Designed thinking combined with a Significant Learning Environment will have a motivational impact on my innovation plan. The focus in my online course for the past five weeks has been on learning and how to create a significant learning environment and now we are piecing together the components. We began learning by studying a New Culture of […]
Making Magic with Backwards Design
Thinking With The End In Mind I’ve been participating in an online course and last week I planned my own course using the Integrated Course Design model by Dee Fink, “Designing A Balanced Blend”. I am now once again planning a course using “Backwards Design” and the resource I used is Understanding by Design by Grant […]
Designing A Balanced Blend
Designing A Balanced Blend The foundation for a successful blended learning implementation in the classroom is a clear and consistent understanding of various blended learning models and how one or more of these models may be implemented. This foundational knowledge of blended learning models and the research that supports them should be an important […]
My Learning Philosophy
My Learning Philosophy What is Learning? As a past Educator, I have spent several years teaching, learning and educating our youth. I consider it my job to stay current where I can analyze trends and synthesize knowledge in useful ways. Today 21st Century Learning is focused on both teaching and learning. I would like to […]
A New Culture of Learning
Creating a Significant Learning Environment with A New Culture of Learning Teaching vs. Learning For most of the twentieth century our educational system has been built on the assumption that teaching is necessary for “learning” to occur. Education is recognized as a process of transferring information from the teacher to the student. […]