Blended/Hybrid Teaching

1. What does the research say about this?
• The article A Beginner’s Guide to the Benefits of Blended Learning in CTE & Elective Courses says, "Blended learning is unobjectionably beneficial for students. Here are five of the many reasons why blended learning should be a part of your teaching strategy:
1. Increased student engagement
2. It’s fun
3. More flexibility and better time management for teacher
4. It’s cost-effective
5. Performance assessments in the classroom"
• The article also states that a lot of teachers are afraid to use it because they think that the blended lessons will replace them or that online learning is just for online classes and cannot benefit their actual classes. These beliefs contrast reality. Using online resources and a blended lessons help teachers to give variety to their lessons. One teacher in the article has not taught the same way twice after 28 years. You don't have to start all at once and through away everything you developed just add one or two things at a time to your classrooms and see how students respond.
2. How can this be effectively integrated into your teaching?
• I think adding an online lesson one a unit or every other unit at first would help me and my students out. I have to try it out first before adding too much in at once. I definitely want to add this and there are many different resources online for math.
3. How will this help your students?
• This will help engage my students since it adds variety to the lessons and it teaches them responsibility. They are the ones that are responsible for watching the videos and going through the online lessons.
4. What are your goals with regard to this topic?
• My goal is to add one online lesson a unit or every other unit my first or second year of teaching. I don't want to stop there. I also want to expand the online lessons throughout my years of teaching so that each lesson is meaningful and engages the students.
5. How does this shape your vision for empowered learning for your students?
• This helps students to learn math in a fun new way. It also helps students to take on some responsibility in being motivated to learn the content. They have to come prepared to class having gone through the lesson so that I can help them with whatever they don't understand.

Sources are linked to the title of the article.