1. Blended Learning Implementation
Jason Green, Redbird Advanced
Thomas Arnett, Clayton Christensen
Tiffany Della Vedova, The Mandell
Presentation:

2. Agenda
Introductions
Part 1 - Mini-talks
Disruptive Innovation & Blended Learning - Tom Arnett
Classroom Models & Practices - Tiffany Della Vedova
Change Leadership - Jason Green
Part 2 - Blended Learning Station Rotation Workshop
Disruptive Innovation & Blended Learning - Talk
Classroom Models & Practices - Tinker
Change Leadership - Video

3. An Homage to Blended Learning aka The Joy and The Pain

4. Disruptive Innovation
Thomas Arnette
The Christensen Institute

5. What is disruptive innovation?

6. Disruption in computing

7. Sustaining vs. Disruptive Innovation
Incumbents dominate sustaining battles
Pace of performance improvement
Sustaining innovations
Ability to use improvements
Performance
Disruptive Innovations
Time
Time
Performance
Entrants typically win at disruption

8. How does disruptive innovation relate to education?

9. Disruption in education
Self-taught Learning
Personal Tutoring
Batch-model Classroom
Disruptive Blended Learning

10. 50% of all high school courses online by 2019
Online learning is enabling the disruption of traditional models of instruction
Linear S-curve logarithms indicate growing online learning adoption
50% of all high school courses online by 2019
This was the conclusion of the research in Disrupting Class
Online learning fit the characteristics of a disruptive innovation.
Projections show that disruption is happening.

11. Disruption distributes access to nonconsumers
Credit recovery
Drop outs
AP/advanced courses
Scheduling conflicts
Home-schooled and homebound students
Small, rural, urban schools
Unit recovery
Disaster preparedness
Tutoring
Developing countries
Pre-K
After school
In the home
Incarcerated youth
In-school suspension
School bus commute
Summer school
Teacher absenteeism
Migrant worker families
Foreign languages

12. What are the implications of this disruption?
Not a disruption of schools. No nonconsumption of schooling. Importance of physical environment.
Not a disruption of teachers. Teachers are still important. They do a lot more than just present content and administer assessments.
Online learning is a component in the larger system of education (like transistors in TVs).
Disruption of traditional instructional models (i.e. factory-model classrooms)

13. What is blended learning?
Blended learning is a way to leverage online learning in order to overcome the challenges of the traditional system.
Why blended learning? Custodial, social, structured.
Why blended learning def. and taxonomy? Help structure the conversation in the field.

14. The rise of K-12 blended learning
Definition of blended learning
A formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through online learning, with some element of student control over time, place, path and/or pace,
And at least in part in a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home.
The modalities along each student’s learning path within a course or subject are connected to provide an integrated learning experience.

15. Blended Learning is not…

16. Models of K−12 blended learning

17. Blended Learning Models
Tiffany Della Vedova
Mandell School

19. Blended Models = Recipes for Success
Models are great bc they provide a template for teachers & scalable. Within them, potential to personalize for each setting.

20. Station Rotation Model
Dr. Kirst said 1956 typing labs, which I also recall from junior high in the 80s, so yes the concept of a lab is not new.
As a result, some schools find it the easiest to manage in a way bc simple design; good starting point during training & limited resource access stages
Looks like: kids on devices, headphones in, teachers walking around, coaching from the back, side (low kid movement, high teacher movement; high use of digital content)
-rotation station: similar to learning centers; movement on rotation, teacher at one; hand-on, collaborative, inquiry or PBL at 1, digital content, kids w headphones & devices at another (low teacher movement & requires high withitness & transition management)

21. personalized practice Rotation Station student movement at transitions
Lab Rotation
low student movement
high teacher movement
students on devices
whole group action
personalized practice
Rotation Station
student movement at transitions
low teacher movement
high teacher “withitness”
mix of activities (think centers)
small group learning
small group and personalized practice
lab rotation: easiest to manage in a way bc simple design; good starting point during training & limited resource access stages
Looks like: kids on devices, headphones in, teachers walking around, coaching from the back, side (low kid movement, high teacher movement; high use of digital content)
-rotation station: similar to learning centers; movement on rotation, teacher at one; hand-on, collaborative, inquiry or PBL at 1, digital content, kids w headphones & devices at another (low teacher movement & requires high withitness & transition management)

22. Flipped Classroom
digital content delivered via video (not necessarily via teacher created video; ex TedEd has videos for several flipped lessons which can be customized) outside class or individually; looks like working kids, coaching teacher (high kid movement depending on activity in class, high teacher movement) GOAL is to gain back time with students and teachers working

23. What is the best use of the Face-to-Face time?
Best use of F2F time? Drives model decision.
Lab: teacher in lab facilitates learning but not necessarily content expert so frees up teacher experts to do other things. Ex: at GPS & Mandell use labs for skill building on individual practice level & use of F2F time is for more content, thematic, PBL.
Rotation: maximizes teacher instruction for small groups, so can hit different levels or content
Flipped: maximizes teacher as student work facilitator & coach, students actively applying learning while Ts support students

24. Change Leadership
Jason Green
Redbird Advanced Learning

25. Change Leadership
Culture does not change because we desire to change it. Culture changes when the organization is transformed – the culture reflects the realities of people working together every day. – Frances Hesselbein
There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things – Niccolo Machiavelli

26. The challenge of self-regulation

27. The head and the heart

28. Getting to the tipping point

29. The role of the leader

31. Blended Learning Station Rotation Workshop - Poll Everywhere
Part 2 - Blended Learning Station Rotation Workshop
Group 1: Disruptive Innovation & Blended Learning - Talk
Group 2: Change Leadership - Video
Group 3: Classroom Models & Practices - Tinker
Presentation:

32. Group 1: Disruptive Innovation & Blended Learning - Talk
Station 1 - Breakout
Group 1: Disruptive Innovation & Blended Learning - Talk
Presentation:

33. Is blended learning disruptive?

34. Often industries experience a hybrid stage
Performance
Different Measure
of Performance
Time
Time

35. Some models of blended learning are hybrids

36. Some models are sustaining; others are disruptive

37. Group 2: Change Leadership - Video
Station 2 - Breakout
Group 2: Change Leadership - Video

38. Station 2 - Switch by the Heath Brothers - Video

39. Station 2 - Group Discussion
Where are you hitting the mark? Where are you struggling?
Directing the Rider
Motivating the Elephant
Shaping the Path

40. Group 3: Classroom Models and Practice - Tinker
Station 3 - Breakout
Group 3: Classroom Models and Practice - Tinker

41. Station 3 - Tinker Breakout
Tinker (PBL, hands-on component of BL)
Topic: Blended models & classroom design
Task:
Option 1: Using the physical manipulatives & materials, design a classroom space you think would be conducive to the rotation model. Include where the teacher would be, students, and station labels. Take a picture of the design. BONUS Credit: Use the app ShowMe to explain your design.
Option 2: Using this Classroom Architecture tool, create a digital design layout of your classroom space to allow for rotation model: