Masie “Learning theories aren’t like religion,…The goal is to have the right theory for the right situation.” Allison Rossett There is no recipe What to blend?

7. “Situational” instructional design model “Five key ingredients emerge as important elements of a blended learning process” Carman, 2002 Live Events: Motivation: Attention, Relevance, Confidence, and Satisfaction Self-Paced Learning: Autonomy – LOs - asynchronous Collaboration: constructivism, connectivism, scaffolding Assessment: inform Performance Support Materials: learning retention and transfer

8. Materials Design Multimedia and Modern Design Theory The Multimedia Principle: Adding Graphics to Text Can Improve Learning The Contiguity Principle: Placing Text near Graphics Improves Learning The Modality Principle: Explaining Graphics with Audio Improves Learning

9. Examples of blended components Videos Interactive exercises Chat Forum Blogs Surveys Rubrics Web page

10. ActivitiesActivities http://80.60.224.77/dyg/id3126-04/content/activities.html Webquest Forum Videos Interactive exercises Chat – Coop. Learning Wiki Voice e-mail

11. OnlineOnline PresentationsPresentations http://80.60.224.77/dyg/id3126-04/content/final-pres.html

12. Alado Virtual Room

13. Feedback from remote guests

14. Students participate in their assessment process

17. LMS: Using Moodle http://80.60.224.77/moodle2 http://80.60.224.77/moodle2 http://80.60.224.77/moodle2

18. Using Wikis http://id2125-activities.pbwiki.com http://id2125-activities.pbwiki.com http://id2125-activities.pbwiki.com

19. Questions What are the advantages of blended learning? What are the advantages of blended learning? What are the drawbacks? What are the drawbacks?

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