Blended Learning Report

Agenda

• Brief on support for BL
• Assessment of pilot BL courses
• Possible Directions/Questions

Support

• Prof Dev workshops (grant/no grant; generic vs specific eg CALL)
• One-on-one CLT help (varies)
• Design: Vetting committee
• Implementation: MSS & formative tech/ped support

Spring 2015

Courses

• Applied Linguistics TESOL (LF)
• Applied Linguistics TAFL (RE)
• Community Psychology (CF)
• Construction Engineering (EYSA)
• Library Info Literacy (MKS)

Lori Fredricks (APLN 5323)

• Videos outside class
• Discussion forums - different paths for students

Lori Fredricks (APLN 5323)

Raghda Essawi: APLN/TAFL 5204

• Mainly online collaboration via Google Docs, Google Forms, Vialogues

Raghda Essawi: APLN/TAFL 5204

• Overall learned from course
• Felt some activities were repetitive and structure unclear

Ezzeldin Yazeed Sayed-Ahmed CENG 5292

• Videos and online quizzes
• Collaborative projects, online discussions
• Shorter class time
• Online office hours

Ezzeldin Yazeed Sayed-Ahmed CENG 5292

• Overall satisfaction but students did not like quizzes (stopped)
• Synchronous tools for office hours did not work well from his home
• Dislikes Bb discussion forums

Carie Forden PSYC 3003

• Videos outside class
• Use class time for group work, active learning, guest lectures

Carie Forden PSYC 3003

• All (but one) students agreed ‘I would like the opportunity to take another blended learning course’
• Student tips for others: learn to manage the online time

Mary Kickham-Samy LALT 1010

• Nearly fully online except exams
• Special expedited approval by core committee
• Videos and quizzes (seniors)

Mary Kickham-Samy LALT 1010

• Success rate similar to f2f (mid-semester)
• Stopped when Mary left (need to discuss impact of this)

Current

• Two courses approved, one running (Hani Sewilam)
• One more extended workshop