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Coaching is Critical to the Success of a Shift to Blended learning

Catlin Tucker

When I train coaches supporting teachers in the shift to blended learning, I share my blended learning coaching cycle, which I wrote about in Power Up Blended Learning. It is essential to “think big and start small” when onboarding a teacher to a new blended learning model.

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Free Conference! Design and Delivery in a Blended Learning Jungle

The CoolCatTeacher

August 18-20, 2020 -a Free PD Experience for Blended Learning From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter This school year is dependent more than ever upon our ability to blend face to face (hopefully) and online learning. Blended Learning. Math, Google, and Projects.

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Embrace Flexibility with Universally Designed Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

Universally designing blended learning presents educators with the opportunity to transition from designing a single experience that is teacher-paced and teacher-led to a more flexible experience that gives the students more control over the pace and path. 3 Choose Your Learning Path Adventure.

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Blended Learning: Building a Playlist

Catlin Tucker

My doctoral research focused on the multidimensional motivational construct of teacher engagement in blended learning environments. I encourage teachers to create a Google sheet or Microsoft Excel sheet to track student progress. Need more support getting started with blended learning or online learning?

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Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Action and Expression

Catlin Tucker

For example, students who are unable to type can use voice-to-text tools to compose responses to questions or complete written assignments inside of Google Documents. Instead of requiring that all students surface their ideas or learning in the same way, teachers should consider providing various avenues from which students can choose.

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Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Representation

Catlin Tucker

In my last blog, I focused on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principle of engagement. I highlighted how blended learning can help educators more effectively provide multiple means of engagement to increase student motivation and ensure all students can successfully engage with learning experiences.

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Blended Learning: Design a Mini-playlist that Allows Students to Control the Pace of Their Learning

Catlin Tucker

As I’ve embraced blended learning, I have transformed many of my whole group, teacher-led lessons into student-centered, student-paced learning experiences using different blended learning models. The playlist model presents students with a sequence of learning activities that they self-pace through.