Blended Pedagogy

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Here is the link again: http://artmediawesternculture.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-best-to-use-electronic-internet.html.

John Freed

from my presentation to Walnut Creek adjuncts

Dear Group,

I posted the linked hand-out material from my faculty development presentation on Saturday to the Walnut Creek adjuncts on my blog. Here it is -- Hand-out material.

John Freed

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Proposed Schedule for 8-week Calendar 2010-2011

Many faculty members have expressed concern over having no break between terms if we go with an 8-week accelerated model. Completing final grading for one term as you are beginning a new term could be very stressful. Since the typical fall and spring semesters are busier for both instructors and students, a fall, winter, and spring break would seem more reasonable. Plus, most instructors will take off for at least one and possibly two summer terms - thus having a break. So - here's another possible term mockup allowing for fall, winter, and spring breaks. Any comments?

Proposed Calendar for 2010-2011 for Eight Week Terms

Fall 1 – August 23-October 16, 2010
Fall break – October 17-24, 2010
Fall 2 – October 25-December 18, 2010
Winter Break – December 19-January 2, 2011
Spring 1 – January 3-February 26, 2011
Spring break – February 27- March 6, 2011
Spring 2 – March 7 – April 30, 2011
Summer 1 – May 2 – June 25, 2011
Summer 2 - June 27 – August 20, 2011
Faculty take 1-2 summer terms off from teaching to assure breaks.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Purpose of this blog?

I'm wondering if this blog is a place to share our thoughts? It seems like a great resource tool, but I'm wondering where is the discussion?
Jan

Jan: Originally, this blog was just for the new blended committee for 2008-2009. We also have a working wiki for the committee. See the history for last year's blog/wiki. The intent of this blog was to explore research on blended learning. We expanded the conversation to include accelerated learning models from other universities - particularly those with 8-week terms. We were encouraged to open up the forum to all faculty so that we could invite comments from everyone. It's not an ideal discussion forum as is - but we can discuss opening up typical threaded discussion in Blackboard if that's a request. I'll bring it up at our meeting today.

Most people are just using the add comments option. But - you managed to add a section. Can you explain how you did that? Is that because you used a gmail name/password? Everyone is supposed to have "author" access. I think if you sign in you can add comments and post new blog entries. I did create a wiki and another blog that allows for "equal authoring" with one common username/password for all cucfaculty. I didn't add all the resources on that blog - but if people want to talk more privately - I could open that up to whoever wants a more private faculty conversation.
Carla Piper

Coming Soon! - We will be posting a discussion in Blackboard as well. More info to come. cp

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Universities with Accelerated 8-Week Terms

Post Links to Universities using 8-week terms here.

University of Massachusetts - See Blended Learning and Download the PDF
St. Joseph University College - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Eckerd College - St. Petersburg, Florida (Terms)
Saint Leo University - San Antonio, Florida (Calendar)
Park University - Kansas City
Regis University - Denver, Colorado
Columbia College - Columbia, Missouri (Evening/Online 8-week schedule)
Webster University - St. Louis, Missouri (See Academic Calendar)
North Central University - Prescott Valley, Arizona
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Jacksonville University - Jacksonville, Florida (See Academic Calendar)
Seattle University - Seattle, Washington
Ottawa University - Ottawa, Wisconsin (See Calendar)

Accelerated Learning Models

just a note....As Chapman University College considers an 8-week term along with blended learning, faculty may be interested in sharing the pros and cons of such a schedule. The blended teaching committee has begun to look at other university models for 8-week term scheduling. I'll post what we find here and we'll try to look at some visuals as think of the possibilities.
Email me if you have trouble posting comments - piper@chapman.edu

CAEL - The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning
CAEL on Accelerated Programs
CAEL - Adult-Centered Implementation