Download or read book The Impact of Blended Learning on Teacher Practices and Student Learning written by Teresa Leporace-Carboy and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined teachers' perceptions and practices regarding the use of blended learning as an instructional strategy and its impact on student learning and teaching practices. Fifty-one K-12 teachers who utilized blended learning participated in this study. Data was collected through the use of an online survey, open-ended questions, as well as through face-to-face interviews with 8 participants. The study identified (1) teachers' perceptions related to the impact of blended learning on student learning; (2) teachers' perceptions related to the impact of blended learning on teaching practices; and (3) teachers' perceptions related to their preparedness to teach in a blended learning environment. The results suggested that the participating teachers agreed that blended learning positively impacts student engagement, focus and attention, student motivation, individualized instruction, and opportunities for students to collaborate. Furthermore, the results of this study also revealed that teacher participants believed that blended learning positively influenced their teaching practices with opportunities to individualize and differentiate instruction, student feedback, technology enhanced lessons, time in planning lessons, and opportunities to monitor and adjust student learning. This study also acknowledged that support from building leadership, opportunities to collaborate with peers, and on-going and systematic professional development affected the success of students in a blended learning environment. The findings from this research revealed that teachers recognized a strong utility of blended learning as an instructional strategy, primarily in providing insight into student learning, teaching practices, and professional development.

Download or read book Blended Learning in Action written by Catlin R. Tucker and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2016-09-03 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shift to blended learning to transform education Blended learning has the power to reinvent education, but the transition requires a new approach to learning and a new skillset for educators. Loaded with research and examples, Blended Learning in Action demonstrates the advantages a blended model has over traditional instruction when technology is used to engage students both inside the classroom and online. Readers will find: Breakdowns of the most effective classroom setups for blended learning Tips for leaders Ideas for personalizing and differentiating instruction using technology Strategies for managing devices in schools Questions to facilitate professional development and deeper learning

Download or read book Better Learning Through Structured Teaching written by Douglas Fisher and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this updated 2nd edition of the ASCD best-seller, Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey dig deeper into the hows and whys of the gradual release of responsibility instructional framework. To gradually release responsibility is to equip students with what they need to be engaged and self-directed learners. On a day-to-day level, it means delivering lessons purposefully planned to incorporate four essential and interrelated instructional phases: Focused Instruction: Preparing students for learning by establishing lesson purpose, modeling strategies and skills, thinking aloud, and noticing how students respond. Guided Instruction: Strategically using prompts, cues, and questions to lead students to new understanding. Collaborative Learning: Allowing students to consolidate their understanding through exploration, problem-solving, discussion, and thinking with their peers. Independent Learning: Requiring students to use the skills and knowledge they've acquired to create authentic products and ask new questions. The authors explore each phase, using real-life examples from a variety of disciplines. You'll find tips and tools for classroom implementation, including checklists for planning and assessment; advice on feedback, homework, group work, differentiated instruction, and blended learning; answers to frequently asked questions; and examples that align to Common Core State Standards. No matter what grade level or subject you teach, Better Learning Through Structured Teaching is your essential guide to helping students expand their capacity for successful and long-lasting learning.

Download or read book Handbook of Research on K 12 Online and Blended Learning written by RIchard E. Ferdig and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Handbook of Research on K-12 Online and Blended Learning is an edited collection of chapters that sets out to present the current state of research in K-12 online and blended learning. The beginning chapters lay the groundwork of the historical, international, and political landscape as well as present the scope of research methodologies used. Subsequent sections share a synthesis of theoretical and empirical work describing where we have been, what we currently know, and where we hope to go with research in the areas of learning and learners, content domains, teaching, the role of the other, and technological innovations."--Book home page.

