The boundless classroom : designing purposeful instruction for any learning environment / Nathan D. Lang, James Vince Witty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lang-Raad, Nathan D., 1982- author.

Witty, James Vince, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blended learning.

Internet in education.

Teaching--Computer network resources.

Teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages)

Place of Publication:

Portland, Oregon ; Arlington, Virginia : International Society for Technology in Education, [2022]

Summary:

Discover how to plan effective blended instruction with purpose and intention with help from this definitive, practical guide to lesson design. A global pandemic hit our world and education has forever changed. But have your instructional practices changed? Teachers must now leverage technology to provide students with high-quality teaching and learning experiences that transcend a traditional classroom's walls. This is a historic opportunity to abandon antiquated teaching practices and reimagine instruction in ways that boost learning outcomes and prepare students for living and working in the digital age.This book offers guidance for creating and sustaining rigorous and engaging blended learning solutions. Opening with lessons learned from the pandemic, the book addresses impacts on lesson design and delivery, student engagement, assessment, and teacher training and PD. The following chapters build on and address these experiences, with each chapter featuring strategies and examples of how to implement effective approaches to lesson design for blended and online instruction.This book: * Explores seven different blended learning models, with strategies and suggestions for implementing each one. * Provides detailed guidance for planning a blended learning curriculum, from establishing a digital infrastructure to integrating students into a learning management system (LMS) to mapping a course scope and sequence. * developing a pacing guide and creating effective blended and virtual lessons. * Features downloadable templates, checklists and guided professional learning tasks in every chapter to help design virtual and blended lessons. * Includes strategies for implementing authentic, student-led assessments. The book is sure to meet the needs of varying practitioners who are eager to learn about designing successful blended learning courses and understanding what makes each course work. Audience: K-12 teachers and instructional designers; faculty in higher education programs

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

About ISTE

About the Authors

Acknowledgments

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Learning Lessons from the Pandemic and Implications for the Future

Outcomes for Professional Learning

Clarity and Simplicity

Asynchronous and Synchronous Learning

Professional Development

Consistency

Feedback

Everyone's Well-Being

Challenges and Strategies for Teaching in a Concurrent Classroom

Collaboration

Student Products

Think-Alouds and Read-Alouds

Social-Emotional Learning

Assessment

Learning Interruption, Not Learning Loss

Personalized Learning

Conclusion

Chapter 2: Planning Essentials for Blended Learning and Beyond

Exploring Blended Learning Models

Planning and Implementation Actions for Blended Learning Success

Chapter 3: Mapping the Course Scope and Sequence

Formulating Course Objectives

Creating Outcomes for Student Learning

Organizing and Sequencing Units and Lessons

Aligning Assessments

Chapter 4: Constructing a Pacing Guide and Establishing Learning Expectations

Examining Pacing Guide Essentials

Designing a Pacing Guide Checklist

Evaluating a Pacing Guide Template

Chapter 5: Designing and Delivering Blended Instruction

Design Essential #1: Open with Optimism

Design Essential #2: Communicate Learning Outcomes

Design Essential #3: Activate Prior Knowledge

Design Essential #4: Build Academic Vocabulary

Design Essential #5: Deliver Engaging Instruction

Design Essential #6: Facilitate Student Discourse

Design Essential #7: Close with Optimism.

Design Essential #8: Extending Learning Through Feedback and Reflection

Chapter 6: Designing and Delivering Virtual Instruction

Design Essential #1: Introduce the Lesson and Communicate the Learning Outcomes

Design Essential #2: Activate Prior Knowledge

Design Essential #3: Build Academic Vocabulary

Design Essential #4: Deliver Engaging Instruction

Design Essential #5: Provide Opportunities to Self-Assess and Automated Feedback for Students

Design Essential #6: Create Closure and Preview the Assessment

Chapter 7: Engaging Students with Authentic Assessments

Measuring Learning with Assessments

Engaging Students with Portfolios, Performance Tasks, and Products

Effective Formative Assessments

Designing Engaging and Authentic Assessments

Creating an Assessment Plan

Chapter 8: Maximizing Academic Feedback

Defining Feedback

Quality Feedback Essentials

Feedback Norms

Feedback as a Formative Assessment Strategy

Differentiating Feedback

Feedback Protocols

Chapter 9: Integrating Digital Citizenship

Strategies and Skills for the Digital Age

Building Context for Digital Citizenship

Framing Digital Citizenship

Integrating Digital Citizenship into the Classroom

Epilogue

Commitment 1: Commit to Yourself

Commitment 2: Commit to Your Colleagues

Commitment 3: Commit to Your Students

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781564849366

1564849368

OCLC:

1292365744