Rob Darrow believes that blended learning, which combines both online and in-person instruction, will become the standard model in K-12 schools. This will allow schools to better personalize learning for each student and inform their future career and college choices. He envisions schools providing learning in various formats to meet student needs, including face-to-face, online, blended, and technology-enhanced. Formative and summative assessments are important both in-person and online using tools like discussions, blogs, presentations and self-assessments. Blended learning has the potential to transform education by personalizing learning for all students.

1. Rob Darrow, Ed.D.
President, Online Learning VISIONS.com
Consultant, BayArea BlendEd Consortium
(San Francisco, CA)
February 2016
Website: http://robdarrow.wikispaces.com

2. Starting PointStarting Point
 Website:Website:
http://robdarrow.wikispaces.comhttp://robdarrow.wikispaces.com
– Google FormGoogle Form
– Today’s MeetToday’s Meet
– SocrativeSocrative
– KahootKahoot
– PadletPadlet

3. My Belief: Tipping PointMy Belief: Tipping Point
 K-12K-12 Online LearningOnline Learning already therealready there
(close)(close)
 Every school will become aEvery school will become a blendedblended
learning schoollearning school to better personalizeto better personalize
learning for all studentslearning for all students
 Ultimate goalUltimate goal: Personalized learning: Personalized learning
experience for ever student to bestexperience for ever student to best
inform their future college and careerinform their future college and career
choices.choices.

4. The Ultimate SchoolThe Ultimate School
 Provides learning for students inProvides learning for students in
the way they need it, when theythe way they need it, when they
need it:need it:
– Face-to-faceFace-to-face
– Technology EnhancedTechnology Enhanced
– BlendedBlended
– OnlineOnline

5. This is a journey,
not a destination.
It takes time to transform
thinking and teaching.

7. How do you Assess studentHow do you Assess student
learning in f2f?learning in f2f?

8. How do you Assess studentHow do you Assess student
learning in f2f?learning in f2f?
 Quizzes (written / oral)Quizzes (written / oral)
 Tests (written / oral)Tests (written / oral)
 DiscussionDiscussion
 ““Look in their eyes”Look in their eyes”
 One on oneOne on one

9. Assessments in onlineAssessments in online
courses: Which are easier /courses: Which are easier /
which are more challenging?which are more challenging?
 Quizzes (written / oral)Quizzes (written / oral)
 Tests (written / oral)Tests (written / oral)
 DiscussionDiscussion
 ““Look in their eyes”Look in their eyes”
 One on oneOne on one

10. Formative AssessmentFormative Assessment
Learning by DoingLearning by Doing
DuFour, DuFour, and Eaker, 2006DuFour, DuFour, and Eaker, 2006
““Frequent monitoring of each student’sFrequent monitoring of each student’s
learning is an essential element oflearning is an essential element of
effective teaching; no teacher shouldeffective teaching; no teacher should
be absolved from that task or allowedbe absolved from that task or allowed
to assign responsibility for it to stateto assign responsibility for it to state
test makers, central officetest makers, central office
coordinators, or textbook publishers.”coordinators, or textbook publishers.”

11. “ When the cook tastes the soup, that’s
formative assessment;
when the customer tastes the soup,
that’s summative assessment .”
- Paul Black

13. Formative - SummativeFormative - Summative

14. Online Tools forOnline Tools for
AssessmentAssessment
 Discussion BoardsDiscussion Boards
 TwitterTwitter
 BlogsBlogs
 And tons of other toolsAnd tons of other tools
 Think how you could use aThink how you could use a
phone or Instagram or Twitter…phone or Instagram or Twitter…

15. Online AssessmentOnline Assessment
IdeasIdeas Online presentations via Google Hangouts
 Podcasts
 group projects / collaborative writing
 Class blogs (students record and reflect on their
activities, questions, and outcomes online.
 e-portfolios (assess students online deliverables)
 case studies
 online threaded discussions (students answer assigned
questions and comment on others' posts)
 self-assessment (via instant feedback quizzes and tests)
 presentations (student production of
PowerPoint presentations or Web pages)
 video projects
 student peer review

16. For Further ReadingFor Further Reading
 50 Online Assessment Tools:50 Online Assessment Tools:
https://www.nwea.org/blog/2015/growhttps://www.nwea.org/blog/2015/grow
ing-list-50-digital-education-tools-ing-list-50-digital-education-tools-
apps-formative-assessment-success/apps-formative-assessment-success/
 Top Tech Tools:Top Tech Tools:
https://www.graphite.org/top-https://www.graphite.org/top-
picks/top-tech-tools-for-formative-picks/top-tech-tools-for-formative-
assessmentassessment

17. Questions?Questions?
Comments?Comments?

18. Whip AroundWhip Around

19. ContactContact
 Rob DarrowRob Darrow
 Rob@onlinelearningvisions.comRob@onlinelearningvisions.com
 http://robdarrow.wikispaces.comhttp://robdarrow.wikispaces.com
 Bay Area BlendEd ConsortiumBay Area BlendEd Consortium
http://www.blendedconsortium.org/http://www.blendedconsortium.org/