Blended Learning

What is Blended Learning?

Blended learning is an approach to education that combines in-person instruction with online learning.

• A blended learning experience is affected by the 3 M's: Medium, Modality and Method

• The medium involves the tools that are used ranging from paper and pencil, to computer tools

• The modality is the physical learning environment such as in the classroom, online, in-person, virtual or another setting such a as a field trip

• The method is how the learning takes place and is the most important: how are the students using the technology or learning medium and what form of pedagogy is the teacher using to be effective and innovative

• Online learning gives students some control over the time, place, path or pace of their learning

• The Christensen Institute describes several different ways to present blended learning through Rotation, Flex, A la Carte and Enriched Virtual

• Rotation can be further sub divided into stations, labs, individual rotations and flipped classroom

• Online learning allows the students an entry into worlds they would not otherwise be able to access

https://edtechbooks.org/k12blended

www.christenseninstitute.org/blended-learning/