Blended Course Delivery: Merging Traditional and Online Learning for Enhanced Student Engagement
This blended course delivery model offers an innovative educational experience, combining in-class meetings and online components designed for a 2020 learning environment. Each course features weekly in-person sessions focused on lectures, student presentations, and major exams, complemented by over an hour of online materials per week, including quizzes, discussions, and an interactive e-textbook. Student feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, allowing for continuous improvement and adjustments to meet learner needs. This model promotes faculty efficiency and creates new revenue streams through e-textbook fees.
Blended Course Delivery: Merging Traditional and Online Learning for Enhanced Student Engagement
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Blended Course Delivery The Best of Two Teaching Methods Designed to Provide Students A 2020 Learning Environment
BlendedReally Works • Implemented 2 sections of MKT450 Spring 2010 • 1 in-class meeting per week • Lecture, Activities, Student Presentations and Major Exams • Personal relationship with faculty • 1 hour or more on-line material per week • E-textbook with 14 episodes • http://www.operationsscmn.org/demo/ • BB Quizzes, Discussion Board, Readings and Grades • Student feedback was positive • Adjusted fall 2010 implementation accordingly
InnovationCreates Value • Potential Faculty Efficiency • Up to 6 classes per faculty per semester • Overload pay 1.45x vs. 2x for two faculty • Potential New Revenue Stream • $59 per student e-textbook fee • Market could include other universities • Leading Edge Pedagogical Delivery • Re-engineered general education courses • Integrated online plot with clear PA message for each year • Utilize existing classroom infrastructure w/reduced demand • Assessment built-in
DevelopmentResources Required • Approximately 15 GenEd Courses • Integrated content and script • On-line professor/actor • Supplemental readings, videos, graphics, animation, etc. • FCTL • Instructional design • Course development tools • Facilitate assessment • Manage the development process • Faculty Change Agent • Begin 2011 and complete by 2015