Discover how to plan effective blended instruction with purpose and
intention with help from this definitive, practical guide to lesson
design.
A global pandemic hit our world and education has forever changed. But
have your instructional practices changed? Teachers must now leverage
technology to provide students with high-quality teaching and learning
experiences that transcend a traditional classroom's walls. This is a
historic opportunity to abandon antiquated teaching practices and
reimagine instruction in ways that boost learning outcomes and prepare
students for living and working in the digital age.
This book offers guidance for creating and sustaining rigorous and
engaging blended learning solutions. Opening with lessons learned from
the pandemic, the book addresses impacts on lesson design and delivery,
student engagement, assessment, and teacher training and PD. The
following chapters build on and address these experiences, with each
chapter featuring strategies and examples of how to implement effective
approaches to lesson design for blended and online instruction.
This book:
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Explores seven different blended learning models, with strategies and
suggestions for implementing each one.
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Provides detailed guidance for planning a blended learning curriculum,
from establishing a digital infrastructure to integrating students
into a learning management system (LMS) to mapping a course scope and
sequence.
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developing a pacing guide and creating effective blended and virtual
lessons.
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Features downloadable templates, checklists and guided professional
learning tasks in every chapter to help design virtual and blended
lessons.
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Includes strategies for implementing authentic, student-led
assessments.
The book is sure to meet the needs of varying practitioners who are
eager to learn about designing successful blended learning courses and
understanding what makes each course work.
Audience: K-12 teachers and instructional designers; faculty in
higher education programs
