Week 6 (February 19 - 25)



Blended learning. Wrap-up: Conclusions and evaluation. Graduating as a Webhead in Action.




Moderators: Teresa Almeida d'Eça, Cristina Costa, Moira Hunter

    1. Week 6 (February 19 - 25)
      1. Moderators: Teresa Almeida d'Eça, Cristina Costa, Moira Hunter
      2. Activities
      3. Questions of the week
      4. Suggested Readings (of a very practical nature)
      5. Live Event Recordings


Activities

1. Join Aiden Yeh and Rita Zeinstejer on Saturday, Feb. 24, at Alado at 14:00 GMT, for a joint presentation and panel discussion on "blended learning": combining online activities or projects with face-to-face learning;

2. Reflect on and write a short text about your overall impressions of this 6-week workshop, what you've achieved and what you plan to do with your newly-acquired know-how.

Post your thoughts to our Reflections page.

3. Complete the final survey at (URL to be inserted);

4. Join us for the BaW07 Graduation ceremony on Sunday, February 25, at Alado, at 13:00 GMT.

5. Join the Webheads in Action, a global community of practice of English teachers, for a chat at Tapped In, and graduate as a Webhead in Action!




Questions of the week

1. What is "blended learning"?

2. Bearing in mind your student population, do you plan to introduce blended learning to them? If so, what activities will you start out with?

3. Which of the tools that you've explored in BaW07 do you consider more appropriate for those activities and how will they be used?


Suggested Readings (of a very practical nature)

They include articles on blended learning and a presentation on communities of practice (CoPs). (Click here for a brief overview of each suggestion.)


1. Carman, J. M. (2002). Blended Learning Design: Five Key Ingredients. Knowledge Net

1. E-Learning Resources (2005). Blended Learning.

2. Gonzalez, D. (2005). Blended Learning Offers the Best of Both Worlds. Essential Teacher, Dec. 2005. (.pdf)

3. Rossett, A., Douglis, F., & Frazee, R.V.(2003). Strategies for Building Blended Learning. Learning Circuits.

4. Singh, H. (2003 ). Building Effective Blended Learning Programs (pdf). Educational Technology, Volume 43, Number 6, pp. 51-54.


Optional Readings

1. Almeida d'Eça, T. (2006). Going Global with the Webheads in Action. Teaching English with Technology, Aug. 2006.

2. Graham, C. A. (2005). Blended Learning Systems: Definition, Current Trends, and Future Directions. In Bonk, C. J. & Graham, C. R. (Eds.). (in press). Handbook of blended learning: Global Perspectives, local designs. San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer Publishing. (esp. pp. 1-6)(.pdf)

3. Rovai, A. P. (2002). Building a Sense of Community at a Distance. IRRODL, Apr. 2002.

4. Teaching-Learning Center (2002 ). Hybrid Classes: Maximizing Resources and Student Learning.


"Thank you" for being with us these six weeks!!!

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Our Yahoo Group is located at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/baw07


Thank you from Cora, Cris, Dafne, Hala, Moira and Teresa !

See you again at BaW08


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