Blended learning that combines face-to-face and online learning experiences has quickly evolved to be one of the preferred instructional modes in higher education. Students and instructors are attracted to blended courses for the enhanced active learning opportunities and improved learning outcomes. In this session, Dr. Baiyun Chen will explore this trend in higher education and share blended course examples from various disciplines, drawing on her instructional design experience and a wealth of research evidence on blended learning pedagogy. Participants will receive open educational resources, from effective practices to design documents, to help them create their own blended courses.

1. Crea%ng a Successful Blended
Learning Course:
Best Prac%ces, Implementa%on and
Lessons learned
Baiyun Chen, Ph.D.
Instruc%onal Designer
University of Central Florida
Distance Learning Conference 2016
Enriching Learning Environments with Technology
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2. UCF Today: 63,000+ Students
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3. Academic Year 2014-2015
• 37.79% of total student credit hours
• 77.7% of students took at least one online
course (W, M, V)
– 80.19% of all undergraduates (47,116)
– 61.13% of all graduate students (6,469)
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4. University of Central Florida
Since 1995
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5. Define Blended Learning
Models adop?ng the combina?on of online and
face-to-face instruc?on.
Graham, Henrie & Gibbons (2014)
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6. Why Blended Learning?
TRENDS
Short-Term Impact
Increasing Use of Blended Learning Designs
Download NMC Report at: hap://goo.gl/qZBpSr
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7. Overall Student “Excellent” Ra%ngs
Blended Learning 56%
Fully Online 55%
Face-to-Face 53%
Video 47%
N = 756,445
– Dziuban & Moskal, 2016 *New survey beginning Spring 2013
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8. Student Success (A, B or C grade)
88 91
87 88 91 88 90
94 91 91
95 92 89 91 89 90 92 91
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Spring 14 Sum 14 Fall 14 Spring 15 Sum 15 Fall 15
F2F (n=581,010) Blended (n=75,684) Fully Online (n=199,787)
– Dziuban & Moskal, 2016 *New survey beginning Spring 2014
PERCENTAGE
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9. Student Withdrawal
4 3 4 4 3 4 4 2 3 3 2 3 5 4 5 4 3 4
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Spring 14 Sum 14 Fall 14 Spring 15 Sum 15 Fall 15
F2F (n=655,631) Blended (n=81,091) Fully Online (n=200,095)
– Dziuban & Moskal, 2016 *New survey beginning Spring 2014
PERCENTAGE
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10. CONCEPTUALIZE YOUR COURSE
Design Blended Learning
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11. Design Blended Learning
What should learners be able to do at
the end of this blended course?
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12. Objec?ve Builder 12
Course Blueprint

13. Objec?ve Builder
hap://bit.ly/Objec%veBuilder
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14. haps://blended.online.ucf.edu/blendkit-course-diy-project-tasks/
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15. COURSE CONTENT
Design Blended Learning
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16. Chunking: Average Time in LMS
13:08
9:49
5:50
12:18
0:00
2:24
4:48
7:12
9:36
12:00
14:24
Computer Tablet Smartphone Average All
Devices
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17. Chunking: Design Sugges%ons
Module Planning: hap://bit.ly/ModulePlanning
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18. Use of Videos
hap://bit.ly/CDLVideos
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19. How to make engaging videos?
• Short videos (6 minutes)
• Personal feel
• High enthusiasm
• Khan-style tutorials
• Tie to assessments
Guo, Kim & Rubin (2014); Hibbert (2014)
hap://bit.ly/EEL3552CVideo
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20. OER in Course Design
• UCF’s Diigo resource for faculty:
hap://bit.ly/OERList
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21. COURSE INTERACTION
Design Blended Learning
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22. Online Discussion: Protocols
hap://bit.ly/DiscussionProtocol
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23. Online Discussion: Crea%ve Prompts
hap://bit.ly/OnlineDiscussions 23

24. Crea%ve Ac%vi%es
haps://vimeo.com/7926306
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25. COURSE ASSESSMENT
Design Blended Learning
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26. Online Quizzes
Create
Evaluate
Analyze
Apply
Understand
Remember
Bloom’s
Taxonomy
hap://bit.ly/CreateQuizQues%ons 26

27. Authen%c Project
“It is hybrid between a polar bear
and a kangaroo. It is an amphibian
because it has gills on the side of
its’ face… Yet, it is also able to
jump leaps and bounds on land to
quickly travel.”
My animal is part fish/part alligator
Kristen Kimball,
Donnasue Graesser
University of Connec%cut
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28. Keep It Simple Start
hap://bit.ly/SelfAssessmentForm
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29. Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository
a resource to support the curation of effective
pedagogical practices in online and blended
courses
All released for reuse/remix under
Creative Commons
http://topr.online.ucf.edu
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30. Becoming a Blended Learning Designer
Feb 22 – May 16, 2016
hap://www.educause.edu/eli/events/eli-ucf-mooc
Licensed for reuse/remixing under Crea%ve Commons
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