BlendKit

An ambitious project being funded by the EU (EU project number 539717-LLP-1-2013-1-IT-GRUNDTVIG-GMP) that is designed to "develop an appropriate quality framework as well as tools to evaluate the quality of Blended Learning." Will be interested to monitor how they come to resolve some of the issues pointed out in the Blendkit2016 material.

Interesting! I was a bit taken aback by the lack of concrete ways to assess online courses from the readings, so this is helpful!

I found this article from the Journal of Asynchronous Learning to be an interesting assessment of the effectiveness of blended courses in a specific university. I particularly like the research methodology and the way in which assessment incorporated student and instructor feedback.

Thank you for sharing!! It is a very useful article to complete the Blendkit readings!

I had the same thing happen to me: I was using a model without knowing it was a model! I'm glad I now have vocabulary to describe my work in the classroom.

rather simplified, but it could be of any help

http://www.fulltiltahead.com/edtech/blended-online-assessment-taxonomy-design-infographic/ the original page

Thank you! I wonder if it would be a useful material to share with students to discuss how the class is organized/evaluated and have them make decisions about their own learning trajectory?

Quality is defined by the ISO organization and can be seen as "... the totality of features and characteristics of a product or service that bears its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs". The transfer from production to teaching and learning is not so easy because you have to define the product or service. The blog set up to support the EU Project on Quality in Blended Learning

Article on interesting models for blended learning at Georgetown.

This cute video uses Legos to demonstrate the critical components of writing effective instructions. Both the video production and content are high quality; worth 5 minutes of your time if you are looking for an instruction writing guide.

Fun assessment tools students of any age can enjoy.

March 09, 2016 at 04:45AM How much Online Content in Blended Learning? http://bit.ly/1M6bSGq via @pen63

Lawrence Public Schools began their efforts in 2012-13 with 8 teachers involved in a field test to blend their classrooms. As of 2015-16, 300 classrooms across all grade levels and content areas are blending. Hear from various stakeholders include the central office leader, participating teachers, students and parents.

A free course for the Vocational Education and Training sector to promote effective practice and pedagogy in blended learning. For those who want to combine Blendkit 2016 with another MOOC..

This article may have been more suited for last week but hey better late than never

Always good to be reminded of it!

Since I am creating a course for elementary teachers, this article has provided good information on creating a blended course.

Blended learning course design entails more than simply converting content for online delivery or finding ways to supplement an existing face-to-face course. Ideally, designing a blended course would begin with identifying learning outcomes and topics, creating assignments and activities, determining how interaction will occur, and selecting the technologies to best achieve those learning outcomes.

As a librarian, I love this blog on information literacy practices and resources. I limited to the category of e-learning, but there is a plethora of resources on both f2f and online learning in inforamtion literacy. I am a support to academics teaching in a blended learning environment, and need to support students both online and f2f.

This is an Animoto video that Carla Youmans created to show parents and students how her school would create a hybrid learning environment.