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 * I will identify the instructional benefits of digital blended learning (DBL).

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**The Case for Blended Learning**



Card Sort Activity: Engagement, Effectiveness, & Ownership
Using the cards in the packs on the table, sort the activities. Where do they fit?
 * Student Engagement - Does it meet the needs of the student and keep them focused on learning?
 * Student/Teacher Effectiveness - Is it focused on making the most of both students’ and teachers’ time?
 * Student Ownership -Does it give students the skills, information, and tools they need to manage their own learning?

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= Other Resources =  The definition of blended†learning†is a formal education program in which a student learns: (1) at least in part through online learning, with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace; (2) at least in part in a supervised brickandmortar location away from home; (3) and the modalities along each student’s learning path within a course or subject are connected to provide an integrated learning experience. 
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 a course that a student takes entirely online to accompany other experiences that the student is having at a brickandmortar school or learning center. The teacher of record for the A La Carte course is the online teacher. Students may take the A La Carte course either on the brickandmortar campus or offsite. This differs from fulltime online learning because it is not a wholeschool experience. Students take some courses A La Carte and others facetoface at a brickandmortar campus.  a course or subject in which students have required facetoface learning sessions with their teacher of record and then are free to complete their remaining coursework remote from the facetoface teacher. Online learning is the backbone of student learning when the students are located remotely. The same person generally serves as both the online and facetoface teacher. Many Enriched Virtual programs began as fulltime online schools and then developed blended programs to provide students with brickandmortar school experiences. The Enriched Virtual model differs from the Flipped Classroom because in Enriched Virtual programs, students seldom meet facetoface with their teachers every weekday. It differs from a fully online course because facetoface learning sessions are more than optional office hours or social events; they are required.  a course or subject in which students experience the Rotation model within a contained classroom or group of classrooms. The Station Rotation model differs from the Individual Rotation model because students rotate through all of the stations, not only those on their custom schedules. classroom instruction  1. Seamlessly connect online and offline work. 2. Increased student-student and teacher-student collaboration, and give students control over time, pace, place, and path over their learning. 3. Online classroom presence through an online classroom like Google Classroom. 4. Repurposed time, such as using the flipped classroom model.

Using the video you just watched finish the definition of blended learning using two or three sentences:

Blended learning isn’t about the technology, it is about…

Example: Blended learning isn’t about the technology, it is about teaching smarter and blending the two seamlessly together. In a blended learning environment technology is leveraged intentionally to increase student involvement, engagement, and input. Blended learning is about blending the best of face-to-face instruction with the right technology in order to maximize instructional time, student achievement, and growth.  a course or subject in which students participate in online learning offsite in place of traditional homework and then attend the brickandmortar school for facetoface, teacherguided practice or projects. The primary delivery of content and instruction is online, which differentiates a Flipped Classroom from students who are merely doing homework practice online at night. http://www.christenseninstitute.org/blended-learning-definitions-and-models/ http://community.simplek12.com/scripts/student/webinars/view.asp?id=1724 http://community.simplek12.com/scripts/student/webinars/view.asp?id=1724 **Learning Activity #1:** the learning models and approaches with a real world exampl  **__ Insert Quick 2-3min Intro Video Here __** <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 1463.5px; width: 1px;">#e9ed1c <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 1372.5px; width: 1px;">http://mhigleyticoach.freeforums.net/thread/2/learning-activity-card-sort-discussion <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 1477px; width: 1px;">** Learning Activity #1: **