Teaching Methods: Blended learning at the School of Now

We’re talking about blended learning. It’s an app…

An episode of the Teacher Magazine (ACER) podcast, hosted by Teacher Magazine (ACER), titled "Teaching Methods: Blended learning at the School of Now" was published on November 11, 2020 and runs 26 minutes.

November 11, 2020 ·26m · Teacher Magazine (ACER)

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We’re talking about blended learning. It’s an approach adopted by the School of Now – that’s a program launched in 2019 to broaden subject choice for students from two schools in the Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta, New South Wales, and connect them with expert teachers. It’s grown since then of course, and it’s fair to say it came into its own during the COVID-19 school shutdown. Our guest is Maura Manning, Director of Learning in the diocese. We’ll be talking about how the blended learning model operates at the School of Now, what it means for teachers and teaching, the focus on equity of access, and how students are supported – both online and at their home schools.

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