Monday, October 24
8:30 AM-12:00 PM
UTC

Blended Learning: Models, Frameworks, Stories, and Examples

Tutorial ID: 14520
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    Curt Bonk
    Indiana University and SurveyShare, Inc
  2. Tingting Zeng
    The University of Warwick

Abstract: Instead of debating the costs and benefits of online learning, many educators are now exploring ways to blend e-learning technologies and environments. There is both extensive confusion and much optimism about blended learning due to multiple blended learning definitions and approaches. This session will expose the advantages as well as the disadvantages of blended learning as related to the different models. The stories, models, and examples embedded from the HOBLe provide a means to reflect on one’s learning options and help foster intelligent decisions regarding blended learning. Hopefully, the many personal stories and reflections included here can serve as guideposts to others making similar journeys into blended learning environments. Perhaps, most importantly, the session will include more than two dozen different examples of blended learning in actual courses in many different disciplines and levels of institutions. During this session, small teams of participants (instructional designers, administrators, instructors, students, etc.) will build and later present their own blended learning models.

Objectives

1. Understand the different definitions of blended learning and compare to ideas about hybrid learning. 2. Grasp different ways to blended learning in online environments. For example, there are ways to blended synchronous and asynchronous technologies, behavioral and constructivist approaches to instruction, face-to-face and online course events, students and instructors located I different locations, etc. 3. Detail a range of examples of blended learning in a wide variety of content areas. 4. Learn how to create effective blended learning environments. 5. Link blended learning ideas to learner needs or preferences. 6. Document some of the research on blended learning and online learning styles. 7. To build a personally meaningful and relevant blended learning model which they can take back to their home institution.

Topical Outline

Part I. Blended Learning Overview and Trends a. Blended learning defined b. Increased enrollments c. Blended learning models d. Advantages and disadvantages of blended learning. e. Begin building own blended learning model in small groups. f. Blended learning research g. Where is blended learning useful? h. 25 Blended learning examples. i. Future of blended learning j. Finish blended learning model and present back to class. k. Activity: Identify institution or self in examples

Prerequisites

The primary audience will be higher education instructors, administrators, and instructional designers. They might be at any level of expertise (beginner, intermediate, or advanced). Those in the online learning trenches will benefit the most since some ideas will come from extensive personal experience teaching online as well as best pedagogical practices for online learning.

Experience Level

Intermediate

Qualifications

Dr. Curtis J. Bonk is a former CPA and corporate controller who, after becoming sufficiently bored with that, received his master’s and Ph.D. degrees in educational psychology from the University of Wisconsin. Curt is now a Professor of Educational Psychology as well as Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University (IU). He is also affiliated with the recently funded learning science program at IU as well as the new IU School of Informatics. He also is founding member of the Center for Research on Learning and Technology at IU and a Senior Research Fellow with the Advanced Distributed Learning Lab within the Department of Defense in DC. Curt received the Burton Gorman Teaching Award in 1999, the Wilbert Hites Mentoring Award in 2000 (first recipient), the CyberStar Award from the Indiana Information Technology Association in 2002, and the Most Outstanding Achievement by an Individual in Higher Education award from the U.S. Distance Learning Association in 2003. In 2003, he also received a State of Indiana award for Innovative Teaching in a Distance Education Program. In 2004, he received an outstanding alumni award from the University of Wisconsin. During the past two years, Dr. Bonk has presented over 150 talks around the globe related to online teaching and learning, including ones at universities in New Zealand, Australia, Korea, Iceland, Finland, the UK, and the United Arab Emirates. He has more than 100 publications on topics such as online learning pedagogy, collaborative writing technologies, synchronous and asynchronous computer conferencing, and frameworks for Web-based instruction and evaluation. His 1998 book, "Electronic Collaborators,” was cited as a “Breakthrough Book” in Lingua Franca. Bonk latest book, the Handbook of Blended Learning: Global Perspectives, Local Designs, will be published in December 2005. Finally, he is President of CourseShare and SurveyShare and can be contacted at cjbonk@indiana.edu or via his homepage at http://php.indiana.edu/~cjbonk/.
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