Designing the Blended Student Experience | RBL Design Workshop

Module 1: Know Your Why

Develop clear understanding regarding the difference between tech rich and blended classroom learning experiences
Root blended work in authentic problem & root causes

Synchronous Session: Blended Introductions & Know Your Why

Opening Reflection Prompts

What is your initial perception of how blended learning strategies could help make progress toward solving your district identified problem? Facilitators may create polls to capture responses.

<DRAFT> CA Group Design Workshop Opener | Designing the Blended Student Experience

Design Workshop Opener | Designing the Blended Student Experience

Welcome & Purpose

Welcome, you are a part of something!
Purpose & Learning Objectives
Introductions
RBL Remote Learning Session Norms
Connections to Prework

Blended Vs. Technology-Rich

Mini Lesson: Blended Vs. Technology-Rich

As we prepare to implement student centered blended learning it is important to understand what blended learning is and is not.

- Simply layering technology onto the existing model means little ultimately changes - you still have the factory model of education but with technology.
- When technology arrives within the context of the existing system, the existing system starts to shape it to conform to its dimensions.

Mini Lesson: Tech-Rich Vs. Blended

Mini Lesson: Blended Vs. Technology- Rich Slides

For each scenario click the link to identify it as blended or technology-rich

Facilitators may create a poll to capture responses.

Turn & Talk

The difference between a tech rich classroom and a blended classroom is…
Why does this difference matter? In other words, what danger is there, if any, in confusing the terms?

Know Your Why

If we are going to build our way forward, if we are going to pour our time, energy, resources into launching, refining, and sustaining innovation efforts, we must be clear on where exactly we are starting from, AND further, that we know what’s behind where we are (how we got there), what is at the root of the problem we want to solve?

Identified Problem & Root Causes

STEP 1: As you review your District identified problem statement (add to your copy of the file below) Consider: Why does this problem exist at your campus? In particular, consider: What is it about the current student experience that isn’t working/ contributes to this problem? Each participant add 3 responses. 1 idea per “sticky” response.
STEP 2: Campus leader or other designee leads a grouping/ synthesis of the responses. You may want to stack on top of one another responses that are very similar. Group up into about 5 categories/themes.
STEP 3: For the categories of Root Cause that emerge, determine WHY that is the case, see if you can get further to the root of that concept.

Team Activity Files - Root Cause Analysis

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Root Cause Analysis - personalize for your team(s)

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