Session Audio: http://bit.ly/audio_thompsoncollaborate2016 Slides from keynote session at OLC Collaborate Orlando 2016 at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

1. Blended Learning:
Making Sense of All the Options
Kelvin Thompson, Ed.D.
University of Central Florida
@kthompso #OLCcollaborate
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4. Multiple Approaches
Tech Enabled
F2F + Online
Web Enhanced
Flip Class
Reduced Seat Time
Mandated “Recipes”
Understanding “Blended”

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Faculty Preferences Institutional Goals

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7. AY 2014-2015
• 37.79% of total university SCH
• 77.7% of all students took at least one online course (W, M, V, RV)
• 80.19% of all undergraduates (47,116)
• 61.13% of all graduate students (6,469)
NOTE:
W = fully online
M = blended
V/RV = video lecture capture

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F2F (n=581,010) Blended (n=75,684) Fully Online (n=199,787)
Student success (A, B, or C grade)
Used with permission. UCF Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness

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Student withdrawal
Used with permission. UCF Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness

10. Overall Student “Excellent” Ratings
Blended Learning 56%
Fully Online 55%
Face-to-Face 53%
Video (fully online) 47%
Video (blended) 45%
N = 756,445
Used with permission. UCF Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness

11. But…
Spring 2016
Students fully online: 25,675 (42.71%)
Students in blended courses: 14,710 (24.47%)

12. Values Value Proposition Clarification
Cost Access Quality
Small Public
Medium Public
Large Public
Small Private
Medium Private
Large Private
Large Public 3 1 2
Just an Example…

13. Sample Institutional Goals
• Increase enrollment (recruit new students)
oBlended as gateway to online for faculty
• “Better serve” existing students
oIncrease “success” (institutional, course, etc.)
oIncrease satisfaction
• Enhance “quality” of student experience
oAdd strategic f2f opportunities to online coursework
oGive every a student a “voice” online (adding online to f2f coursework)
• Solve a logistical problem
oParking and printing

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Faculty Preferences Institutional Goals

15. Sample Faculty Preferences
• Make more time for what “needs” to be f2f
oMore hands-on/discussion/etc. f2f
oMore time to treat difficult concepts in content f2f
• Give students “more time” through re-playable content
• Foster more student engagement through tech tools
• Streamline the grading process for assignments

16. Content
Interaction
Assessment

17. http://bit.ly/blendkit_diy

18. Some Principles
• Blended learning should be about the learning, not the tech
• Even when it is about the tech, it’s not just about the tech
• Good course design doesn’t happen by accident
• Integration of f2f+online is the biggest design challenge for blended
• You can’t be clear enough with students (in course or institution)
• Systems can support or stymie the blended successes of faculty

19. Blended is hard.
But worthwhile.

20. Where Are You with Blended Learning?
• Non-existent
• A few experimenting faculty
• Wide-spread faculty experimentation
• Faculty development/support for blended learning is in place
• Student support for blended learning is in place
• Blended learning (or similar label) is a defined delivery option in course
scheduling system
• Responsible party(ies) for blended success identified
• Institutional plan/strategy for blended learning exists

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22. Resources
• TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast
http://topcast.online.ucf.edu
• The Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository (TOPR)
http://topr.online.ucf.edu
• The Blended Learning Toolkit
http://blendedlearningtoolkit.org
• OLC Blended Quality Scorecard
http://bit.ly/blendedquality
• The BlendKit Course
http://bit.ly/blendkit
• BlendKit2016 (global cohort)
http://bit.ly/go_blendkit2016

23. Thanks and Please Follow-Up
Dr. Kelvin Thompson
@kthompso
kelvin@ucf.edu
http://linkedin.com/in/drkelvinthompson
http://bit.ly/thompson_collaborate2016