Download or read book The Boundless Classroom written by Nathan Lang-Raad and published by International Society for Technology in Education. This book was released on 2022-08-12 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how to plan effective blended instruction with purpose and intention with help from this definitive, practical guide to lesson design. A global pandemic hit our world and education has forever changed. But have your instructional practices changed? Teachers must now leverage technology to provide students with high-quality teaching and learning experiences that transcend a traditional classroom’s walls. This is a historic opportunity to abandon antiquated teaching practices and reimagine instruction in ways that boost learning outcomes and prepare students for living and working in the digital age. This book offers guidance for creating and sustaining rigorous and engaging blended learning solutions. Opening with lessons learned from the pandemic, the book addresses impacts on lesson design and delivery, student engagement, assessment, and teacher training and PD. The following chapters build on and address these experiences, with each chapter featuring strategies and examples of how to implement effective approaches to lesson design for blended and online instruction. This book: • Explores seven different blended learning models, with strategies and suggestions for implementing each one. • Provides detailed guidance for planning a blended learning curriculum, from establishing a digital infrastructure to integrating students into a learning management system (LMS) to mapping a course scope and sequence. • Provides step-by-step design essentials for developing a pacing guide and creating effective blended and virtual lessons. • Features downloadable templates, checklists and guided professional learning tasks in every chapter to help design virtual and blended lessons. • Includes strategies for implementing authentic, student-led assessments. The book is sure to meet the needs of varying practitioners who are eager to learn about designing successful blended learning courses and understanding what makes each course work. Audience: K-12 teachers and instructional designers; faculty in higher education programs

Download or read book The Impact of Blended Professional Learning Focused on Total Physical Response Storytelling TPRS on Teacher Perceptions and Practices written by April DeBord and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professional learning plays an integral role in every educator’s career. Studies show that traditional workshop professional learning in a one-round session without follow-up training is not effective (Ball & Cohen, 1999), yet this type of professional learning still comprises the bulk of professional development offerings. This study sought to discover the impact of providing blended professional learning with coaching on teacher perception, teacher knowledge, classroom practice, and student learning. Participating instructors from various Grades 9-12 backgrounds received asynchronous virtual training in the TPRS® method and Marzano’s (2004) vocabulary learning strategies. The training was delivered via the Canvas Learning Management System. The researcher then provided synchronous face-to-face coaching helping teachers plan lessons and assessments utilizing the new methods. The teacher measured student learning with pre and postassessments before and after the course. The researcher’s findings indicated teacher perceptions of the blended learning design were overwhelmingly positive. Teacher knowledge of best practices in vocabulary instruction increased, and their students grew and became more engaged with the class content. Teachers described their classroom instruction of vocabulary transformed from boring and lifeless to connected, personalized, and exciting. As teachers grew so did their students’ learning. The researcher utilized the paired samples t test to analyze 46 pairs of student growth scores from before teachers participated in the course and after teachers participated in the course. The results indicate with a high level of confidence that student posttest results will improve after teachers participate in the Blended Learning with Coaching Course on TPRS®.

Download or read book The Essential Blended Learning PD Planner written by Stepan Mekhitarian and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book will help educators capitalize on the skills and capacity built during remote learning to implement effective blended learning models in the classroom setting. The book will cover the integration of instructional technology, effective approaches to collaboration, professional development, assessment, feedback, digital citizenship and differentiated instruction. Most importantly, Mekhitarian will address how the effective implementation of blended learning across schools and systems can impact equity and access for all students"--

Download or read book K 12 Blended Teaching written by Jered Borup and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the color print version (go here for the black and white version: http://bit.ly/k12blended-print). This book is your guide to blended teaching in K-12 settings. It was designed to help both pre-service and in-service teachers prepare their classes for blended teaching. The book can be accessed in several different formats at http://edtechbooks.org/k12blended.This book begins by orienting you to the foundational dispositions and skills needed to support your blended teaching practice. Then you will be introduced to four key competencies for blended teaching which are: (1) Online Integration - ability to effectively combine online instruction with in-person instruction. (2) Data Practices - ability to use digital tools to monitor student activity and performance in order to guide student growth. (3) Personalization - ability to implement a learning environment that allows for student customization of goals, pace, and/or learning path. (4) Online Interaction - ability to facilitate online interactions with and between students. The final chapter of the book helps you bring all four competencies together as you implement blended teaching in your classroom.

