A Successful Unit in a Blended Learning Course-Interview with Liege Motta, part 2
Posted on November 20, 2007
Filed Under Blended learning, Discussion board
In this second part of Shiao-Chuan Kung’s interview with Prof. Liege Motta, Prof. Motta discusses how she chooses topics for online discussions and describes a successful blended learning unit in her Early Childhood Education class.
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Discussion Boards in Blended Learning-Interview with Liege Motta, part 1
Posted on November 14, 2007
Filed Under Blended learning, Discussion board
This is the first part of our interview with Prof. Liege Motta of the Department of Curriculum and Teaching. Prof. Motta has used discussion boards in Blackboard as part of her blended learning courses. In this segment, Prof. Motta talks about why and how she uses discussion boards as well as how she responds to students’ discussions and what kind of guidance she gives to her students. She also shares insights gained from observing students interact in discussion boards and the benefits she perceives in this activity.
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Blended Learning-Tips from Roberta Kilkenny
Posted on November 6, 2007
Filed Under Blended learning, Discussion board
In this second episode of our series on blended learning, we have invited professor Roberta Kilkenny of the Department of Africana & Puerto Rican/Latino Studies. Prof. Kilkenny teaches courses in Caribbean History and has been teaching them as blended courses for several years. In this interview with Shiao-Chuan Kung, she talks about why she redesigned her courses and offers advice to colleagues thinking about creating blended courses. For example, she recommends focusing on making materials accessible to all students, managing students expectations and giving smaller assignments that help students become familiar with the technology before they need to use it in a large assignment.
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Offered by the Learning Technology Center of the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.Advantages & Challenges of blended learning
Publication by the Learning Technology Center of the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Blended Learning-Interview with Tony Picciano
Posted on November 1, 2007
Filed Under Blended learning
This is the first of a series of podcast episodes that we are creating on blended learning. Many features of Blackboard can be used to teach blended learning courses. In this episode, Shiao-Chuan Kung talks to Professor Tony Picciano of the Department of Curriculum and Teaching. Prof. Picciano also teaches at the Graduate Center and is currently the Interim Executive Officer for the PhD Program in Urban Education. He has written about and been involved in blended learning for over 10 years. His last publication in this area is a book called Blended Learning: Research Perspectives.
Prof. Picciano addresses the questions:
- What is blended learning?
- What does research say about blended learning?
- Why does it make sense for Hunter faculty to try it?
- What is “blended with purpose”?
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Blended Learning
Dzuiban, C.D., Hartman, J.L., & Moskal, P.D. (2004). Blended Learning. Educause Center for Applied Research Research Bulletin, 2004 (7).Blended Learning: Implications for Growth and Access
Picciano, A.G. (2006). Blended Learning: Implications for growth and access. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 10 (3).
Conducting Evaluations with Blackboard Surveys
Posted on September 25, 2007
Filed Under Assessments, Blended learning, Course management, Surveys
Professor Donna Nickitas of the School of Nursing teaches a blended learning course called Gender, Science and Technology. She included in this course an evaluation with questions created by the students. To do this, she used several Blackboard tools such as the discussion board and the survey tool. In this week’s episode of Blackboard Tip of the Week, Shiao-Chuan Kung talks to Prof. Nickitas about how she framed the assignment and what were some benefits and concerns.
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