Resources for Blended Learning

Resources

 

  • The Academic Commons: Case Studies on Digital Collaborations and Blended/Hybrid Learning is a set of articles by faculty at liberal-arts institutions. The articles assess the faculty’s experiences incorporating everything from Twitter (to bring in voices beyond the registered students) and Facebook (to facilitate discussions of videos) to flipping, gaming simulations, geographical information systems, and podcasts. They also consider collaborative teaching and the benefits of team course design, as well as cross-institution sharing and sustainable collaborations.
  • The "Successful Practices" page in the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Blended Learning Toolkit is relevant to blended coursework here at Wellesley. The page covers practices like designing for interaction, exploring new pedagogies, and defining the scope of your blended learning project. You may also consider exploring other resources from the UW Madison Blended Learning Toolkit.
  • The "Design and Delivery Principles" page from the University of Central Florida’s Blended Learning Toolkit offers a brief summary of reasons and strategies for diving into blended learning. Read about student outcomes and the importance of principles ranging organization and integration to managing students’ expectations during the course. Other resources from UCF's Blended Learning Toolkit are also useful, though some pages have been updated more recently than others.
 

Conferences

 
Bucknell University Digital Scholarship Conference
Location: Lewisburg, PA
Date: October 28-30, 2016
The Bucknell University Digital Scholarship Conference will bring together a broad community of practitioners–faculty, researchers, librarians, educational technologists, and students–who are using technology to rethink seemingly intractable borders within and outside of the university. We define “borders” as boundaries that limit access; conditions that differentiate insiders from outsiders; or any obstacle that impairs open communication and collaboration. Participants will discuss challenges, share working models, reflect on projects, and seek new avenues for actively including students in public scholarly pursuits.
 
OLC Innovate
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Date: April 5-7, 2017
The OLC Innovate conference aims to challenge teaching and learning paradigms, reimagine the learning experience, and explore how disruptions in education today will shape the classroom of tomorrow. The 2017 conference will include hands-on workshops and work sessions that explore emerging technologies and evolving practice at universities and colleges.
 
Blended Learning in the Liberal Arts at Bryn Mawr College
Location: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Date: May 2017
Bryn Mawr’s Blended Learning in the Liberal Arts conferences are a forum where faculty and staff can share resources, techniques, findings, and experiences related to blended learning. The definition of blended learning for these conferences is quite broad. The greatest focus is on supporting the close faculty-student interaction and emphasis on lifelong learning that are hallmarks of American liberal arts education.