Episode 77: Field Report #8: Strategic Blended Learning in “COVID Times”

About Episode 77:

Tom and Kelvin consider the strategic role blended learning can have during the pandemic as higher ed institutions begin planning for their eventual return to f2f instruction. This episode is the eighth in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in getting through the current era of “remote teaching” necessitated by COVID-19.

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Coffee Links

• Oktoberfest Blend from MadCap Coffee in Grand Rapids, MI
• About MadCap Coffee

Content Links

• Blended Learning Toolkit
• The BlendKit Course Materials (Design docs for building better blended courses)
• UCF Course Modality Definitions (including “mixed-mode” (M) for blended)
• [On Multimodal] “Academic digital literacy – A journey we all need to take” (in University World News)
• In EDUCAUSE Review “Bichronous Online Learning: Blending Asynchronous and Synchronous Online Learning”
• TOPcast Episode 71: “Finding Flexibility for F2F This Fall: The BlendFlex Approach”
• Past TOPcast Episodes Addressing “Blended Learning”

Extra Special Feature

• Video Version of This Episode! (Includes “socially distanced” recording by Tom and Kelvin)