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Join the Blended Teacher Network (it’s free): www.blendedteachernetwork.org.

 

Belief Statement: Our belief is that when blended learning is implemented in an effective way, that students, teachers, classrooms and schools are transformed into greater engagement in learning that results in more personalized learning and student achievement. 

 

Blended Learning Research and Reports

 

2014

December

 

November

 

  • Handbook of Research on K-12 Online and Blended Learning. This 500-page report provides the most up-to-date research and policies about blended and online learning. Find all of the research, reports and important papers documented all in one place.   
  • Keeping Pace with K-12 Digital Learning. Provides a state by state overview regarding online and blended learning policy and practice. This is the 11th year of this report.  
  • Personalized learning interim report from Rand. Provides information about the common elements that lead to personalized learning including learner profiles, personal learning paths, competency-based progression and flexible learning environments.
  • Lighting the Path to Personalized Learning from Getting Smart in partnership with the Next Generation Learning Challenges Grant schools. Highlights schools across the U.S. who have followed three design principles: high expectations for college readiness, personalized learning for all students and a school model optimized for scale.

 

October

Blended Teacher Competency Framework from iNACOL (Oct. 2014) . Provides a framework and shows the mindsets, qualities, adaptive skills and technical skills needed to be a blended learning teacher. 

 

Understanding and Supporting Blended Learning Teaching Practices from Education Elements (Oct. 2014). Explains about the transfomation that takes place when blended learning is implemented. Highlights several schools where blended learning is being implemented. Shares a blended learning rubric that includes classroom culture, classroom management, planning and delivery, assessment and analysis and classroom technology. 

 

Fueling A Personalized Learning Revolution in Secondary Schools from Fuel Education (Oct. 2014). Discusses structures of blended learning that can better personalize learning. 

 

 

September

Beyond the Factory Model provides the context of Oakland Unified’s blended learning launch with the help of the Rogers Family Foundation. Includes the first year evaluation report from SRI as well as a variety of charts comparing blended learning classrooms with non-blended learning classrooms. Also provides a narrative about the challenges of the blended learning implementation.

 

Knocking down Barriers: How California Superintendents are Implementing Blended Learning is the most recent Christensen Institute policy brief that identifies many of the barriers to blended learning and 11 tips for implementing blended learning for administrators.

 

Carnegie Learning Math Curricula Significantly Improves Algebra Outcomes for Gary Community Corporation (Gary, IN). Carnegie Learning announced that the use of their blended math instruction software yielded a 10 percent increase in Algebra I district-wide.

 

Blended learning research at Harvard University. Pilot study of blended courses indicates students value flexibility as well as in-person interaction with faculty, which could be via synchronous tools.

 

 

August

Blended learning research at Harvard University. Pilot study of blended courses indicates students value flexibility as well as in-person interaction with faculty, which could be via synchronous tools.

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/07/a-virtual-analysis/

 

A Case Study of Blended Teaching and Learning in a New Zealand Secondary School (Discusses how blended teaching and learning was implemented in a New Zealand secondary school):

http://journals.akoaotearoa.ac.nz/index.php/JOFDL/article/view/193

 

2013

 

Mean What You Say from iNACOL (Oct. 2013). Provides definitions and information about the terms: blended learning, personalized learning and competency education. Discusses how these concepts interact with one another. 

 

 

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