Instructional design/Blended Learning Lesson Plans/Summary

Summary

In this module, you have learned about the advantages of blended instruction, the components of a blended lesson, and ways in which blended instruction can be implemented. To summarize, blended instruction incorporates two components:

1. A computer-based component in which students learn from a computer or other technology.
2. A face-to-face component in which students interact with each other and / or the teacher.

While blended instruction can take on many different forms, some of the most common models of blended instruction include:

• Station Rotation: Students rotate through stations in the classroom on a fixed schedule or at the teacher's discretion with at least one of the stations involving computer-based instruction.
• Lab Rotation: Similar to the station rotation model with the difference being that students transition to a different room for computer-based instruction, usually a computer lab.
• Flipped: The primary form of instruction occurs outside of school while in-class time is spent working on engaging activities. Students access computer-based instructional resources on their own time, typically using their own devices.

You can use the following link to download an editable lesson plan template to create your own blended lessons.

For Further Reading

Much of the information in this module was based on the following article, which provides other models for blended instruction as well as more examples of how schools and teachers are using blended instruction in their classrooms.

• Heather Staker and Michael B. Horn (2012, May). Classifying K-12 Blended Learning, Innosight Institute. http://www.innosightinstitute.org/innosight/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Classifying-K-12-blended-learning2.pdf

Other Resources

• Michael B. Horn and Heather Staker (2011, January). The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning, http://www.innosightinstitute.org/innosight/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/The-Rise-of-K-12-Blended-Learning.pdf
• Heather Staker and colleagues (2011, May). The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning: Profiles of Emerging Models, Innosight Institute. http://www.innosightinstitute.org/innosight/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/The-Rise-of-K-12-Blended-Learning.pdf
• Wikibooks. Blended Learning in K-12. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blended_Learning_in_K-12