Download or read book Effective Blended Learning Practices Evidence Based Perspectives in ICT Facilitated Education written by Stacey, Elizabeth and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2009-04-30 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides insight into the practice of blended learning in higher education.

Download or read book Blended Learning in Action written by Catlin R. Tucker and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2016-09-03 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shift to blended learning to transform education Blended learning has the power to reinvent education, but transitioning to a blended model is challenging. Blended learning requires a fundamentally new approach to learning as well as a new skillset for both teachers and school leaders. Loaded with research, examples, and resources, Blended Learning in Action demonstrates the advantages a blended model has over traditional instruction when technology is used to engage students both inside the classroom and online. Readers will find: Breakdowns of the most effective classroom setups for blended learning Guidelines to build a blended learning toolbox of tech and resources Tips for leaders Ideas for personalizing and differentiating instruction using technology Strategies for managing devices in classrooms and schools Study questions to facilitate professional development and deeper learning Written with system-wide transformation in mind, this is the resource teachers and leaders need to help them shift to a blended learning model and transform education for today′s learning environment. "The time for blended learning is now and the place is ALL classrooms throughout the country. This book provides educators with essential information and practices that will prepare students for the 21st Century." Kim Weber, 4th Grade Teacher Mandell School, New York, NY "This book is different. It is deeper and more serious about creating the change students deserve than most others. The fact that each and every chapter starts out with a student′s perspective confirms that it is built on a vital pedagogical foundation." Brad Gustafson, Principal and Author of Renegade Leadership Greenwood Elementary, Wayzata, MN

Download or read book Evaluation of Principles and Best Practices in Personalized Learning written by Tenon, Susan R. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-06-26 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tremendous amount of money is being steered toward personalized learning (PL) initiatives at the federal, state, and local levels, and it is important to understand the return on the investment in students’ futures. It is only through rigorous discussions that educators and policymakers will be able to determine if PL is a passing fad or if it possesses the staying power necessary to show a positive impact on student achievement. Evaluation of Principles and Best Practices in Personalized Learning is a critical scholarly publication that explores the modern push for schools to implement PL environments and the continuing research to understand the best strategies and implementation methods for personalizing education. It seeks to begin creating a standardized language and standardized approach to the PL initiative and to investigate the implications it has on the educational system. Additionally, this book adds to the professional discussion of PL by looking at both the advantages and disadvantages of PL, the teacher’s role in PL, creating a PL program to scale, the role of technology and PL, the special education population and PL, emerging research on PL, and case studies involving PL. Featuring research on a wide range of topics such as blended learning, preservice teachers, and special education, this book is ideal for teachers, administrators, academicians, policymakers, researchers, and students.

Download or read book The Impact of Blended Professional Learning on Teacher Self efficacy written by Sonia Hood and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the impact of blended professional development on teacher efficacy. The variables hours of blended learning, subjects taught, and years of experience were investigated. Additionally, teacher efficacy was analyzed across domains of student engagement, instructional practices, and classroom management. Multiple regression analyses were conducted, and the Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale was administered to 112 teachers to investigate the following research questions: (a) What is the relationship between teachers' self-efficacy and blended professional learning? (b) Is teacher efficacy influenced by the amount of time spent receiving blended professional learning, by the years of teaching experience, and by the subjects taught?Through analysis of the TSES, high efficacy scores were found across subscales of student engagement, instructional practices, and classroom management. Multiple regression analysis did not reveal significant findings that resulted in statistical significance. Recommendations and implications for future research includes development of protocols and guidelines for professional learning that support collaborative, teacher-centered practices that support enhanced efficacy.

