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Blending Learning Activities
Which works best Online?
Which works best Face to Face?
Rebecca Keith - Assistant Professor, School of Diagnostic Imaging
- Begin with one of your typical course objectives.
- Next, think about what learning activity you would use in a traditional course to achieve the objective.
- Try to imagine if this specific learning activity would work better online or face to face. Why?
- Turn it into a blended learning activity!
Worksheets
- Blending Worksheet #1 [PDF]
Redesign: The Continuum of Learning Activities
Which works best online? Which works best face to face? - Blending Worksheet #2 [PDF]
Rethinking assignments for hybrid courses
Sample Learning Activity Face to Face/Online
Continuum
Lecture
More feasible/worthwhile face to face <----------------------------> More feasible/worthwhile online
Discussion of Reading Assignments
More feasible/worthwhile face to face <----------------------------> More feasible/worthwhile online
Assignment details
More feasible/worthwhile face to face <----------------------------> More feasible/worthwhile online
Exercises
More feasible/worthwhile face to face <----------------------------> More feasible/worthwhile online
Drill & Practice
More feasible/worthwhile face to face <----------------------------> More feasible/worthwhile online
Lab Demonstration
More feasible/worthwhile face to face <----------------------------> More feasible/worthwhile online
Q & A
More feasible/worthwhile face to face <----------------------------> More feasible/worthwhile online
Difficult Concepts
More feasible/worthwhile face to face <----------------------------> More feasible/worthwhile online
Invention / Brainstorming
More feasible/worthwhile face to face <----------------------------> More feasible/worthwhile online
Debates
More feasible/worthwhile face to face <----------------------------> More feasible/worthwhile online
Student Presentations
More feasible/worthwhile face to face <----------------------------> More feasible/worthwhile online
Guest Speaker
More feasible/worthwhile face to face <----------------------------> More feasible/worthwhile online
Problem Solving
More feasible/worthwhile face to face <----------------------------> More feasible/worthwhile online
Group work
More feasible/worthwhile face to face <----------------------------> More feasible/worthwhile online
Peer Review
More feasible/worthwhile face to face <----------------------------> More feasible/worthwhile online
Assessments
More feasible/worthwhile face to face <----------------------------> More feasible/worthwhile online
Adapted from a similar worksheet by Denise T. Ogden, Ph.D. Penn State University - Lehigh Valley http://www.lv.psu.edu/dto2/