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Including All for Art-UNIT 1

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Image from https://www.slideshare.net/cresenciafong/blended-learning-possibilities-for-transformative-learning Crecensia Fong, August 22, 2012

Return to:ETAP 623 Fall 2017 Section 7619

Link to:Including All for Art:The Blended Classroom

Link to:Kim Steele's Portfolio Page

Link to:User:K.Steele

INTRODUCE YOURSELF FORUM

Introduce Yourself Forum

COURSE OBJECTIVES & ACTIVITIES

Target Objectives: The Blended Classroom:

  • What is distance education (DE)?
  • What is a blended online classroom?
  • How can today's students benefit from learning?

Activities:

  • Read course contents.
    • Syllabus & Schedule
  • Introduce yourself.
  • Read about Distance Education.
  • Complete Worksheet.
  • Discuss with group about DE.
  • Review the sample blended art classroom website.
    • Watch the different tutorials from the art classroom website.
  • Write a review for the art classroom course and discuss with peers.
  • Study/Review Owl, Purdue Online Writing-APA Formatting
  • Journal Entry #1

HISTORY OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

Read Denise Casey's (2008) article (Must sign in to UAlbany Library, PDF of article in left colum) "A Journey to Legitimacy:The Historical Development of Distance Education through Technology"

Read NEA's article Blended Learning http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/PB36blendedlearning2011.pdf

Activity:

BLENDED CLASSROOM REVIEW

Review Wilfredo's Codilla's Blended Elementary Art Classrom Website: http://codillaart.weebly.com/

  • Answer these questions for the Discussion Forum and write a review of the site:
  1. What part about Mr. Codilla's online classroom did you find useful?
  2. What part about the videos did you enjoy and how would you improve on them?
  3. Do you think the elementary students like having their art classes setup online? Explain
  4. Did you like the use of Weebly? Did it offer everything that you would use for your classes? If not, what would you like to see?

Watch these two TEDx Talk videos about Blended Learning:

Review the Blended Learning slideshow by Crecensia Fong: https://www.slideshare.net/cresenciafong/blended-learning-possibilities-for-transformative-learning

Added Reading on Blended Learning Although this is a promotional page for the Edmentum company, it is dedicated to addressing questions about blended learning that are helpful. Be sure to not miss the links they provide where they include evidence gathered to support blended learning: http://blog.edmentum.com/blended-learning-questions-answered-part-i

Research on Blended Learning The Christensen Institute has solid evidence supporting blended learning: https://www.christenseninstitute.org/blog/topics/personalized-blended-learning/

DISCUSSION

UNIT 1 DISCUSSION FORUM

  • Write your initial discussion post about Distance Education, Online Education, and Blended Education.
  • Write a review for Mr. Codilla's Blended Art Classroom. Watch the different tutorials he made for his students. He was very supportive for me sharing his blended classroom in order to inform others about the successes of a blended learning environment. Respond to two other discussions.

UNIT 1 JOURNAL REFLECTION

JOURNAL REFLECTION FORUM

  • Reflect on Unit 1.

APA QUIZ

Take this mini quiz: http://www.niu.edu/writingtutorial/style/quizzes/APA.htm

References and Resources

Auger, J. (2015, October 13). Blended learning questions answered: Part 1. Retrieved from http://blog.edmentum.com/blended-learning-questions-answered-part-i

Codilla, W. (2017). CodillaArt. Retrieved from http://codillaart.weebly.com/

Christensen, C. (2017). Personalized-Blended-Learning. Clayton Christensen Institute. Retrieved from https://www.christenseninstitute.org/blog/topics/personalized-blended-learning/

Christensen, C. (2017).Worksheets. Clayton Christensen Institute. Retrieved from https://www.blendedlearning.org/worksheets/

Haynie, D. (2014, August 5). Quiz: How much do you know about online learning? U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved from https://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/articles/2014/08/05/quiz-how-much-do-you-know-about-online-learning

Markoff, M. (2014, May 6). TEDxIthacaCollege, Ithaca, NY. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb2d8E1dZjY

Northern Illinois University. (2017). Effective writing practices tutorial: APA quiz. Retrieved from http://www.niu.edu/writingtutorial/style/quizzes/APA.htm

Wooley-Wilson, J. (2012, December 17). TEDxRainier, Seattle, WA on November 10, 2012. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0TbaHimigw

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