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Blended Learning

What is Blended Learning?

The term blended learning has been coined to describe a learning environment constructed through a combination of e-learning and face-to-face classes.

This process takes many of the ideas and technologies developed for use in distance education and "blends" those technologies with learning processes used in regular classrooms.

Background Reading

SAIDE: Produced by the South African Institute for Distance Education. An Open Educational Resource aimed at tutors and trainers in developing countries.

Teacher Learning & Resources

Kimp's Blog: Reflections and thoughts of a teacher using Web 2.0 technologies to support their classes.
HPPS - Stage 2: Using pagefalkes to provide an intranet/internet gateway.
Wazza's Intranet Stuff: Students and teachers can develop and share on-line resources using the safety of a school intranet.
Web Publishing for Beginners: Where do I start in developing an on-line presence?
What is RSS and Twitter?: Get started with social networking to share your school news with the local community.

Tech Tips

2 Minute Moodles: A collection of short videos designed to simplify and show how to use a range of Moodle features to a busy teacher.
Tables in Blogs: Get under the hood of your blog to use html to control your page layout design with tables.

Software & Tech Stuff

Moodle: Open source Course Management System (CMS).
Mahara: Open source ePortfolio management system and social networking environment.

Classroom Examples

Mt Terry Bear: Keep up to date with Terry Bear's travel blog as he travels with students from all Mt Terry school's classes and beyond. (NSW)
The Hamburger Experiment: An experiment conducted for a school project at Thirroul Public School (NSW).
Mullum Writers: Showcasing the work of the talented young writers at Mullumbimby Public School (NSW).
Senior Biology Podcasts: Revision podcast produced by students at Balcatta SHS. (WA)
Hunter Coast Examples: Examples of on-line lessons from schools in the NSW Hunter Valley.
Mr B's Blog: Resources and revision for a senior mathematics class.
Stage 2 Pagecast: Using something like Pageflakes can be a useful (and portable) alternative to a school intranet.
gKat Central: Links to a variety of Web 2.0 student examples and teacher resources.
Aquaculture @ Wadalba: Progress reports on the Aquaculture Research Centre (ARC) at Wadalba Community School (NSW).
10G Class Blog: A support environment for a Year 10 English class. (NSW)
Information Literacy: Blog Mr D, a teacher librarian at a Sydney HS.
Marks Point Classroom: A school blog designed to support an extended learning environment. (NSW)
Miss Asquith's Class Blog: A kindy showcase.