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Dave Truss

Blended Learning: Combining Face-to-Face and Online Education | Edutopia - 0 views

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  • Face-to-Face + Synchronous Conversations + Asynchronous Interactions = Strong Online Learning Environment
  • I met with the representatives of three of the major competitors of learning managements systems for schools and tried out each interface. Each permitted transparency for parents. Each permitted me to create a bulletin board of sorts where I could load recorded lessons, upload videos, provide assigned links for homework, create a dropbox for my own handouts, post grades, receive assignments, email, etc. Pretty cool; but not enough.
  • What was missing was my own interaction with the students.
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  • you need to purchase additional programs in order to benefit from the grown-ups in the community.
  • I am a huge believer in distance learning and the power of online tools, but I deeply believe that by sending the message that real-time teachers are only needed as a luxurious plug-in and not a fundamental fixture of this next educational chapter, we are doing a disservice to our students and the quality of these growing programs.
  • 5 Components Needed for a Blended Learning Model
  • Dave Truss on 18 May 11
     
    The fact is that there is a purpose in protecting a level of F2F and real-time interaction even in an online program. In education, the components of online and F2F are stronger together than apart. The power is in a Blended Learning equation: Face-to-Face + Synchronous Conversations + Asynchronous Interactions = Strong Online Learning Environment
Dave Truss

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/dist_learning/docs/dl_standards.pdf - 0 views

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shared by Dave Truss on 28 May 12 - No Cached
  • Dave Truss on 28 May 12
     
    The Vision for DL is to  create a quality, dynamic and engaging learning environment that all students in  the province can access.  Instruction through e-learning methodologies offers  possibilities for sophisticated, interactive, and engaging learning options that  address the ideals for a BC Graduate, and shifts the classroom and learning  beyond brick walls and fixed schedules.
Dave Truss

Inquiry Hub - 0 views

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shared by Dave Truss on 02 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Dave Truss on 02 Feb 12
     
    Connect - Create - Learn This is the process behind the Inquiry Hub, a new initiative by Coquitlam Open Learning and School District #43.  The COL Inquiry Hub is a full-time grade 8-12 program which brings students together in a technology-facilitated environment and encourages them to explore their own questions from key themes: Community and global issues Environmental sustainability Media Art, design and technology
Dave Truss

Challenge Based Learning  ~ White Paper - 0 views

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shared by Dave Truss on 12 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Dave Truss on 12 Feb 12
     
    Challenge Based Learning provides: * A flexible framework with multiple entry points * A scalable model with no proprietary systems or subscriptions * A focus on global challenges with local solutions * An authentic connection between academic disciplines and real world experience * A framework and workflow to develop 21st century skills * The purposeful use of technology for researching, analyzing, organizing,  collaborating, communicating, publishing and reflecting. * The opportunity for learners to do something important now, rather than waiting  until they are finished with their schooling * The documentation and assessment of the learning experience from challenge to  solution * An environment for deep reflection on teaching and learning * A process that places students in charge of their learning
Dave Truss

Footprints » Environmental Education - 0 views

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  • Dave Truss on 06 Feb 12
     
    Footprints Conservation Society is a Greater Vancouver based charitable organization dedicated to inspiring, educating and encouraging children to make choices that result in a healthy, happy life for themselves and our planet. We provide well rounded, captivating programs for children that include workshops, guest speakers, fieldtrips, community projects and environmental education packets... krystal-at-footprintseducation . org
Dave Truss

Why Are So Many Students Still Failing Online? - Do Your Job Better - The Chronicle of ... - 0 views

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shared by Dave Truss on 25 May 11 - No Cached
  • I think that's where we are with most online courses: They're not quite as good as face-to-face, but they're close enough. Are some of them just as good? No doubt. Might some be even better? Possibly. But a few, at least, should probably not be taught at all—"Advanced Brain Surgery" would be high on my list—and most are merely good enough.
  • I'd like us to be more honest with students. Generally speaking, online courses are harder than face-to-face ones, not easier. Online courses require a tremendous amount of self-discipline and no small amount of academic ability and technical competence. They're probably not for everyone, and I think we need to acknowledge as much to students and to ourselves.
  • Online enrollments across the country are strong and growing, while success rates stay about the same: abysmal.
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  • Software companies now market products designed to determine, up front, whether students can handle the workload, the pedagogical approach (heavy on reading), and the technical demands of the online environment, and some of those products have shown promise. That sort of approach just makes a world of sense
  • I agree with those who think that hybrid courses, incorporating face-to-face and electronic elements, are the future. Some concepts can be conveyed quite well online, while others really need to be taught in a traditional classroom.
  • Dave Truss on 25 May 11
     
    isn't it time that we had an honest national conversation about online learning? With countless studies showing success rates in online courses of only 50 per cent-as opposed to 70-to-75 percent for comparable face-to-face classes- isn't it time we asked ourselves some serious questions?
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