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The Red Cross understands the benefits of Blended Learning. In-class instruction twinned with simulation learning allows learners to "debrief" with instructors after simulations in order to understand their mistakes, ask questions, and then re-try scenarios online. New research sponsored by the American Red Cross shows that simulation learning in combination with traditional classroom experience is more efficient and effective in preparing people to act in a crisis than traditional classroom learning or online learning alone.

As school districts look for ways to give their students a personalized learning experience without expanding their budgets, blended learning can be an effective option. This approach to schooling combines face-to-face instruction with online learning and has yielded strong results since officially being researched as an education strategy.

by Thomas Stanley, Project Learning LLC Ideas for Creating an Interactive Blended Learning Experience There are, sometimes frustratingly, a number of ways to teach in the online world. Some programs are credit retrieval, others are expanded correspondence courses, and still others ask the student to do some thematic activities.

A recent study conducted by the U.S. Department of Education found that students involved in blended learning programs generally performed better than students who participated in face-to-face instruction. According to the study, "The difference between student outcomes for online and face-to-face classes was larger in those studies contrasting conditions that blended elements of online and face-to-face instruction with conditions taught entirely face-to-face."

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I've featured VideoNotes a few times over the last year because it is a good tool for building discussions around YouTube videos. It's a great tool, but it doesn't work with videos that aren't already hosted online. Vialogues is a free service that allows you to build online discussions around videos hosted online and videos that you have saved on your computer.

The original April 2010 article, " 6 Free Online Interactive White Boards" and the more recent " Using The iPad As A Digital Whiteboard (Plus 4 Cool Free Apps To Try It Out) " have been consistent top 10 pages for viewership here on EmergingEdTech since they were published.

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Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. 1a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness Overall successful completion of all online portfolio artifacts. 1b.

Students and faculty can provide valuable information through their feedback regarding experiences in the blended environment. Regularly assessing student and faculty satisfaction can also provide the additional benefit of monitoring trends for those cohorts and also for varying demographic groups. These sample surveys can provide you with examples to begin to think about measuring student and faculty attitudes.