Blended Course Design

Katie Linder shares about blended course design on Teaching in Higher Ed episode 113. Quotes from the episode Blended learning is not just a trend, and we’re starting to see technology integrated in really intentional ways. —Katie Linder One of the key things is alignment … between what you’re doing outside of the classroom and inside of the classroom. —Katie Linder Say to your students, “I’m going to give you an activity to do, and I’m going to lay out some guidelines for it, but I’m also going to give you quite a lot of freedom. —Katie Linder In the online environment,  [social interactions] can still happen, but they just need to happen more intentionally. —Katie Linder There are ways that you can build in social presence activities into a blended classroom, both face-to-face and online, that are really encouraging interactions between you and your students and between your students and each other. —Katie Linder Because we don’t naturally reflect, it means that we have to intentionally build in reflection for our students. —Katie Linder Resources Mentioned Blended Course Design Resources: Book site: The blended course design workbook website Order the book: The blended course design workbook (discount code = BCD20) Book handouts: The blended course design workbook handouts Handout: Aligned Blended Course Mapping Handout: Weekly Course Design Task List Handout: Choosing LMS Tools Checklist Handout: Template for Mapping Content and Documents Other Resources: How to Design and Teach a Hybrid Course* by Jay Caulfield Michael Sandel’s Justice course Goosechase for scavenger hunts Journal Keeping* by Dannelle D. Stevens and Joanne E. Cooper Checklists Use checklists to teach more effectively and efficiently in higher ed Grant Wiggins’ How do you plan? On templates and instructional planning Episode 078: The power of checklists Are You Enjoying the Show? Rate/review the show. Please consider rating or leaving a review for the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast on whatever service you use to listen to it on (iTunes, Stitcher, etc.). It is the best way to help others discover the show. Give feedback. As always, I welcome suggestions for future topics or guests. Subscribe. If you have yet to subscribe to the weekly update, you can receive a single email each week with the show notes (including all the links we talk about on the episode), as well as an article on either teaching or productivity.