Inspired by Kevin Honeycutt, I wanted to dig deeply in what Blended Learning is and what it can become. Also, I share a story of my own Blended Learning.
Please share your story of how you are actively reclaiming Blended Learning.
Kevin’s Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTxI0kjDFqI
Reflective Practice Vlogging Community: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/116395158372553895482
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I was able to share the work of this community with a number of Educators from the Douglas County School district yesterday, and I made a video response from that experience.
I wonder if you would agree with my position that we need to have our own spaces for learning before we try to establish a community space.
Just so you can get to know a few of the folks that were in the room last night, I will mention them here: Kim McMonagle, Sohne Van Selus, Lynn Smith, Donna Goodwin, Bob Madden, and Marci Boatwright
Kevin Honeycutt’ ideas on Blended Learning. Pretty great.
After having a great conversation with a number of educators from the Douglas County School District, I did a lot of reflection on why so many communities that we start seem to die shortly after their birth. This video is what I came up with for an answer.
Let’s make sure that whenever we are setting up a new community space for learners (including adult learners) that we have first have allowed them to set up a space to call their own.
Google Doc from the meeting: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hCsNNdz5fHbA1-OgMcvHMC_1UY7jbReNX_WFLb0rdto/edit
Reflective Practice Vlogging Community: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/116395158372553895482
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If you have a few minutes, you should really watch the True Stories of Open Sharing from Alan Levine. Each one of them is equally amazing in terms of how the simple act of sharing has changed their approach to learning and what is possible within Education.
I would encourage you to also share your True Story of Open Sharing with Alan if you have one. It is an ongoing project, and the more people that share these stories, the more people will understand the power of collaboration.
If you have a few minutes, you should really watch the True Stories of Open Sharing from Alan Levine. Each one of them is equally amazing in terms of how the simple act of sharing has changed their approach to learning and what is possible within Education.
I would encourage you to also share your True Story of Open Sharing with Alan if you have one. It is an ongoing project, and the more people that share these stories, the more people will understand the power of collaboration.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDYiiVgwnVx4ab7ZGw89lYy_jqeTiDg-F//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/platform.js
I was pretty excited about Scott McLeod and Angela Maiers doing a video response to my question over the weekend (http://youtu.be/3H8pPTn9jK4), but there were two things that really resonated with me:
1. Role-Alike networks (rather than Job-Alike networks)
2. Choosing those who you would like to learn with
Let’s do more of both.
Video from Scott and Angela: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdFb_sMcqlI
Reflective Practice Vlogging Community: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/116395158372553895482
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Just finished writing up my process for mapping out all of the responses to the “What would you do as a Director of Blended Learning” video (What would you do as a Director of Blended Learning?) using Fusion Tables. I am loving me some geolocated visualization.
Recently, I asked all of you a question, “What would you do as a Director of Blended Learning?”
Immediately after the first response came in, I realized that I would need some way to aggregate all of the answers. I didn’t want a list and I didn’t want to simply copy them all into a spreadsheet. These responses were coming in from all over, and I wanted a way to show just how vast a passionate learning network can become. So, I decided to figure out a way of mapping them. This post serves as both a way to see all of the responses and as a tutorial to visualize responses for other projects.
Step 1: Create a New Fusion table in Google Drive (Scroll down to where it says fusion table)
Step 2: Start adding all of the columns you will need. These are the ones I used:
Step 3: Choose the field types from the drop down next to each column name (or from the add column menu). These are the modifications I made:
Step 4: Start Aggregating all of the responses. If you want some help with this, just share the Fusion Table like you would any other Google Doc and get others to populate it.
Step 5: Style your HTML for the mapped locations from the “Map of Location” tab. Here is the format I made:
<div class=’googft-info-window’ style=’font-family: sans-serif; height: 12em; overflow-y: auto’>
<table border=”0″ cellspacing=”10″>
<tr>
<td><img src='{Avatar}’ height=’90’ style=’vertical-align: top’/><br><br>
<b><a href='{Profile Link}’ target=’_blank’>{Name}</a><br><br></b>
<i>{Job Title}<br><br></i>
{Location}<br>
<td>
{Quotation}{Video Response}
<a href='{Conversation Link}’ target=’_blank’>Continue the conversation.</a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
Step 6: Publish your Fusion Table
You can view the raw data here, or you can simply look at and explore the map below:
If you would like to see your response on this map, please go to this YouTube video and answer the question, “What would you do as a Director of Blended Learning?”
I saw that you subscribed to my channel on Youtube, and I thought you might be interested in this community. Come and join us to reflect on how we are teaching and learning together!