Download or read book Blended Learning written by Anthony G. Picciano and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blended learning, which combines the strength of face-to-face and technology-enhanced learning, is increasingly being seen as one of the most important vehicles for education reform today. Blended learning allows both teacher and learner access to radically increased possibilities for understanding how we transmit and receive information, how we interact with others in educational settings, how we build knowledge, and how we assess what we have taught or learned. Blended Learning: Research Perspectives, Volume 2 provides readers with the most current, in-depth collection of research perspectives on this vital subject, addressing institutional issues, design and adoption issues, and learning issues, as well as an informed meditation on future trends and research in the field. As governments, foundations, schools, and colleges move forward with plans and investments for vast increases in blended learning environments, a new examination of the existing research on the topic is essential reading for all those involved in this educational transformation.

Download or read book Handbook of Research on Blended Learning Pedagogies and Professional Development in Higher Education written by Keengwe, Jared and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-07-20 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Online and blended courses are becoming increasingly prevalent in higher education settings, and the pressures to incorporate these environments highlights the increased demand to serve a generation that prefers learning through experience or through interacting with learning tools. Challenges arise in assisting instructors in facilitating and designing blended learning environments that will provide effective learning for all students. The Handbook of Research on Blended Learning Pedagogies and Professional Development in Higher Education is a critical research publication that delves into the importance of effective professional development for educators planning and teaching online or blended courses. It also establishes the benefits of technology-mediated learning environments over traditional learning methods. Highlighting a wide array of topics such as online learning environments, active learning model, and educational development, this publication explores technology-based teaching methods in higher education. This book is targeted toward educators, educational administrators, academicians, researchers, and professionals within the realm of higher education.

Download or read book Cases on Active Blended Learning in Higher Education written by Padilla Rodriguez, Brenda Cecilia and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021-02-12 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Active blended learning (ABL) is a pedagogical approach that combines sensemaking activities with focused interactions in appropriate learning settings. ABL has become a great learning tool as it is easily accessible online, with digitally rich environments, close peer and tutor interactions, and accommodations per individual learner needs. It encompasses a variety of concepts, methods, and techniques, such as collaborative learning, experiential learning, problem-based learning, team-based learning, and flipped classrooms. ABL is a tool used by educators to develop learner autonomy, engaging students in knowledge construction, reflection, and critique. In the current educational climate, there is a strong case for the implementation of ABL. Cases on Active Blended Learning in Higher Education explores strategies and methods to implement ABL in higher education. It will provide insights into teaching practice by describing the experiences and reflections of academics from around the world. The chapters analyze enablers, barriers to engagement, outcomes, implications, and recommendations to benefit from ABL in different contexts, as well as associated concepts and models. While highlighting topics such as personalized university courses, remote service learning, team-based learning, and universal design, this book is ideal for in-service and preservice teachers, administrators, instructional designers, teacher educators, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students interested in pedagogical approaches aligned to ABL and how this works in higher education institutions.

Download or read book Handbook of Research on Emerging Practices and Methods for K 12 Online and Blended Learning written by Heafner, Tina Lane and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-01-11 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National efforts have been made to encourage technology integration in teacher preparation with expectations for frequent and successful applications with K-12 learners. While online learning has become pervasive in many fields in education, it has been somewhat slow to catch on in K-12 settings. The Handbook of Research on Emerging Practices and Methods for K-12 Online and Blended Learning is a collection of innovative research on the applications of technology in online and blended learning environments in order to develop quality courses, explore how content is delivered across disciplines and settings, and support the formation of relationships and enrichment opportunities. While highlighting topics including learning initiatives, institutional policies, and program structures, this book is ideally designed for teachers, principals, early childhood development centers, university faculty, administrators, policymakers, researchers, and practitioners.

Download or read book Exploring the Effectiveness of Online Education in K 12 Environments written by Heafner, Tina L. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2014-08-31 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The integration of technology in classrooms is rapidly emerging as a way to provide more educational opportunities for students. As virtual learning environments become more popular, evaluating the impact of this technology on student success is vital. Exploring the Effectiveness of Online Education in K-12 Environments combines empirical evidence and best practices in current K-12 distance learning and virtual schools. Emphasizing current research and opportunities, this book is an all-inclusive reference source for administrators, teachers, researchers, teacher educators, and policymakers interested in the development and implementation of blended and electronic learning in primary and secondary education.