Blended

learning
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Russell Stannard
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NILENorwichInstituteforLanguageLearningAssociate
Trainer.
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What is blended
learning?
Morethanjustsharingcontent.
ItisabouthowtheF2Fanduseofdigitalcombine.
Thewholeisgreaterthanthesumoftheparts.

Relationship

F2F

On
line

Block mode
blends
At
home

Inclass

Frequency

At
home

Inclass

Class blends
F2f
Digital
F2F

Flipped
Classroom

Reality

ManyblendsgrewoutofpreviouscoursesthatwereF2F.
Fewplannedfrombottomup.
Notreallyintegrated.
Moreandmorecoursesarebeingplanned.
Problemisoftenorganisation

Why blend?

Digitalisarealityofourworld.
Jobsandemployabilityskills.
Autonomy.
Betteruseofteachertime.
Costsaving.
Useofspace.
Interest/motivation.
Uniqueaffordances.

The digital bit

Screen
casts

Videos

Podcasts

Central
Location

Blogs

Articles

Central location

Moodle
Schoology
Blackboard
Edmodo
ItsLearning

Edmodo

Oneplace.
Sharerangeofcontent.
Onepassword.
Sharecontent.
Organizefiles.
Trackstudents.
Controlstudents.
Markstudentswork.
Keeparecordoftheirwork.
Discussions.
Quizzes.
Polls.
Assignments.

Edmod

Videos

AquicktourofEdmodo
Trackingstudents
Quizinformation
Assignments

Sum is greater than parts

Discussion

Summarise

Linkto
class

Join me

Material
Find
it

Content
Make
it

Making it
Files
Screencasts

Mindmaps

Cartoons/stori
es

Tables
Make

Pictures

Audio

Video

Graphs

Screen casting
Alotofblendedlearningcontentismadeusingscreen
castingtechnology.
Abilitytoquicklymakevideocontent.
Allowsyoutorecordthescreenofyourcomputerasif
youhadavideoconnectedtoit.
Quicklymakealltypesofrecording

What can you

make?
RecordaPowerPointpresentation.
Recordyourselfgivingfeedback.
Recordagrammarlesson.
Recordavocabularylesson.
Talkoveratable.
Talkoveragraph.
Talkoverapicture/pictures.
etc

Screeencasting
Free

JING
Screencastomatic

Pay

SnagIT ($30)
(freetestfor2weeks)
.Camtasia ($179)
(freetestfor4weeks)

Conclusions
Lotsofblends.
Thekeyisintherelationshipbetweenthenondigitaland
digitalmaterial.
Itisaboutusingtheaffordancesofallthemediums
Itisaboutorganisation.
Edmodo canbeagoodstartingpointifyouhavealimited
budget.
Screencaptureisgreatforcreatingyourowncontent.

References
Reading
GreatbookfromtheBritishCouncil
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/D057_Blended%20learning_
FINAL_WEB%20ONLY_v2.pdf
TechnologyEnhancedLanguageLearning
https://elt.oup.com/catalogue/items/global/teacher_development/oxford_handbook
s_for_language_teachers/9780194423687?cc=global&selLanguage=en&mode=hub
BlendedModels
http://www.dreambox.com/blog/6modelsblendedlearning

VideosfromRussell
Edmodo
http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/edmodomoodle/edmodo.html
SnagIt
http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/screencasting/introductiontosnagit.html
Images
http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/microsoftgoogleprezi/googleimages.html

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VideoforOUPpresentation(inorder)
AquicktourofEdmodo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyQifMOpuDA
TrackingStudents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNUYgHmwulE
QuizInformation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATwXV9JGjco
Assignments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb1IGqFXTgE
LookingatSnagIT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpTVXp1KNqQ