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An Analysis of a Blended Learning Pilot Project for a First-Year Composition Course
December 2012 @JasonCKTham
DECENTRALIZING POWER RELATIONS,CREATING CONVERSATIONS
“Universities are not just portals where students access learning, they are places in which people develop as social beings, in some quite specifically institutional ways.
Matthew AllenInternet Studies, Curtin University
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE WRITING CLASSROOM
Requires in-person, on-campus attendance of students most of the time at courses featuring a lot of traditional lectures.
Mass adoption of teleconferencing and distance learning to leverage expert resources. Individualized learning activities.
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It’s simply a challenging task to keep up with the latest technology.
Instructors may lack the proficiency in using new teaching tools.
Limitations in current e-learning systems.
WHAT’S HOLDING US BACK?
What is a rigorous learning experience?
Is technology in the writing classroom supplementing or supplanting traditional classroom instruction?
RIGORREIMAGINED
Digital Natives vs. Digital Immigrants
Different teaching styles.
Integration strategies vary.
CHALLENGESFACED BYINSTRUCTORS
Alternative channels for participation for students who feel less comfortable speaking in class.
ASYNCHRONOUSPARTICIPATION:OPENNESS
Open-source web applications foster better engagement.
ASYNCHRONOUSPARTICIPATION:ENGAGEMENT
Higher level of engagement reported in online environment than in-class.
In-Class Participation Online Participation0
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STUDENTS’ SELF-REPORT OF IN-CLASS AND ONLINE PARTICIPATION
Good combination of online and face-to-face. Like that some homework is done online because you can turn it in right when you are done.
I like how on D2L that everything is explained clearly about the assignments.
Needs more organization in terms of curriculum planning!
There are so many sites to keep track of!
A lot of the learning we’ve been doing is troubleshooting all the technical issues with the online portion of the class.
Higher asymmetrical power in college. Students learn to identify diversity domains among themselves.
ASYNCHRONOUSPARTICIPATION:BREAKING BOUNDARIES
Twitter, blog, and wiki projects enable students to learn from and write for their peers.
CONTACT ZONEIN BLENDED 191
Flattening power relations of the teacher via a student-centered LMS
DECENTRALIZEDLEARNING
Promoting active learning and cooperative learning
DECENTRALIZEDLEARNING
Using MOO [Multi-User Domain; Object-Oriented] as back-channeling tool
More autonomy for students.
Critical consciousness in education.
DECENTRALIZEDLEARNING
STUDENTS’ INDICATIONS OF AUTHOMY IN THE COURSE AND LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND THE COURSE
More Autonomy in Learning
YesNo
Would Recommend This Model
YesNo
Advising issues
Inconsistence in styles
Different levels of digital literacy
Need better organization around the curriculum
LIMITATIONS
An Analysis of a Blended Learning Pilot Project for a First-Year Composition Course
December 2012 @JasonCKTham
DECENTRALIZING POWER RELATIONS,CREATING CONVERSATIONS
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