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Based upon proven research and informed by practical experience, this Blended Learning Toolkit will offer guidance, examples, professional development, and other resources to help you prepare your own blended learning courses and programs.
Recently the national news has been ablaze with discussion of these transformational learning tools. “Blended learning will play a vital role, as school operators must rethink education’s structure and delivery with the new realities of public funding.” This is according to Michael Horn, co-author of Disrupting Class, which predicts that 50% of all high school classes will be delivered in a blended learning environment by 2015.
Enterprises can receive great benefit from e-Learning and training managers have realized this. According to ASTD’s 2010 Learning Trends report, over 18% of enterprises spent more than half of their entire training budgets in 2009 for blending or substituting traditional training with e-Learning.
The University of Hertfordshire's Blended Learning Unit and the UK Higher Education Academy, in association with the University of Calgary and the University of Queensland, are delighted to announce The Fifth International Blended Learning Conference "Developing Blended Learning Communities" Date: Wednesday 16th - Thursday 17th June 2010\nVenue: The Fielder Centre, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
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"In 2009, Agilix released BrainHoney - a new and better way for teaching and learning. Based on an open technology architecture and concepts of mastery, efficiency, individualized learning, and equitable access, the BrainHoney hosted suite of solutions is the only learning solution that works seamlessly across classroom, hybrid, and online environments."
Blended learning is not simply the addition of ICT into traditional face-to-face subjects. It is about integrating the relative strengths of face-to-face teaching and online learning to provide a range of learning spaces where students can interact and construct knowledge. As suggested by Littlejohn and Pegler (in "Preparing for Blended e-Learning," 2006), blended learning might best be described as the act of combining and sequencing both media and activities.
In a much-debated 1983 essay on distance learning, Richard E. Clark, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Southern California, argued that it was beside the point to ask whether distance education is better or worse than the traditional classroom. The medium isn't the crucial variable, Mr. Clark wrote. What is important is to look at the effectiveness of specific instructional strategies, regardless of how those strategies are delivered.\nLast week, more than 25 years after Mr. Clark's provocation, the U.S. Department of Education released a report that, at least at first glance, carries a strong message about the medium: Students learn more effectively in online settings. Most powerful of all appear to be "blended" courses that offer both face-to-face and online elements. Previous research has generally found that online and offline courses are equally effective.
In this free e-learning guide we explore what makes a good blend and provide case studies for line managers, call centre staff and sales staff.
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