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Building A Better Blend: Research-Based Blended Course Design, Jennifer Spohrer
Building A Better Blend: Research-Based Blended Course Design, Jennifer Spohrer
Blended Learning Research and Open Educational Resources
Slides from a faculty workshop organized by the Central Pennsylvania Consortium, held at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, PA. In this talk I discuss how to use findings from the NGLC grant-funded study of blended learning at 40 liberal arts colleges and related pedagogical and cognitive science research to develop effective blended courses. Some of the topics covered include the "testing effect," spacing learning learning over time, feedback, and metacognition.
Fostering Blended Learning: Successful Partnerships And Faculty Development For Institutional Change, Chantal Levesque-Bristol, Tomalee Doan, Donalee Attardo
Fostering Blended Learning: Successful Partnerships And Faculty Development For Institutional Change, Chantal Levesque-Bristol, Tomalee Doan, Donalee Attardo
IMPACT Presentations
Instruction Matters: Purdue Academic Course Transformation (IMPACT ) is a successful campus-wide course redesign and faculty development program at Purdue University. This session shows how blended course redesign is a potential catalyst for institutional change and demonstrates its effects on learning gains, including critical thinking, problem solving, and information literacy. The discussion focuses on the nuts and bolts of the innovative staff development and course redesign integral to IMPACT. Also covered are the research-based redesign curriculum and strategies; the financial and personnel support offered to faculty fellows; and the many successful institutional partnerships that were necessary for IMPACT’s success. The …