blended learning

definition:

Four Models

• Rotation
• Flex
• Self-Blend
• Remote

Rotation Model

Rocketship Education

Flex Model

AdvancePath Academics

Self-Blend Model

Michigan Virtual School

Remote Model

Primavera Online High School

Benefits of Blended Learning

• Students can learn at their own pace
• Technology can be maximized
• More information can be readily accessible
• Greater flexibility with schedules
• Not always teathered to brick-and-mortar
• Enhances the learning process
• Greater chance for setting students up for success

Grades

Cons for Grades - Mark Barnes

• Most ar subjective
• Poor weighting punishes some, rewards others
• Turns even honest kids into cheaters
• Performing for grades tempts Ss to lose interest in learning
• Grades make education a contest
• High achivers - perfectionists, Low achievers - retrea

Pros for Grades - Edublox

• Good grades boost confidence
• Good grades open doors
• Employers care about grades
• Good grades heavily influence lifetime earnings
• Grades motivate

No Grades?

Mission-based Grading

• academic mastery (how well a student understands the content and skills of the class)
• productivity (tenacity, efficacy, resourcefulness, and work completion)
• contributions to the community (empathy, interest in learning, inclusion, equity, and respect

Possible Marks

• Exceeding Expectations
• Meeting Expectations
• Approaching Expectations
• Unsatisfactory

Results

• No significant difference in standardized testing
• Classroom discipline - improved
• Ss - more interested in own learning
• Teachers - better - work harder at clarifying expectation