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Educause's ELI was mentioned in the week 5 webinar. Here are materials from one of their webinars covering evaluation of the course from the assignments perspective. This can lead back to student value of the class.

An older article, but still gets you thinking about your discussion boards.

A Slideshare presentation

Online course/modules following Dee Fink's Significant Learning Experience

I have been using Fink for the past two years. My favorite are the charts---it helps the faculty I work with organize their thoughts.

"3 Minute Teaching with Tech Tip Video - Create Powerful Lessons in Minutes with Blendspace"

Site dedicated to the use of technology to implement Chickering and Gamson's Seven Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate Education

Another checklist for online/blended courses (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee). I liked the straight-forward language.

Blended Learning Glossary

Key Takeaways Social presence remains the key to a successful learning experience, and understanding social presence, with its critical connection to learning and community building, allows us to better support faculty and students. Understanding a wide selection of tools, media, and reflective activities helps faculty assist students in taking responsibility for their own learning.

This is an international consortium about quality blended learning.

We've been using Quality Matters for several years and although it might appear that the focus is "quality in online courses", the rubric and process works well for blended learning as well. https://www.qualitymatters.org/

Looks like an interesting way to add a formative assessment component to a video clip to help focus learners on what's important. A free sign-up and free to use tool. An example of the tool in action accompanying a viral video for Mother's Day can be found at: http://www.educanon.com/public/12221/40843?twitter

Thank you for sharing! I will try this out and see if we want to add it to our flipped classroom training.

A good simple approach. A three staged process for blended learning design: Absorb - Do - Connect

"The process model consists of three stages: Absorb-During this stage, students are gaining basic knowledge. This can include reading a chapter in the textbook. Do-Students then engage in an activity such as a discussion before the face-to-face session (in the case of a blended course) or a synchronous online session in the case of a totally online course. Connect-Students apply knowledge to real-world situations."

I've helped faculty implement this model in online courses and think it has been very successful. While a model like ADDIE provides a structured approach to designing an entire course, this Absorb, Do, Connect model, along with models like Gagne's 9 events of instruction provide us with models for how to structure individual lessons and keep them consistent.

An article on the benefits of Blended Learning from teachthought.com It lists 4 main benefits: 1. Enhanced Communication Skills 2. Increased Digital Fluency 3. Expanded Networking 4. Strengthened Professionalism

"Whether you're new to blended learning or a seasoned veteran of blended learning, there's always more to learn. Take a look at 10 of the top resources for blended education, also known as hybrid learning, from some of the most notable names in the field. So, in addition to great resources like YouTube, iTunesU, and a variety of blogs and social media channels, here are 10 of the most popular blended learning resources teachers use." (by Janis Beem)

"There are Many Elements That can be Fine-Tuned to Bring out the Best in Online and Hybrid Teaching and Learning."

This reading from Quality Matters was the prompt for me to searching for possibilities to learn more about online/blended learning. It is clear written and gives very practical informations.

Adobe recently released this free App that allows you to easily create videos in minutes using pre-existing images.

"Remixing the curriculum - compiling resources from a variety of sources such as free online texts, proprietary information from publishers, and self-created media such as podcasts - is starting to push its way into K-12 and higher education. Get ahead of the curve with these tips for remixing your own online course materials."

Fabulous! Thank you for this. I find that the more we learn in BlendKit, the more I feel that I need to learn. Having a list of resources to start with is priceless.

Was surprised not to see Padlet included; depending on objective, it's a simple way to get feedback, brainstorm or for students to add content/opinion in a course (2 layouts: sticky note or horizontal which enables more text and so becomes easy to read;) great for sharing multi-media as well.