PRESENTATION OUTLINE
WHAT IS BLENDED LEARNING?
BLENDED LEARNING: TRADITIONAL MODEL
- Technology assisted transfer of skills/knowledge
- Teacher-centered
- One way communication: teacher to student
- Content Access via LMS
- Student input: assignment submission
Technology Influx in the 21st Century:
*Web 2.0
*Social Media/Networks
*Apps
*Multimedia
*Information insurgence
for 21st century learning
DIGITAL NATIVES DEMAND CHANGE
Our Students Need these….
INQUIRY: BLENDED LEARNING 2.0
Students' Perceptions
- Difficult to understand
- inundated with complex math
- boring, irrelevant,zzzzzz
- why do I need to learn this??
Brewing a Perfect Blend..
Technology meets Constructivism:
"Technology can provide the vehicle for accomplishing constructivist teaching practices"
Rakes et al. 1999
1) Conditions for Student Engagement in 21st Century?
2) What is 21st Century
Learning?
3) VLE suitable for Blended Learning 2.0?
BLENDED LEARNING PLATFORM
I USED EDMODO TO:
- Post, receive, annotate and mark assignment
- Assign and grade online quizzes-instant feedback
- Build a PLN
- Create anytime/anywhere collaboration- communication
- Embed multimedia/ share digital content
INTEGRATING MEANINGFUL CONTENT
NOTABILTY APP WITH AIRPLAY
Bonding: electron sharing-
Shared by Sc 10
Mesh well: easy embedding for sharing....
ADDING MEANINGFUL CONTENT: USING MEDIA IN EDUCATION
- Khan Academy
- Interactive Simulations:PhET & Physclips
- RSS FEED: Physics World,Physics Today, Science Daily
- YouTube, NBC Learn, NASA, BBC Bitesize
- PBS Learning Media, BrainGenie
VISUALIZING THE INVISIBLE….
embedded game like environments
Student responses to rss feed
assessment: authentic tasks
DESIGNING & BUILDING A MOUSE TRAP CAR...
REFLECTIONS ON DIGITAL PORTFOLIOS
static equilibrium in action
Static Equilibrium explained on DP
A HAIKU DECK BY ARSALA IRSHAD