Module 3: Managing Virtual/Blended
This module assumes you know and can do the following: (click to open drop-down)
Understand your current work practices and habits
Growth mindset to adapt/modify current practices and habits
How do I help my students be productive and accountable while engaging in virtual learning?
Competency
Understand and manage the face-to-face and online components of lesson planning and organization within a blended course. (Aurora Institute)
Learning Outcomes
Describe ways self-direction and other aspects of learner agency must be built as skills before it can then be utilized in modularized or playlist-based learning.
Model and encourage others to be independent and self-directed learners.
Plan for the unique roles of the student and the teacher in virtual/blended environments.
What I will DO in this module:
Reflect on how the role of "student" will shift when learning in hybrid and online environments.
Experiment with five skills to develop prior to academic learning.
Learning Pathway
Start with the pre-assessment (below) to determine your path.
LAUNCH
Think About: Four Student Adjustments
TALK ABOUT
Welcome!
After you watch the video above (WATCH ME FIRST) head over to our Google Group and introduce yourself in the Introduction thread
You will need to ask to join the Group before you can post.
If you have questions, please email Aaron Maurer at amaurer@aea9.k12.ia.us.
LEARN ABOUT
Watch this video: 4 Student Adjustments When Moving Online and/or Hybrid
Students are going to have to learn about the technology just as you are as the educator; without proper understanding of tech and tools it will end up running the show vs. the academic learning
Students will have to readjust their identity as a student
Interaction
Course design
TALK ABOUT
Now that you've seen the Four Student Adjustments, head over the Google Group and answer the two questions in the thread.
MUST DO: Discussion Forum
Answer the following questions in our Google Group
Which of these four elements have you already crafted and infused into your first week of learning? How have you done so?
Which of these elements need to be brought to the forefront for student learning as you plan for the upcoming school year?
THINK ABOUT
For subgroups such as homeless or low-SES students, how might we reach these groups digitally?
How can we help to ensure that they have the tools and SPACE?
LEARN
Five Elements For Students To Consider Before Academic Learning Occurs
LEARN ABOUT
Check out this video: 5 Things for Students to Develop Before Learning This 12 minutes explains the 5 elements as well as expectations for what you are to think about and create.
Schedule
Location
Coherence
Mindset of Caring
Ask questions
APPLY
Create your own answers to these elements and utilize in your own learning
Create lessons/activities that your students can complete to develop these skills before they begin academic learning
REFLECT
MUST DO TALK ABOUT:
Discussion Forum
Share your examples, reflections, questions, and resources for these five items in the Google Group; each element has a conversation thread so post as you go along so we can learn from one another
Choose at least two!
MODULE RESOURCES
This video discusses the issues with thinking having access to internet will solve all problems. Helps to illustrate our need to think about helping students become agenets of their own learning.
Five Research-Informed Principles for Switching to Online Learning
This article provides five thinking points to consider as we all grapple with how to teach online.
Planning and Delivering Online K-12 Education During COVID-19 Closures
This is a great document helping you with many think abouts for teaching online during these troubling times. Lots of graphics, charts, and ways to process.
This video helps you learn how to build a PVC green screen frame and setup in case you need to shoot video from home or remotely.
This article will help you with creating a schedule if you need help with how to devleop one.
This video is an example of how one person converted their at home space into a learning/work space. Shared to give inspiration.
This podcast goes over a book by Jason Fried who created Basecamp and has ran his business remotely for a very long time and with success. This episodes captures some key ideas from the book and applies them to education.
Top tips to work from home guide _ Partners _ G Suite _ Professional Services _ Y20 (1).pdfThis document from Google provides some great tips to help think about working from home. Applicable for educators and students to consider.
CHECKPOINT
Checkpoints include self-assessments, quick checks, peer feedback opportunities, etc. This is a way for you to determine if you are ready to move to the next module and/or if you would like to go deeper or return to previous modules for additional learning or practice.
Self-assessment:
Practice your strategies you developed for yourself. What worked and did not work when it comes to learning from home? Take note of ideas so you can share with students when you have them learn these skills themselves.
PLAYLIST SELF-ASSESSMENT
If this is your final module, complete this self-assessment based on the learning you've engaged in throughout the playlist; compare your responses to your (pre)self-assessment from the "Start Here" section of this playlist (your responses were sent to your email).
CELEBRATION OF LEARNING
MAY DO
Tweet out an idea from this module and use the hashtag @MBAEA, #IAR2L, @TheCenter_Iowa, #IACompEd
Create a space for all teachers in your school to share their learning as a resource for one another as a way to model sharing and collaborating for students
RETURN TO
Making Progress!
