Katie Linder shares about blended course design on Teaching in Higher Ed episode 113.

Quotes from the episode

Blended learning is not just a trend, and we’re starting to see technology integrated in really intentional ways.
—Katie Linder

One of the key things is alignment … between what you’re doing outside of the classroom and inside of the classroom.
—Katie Linder

Say to your students, “I’m going to give you an activity to do, and I’m going to lay out some guidelines for it, but I’m also going to give you quite a lot of freedom.
—Katie Linder

In the online environment, [social interactions] can still happen, but they just need to happen more intentionally.
—Katie Linder

There are ways that you can build in social presence activities into a blended classroom, both face-to-face and online, that are really encouraging interactions between you and your students and between your students and each other.
—Katie Linder

Because we don’t naturally reflect, it means that we have to intentionally build in reflection for our students.
—Katie Linder

Resources Mentioned

Blended Course Design Resources:

Book site: The blended course design workbook website
Order the book: The blended course design workbook (discount code = BCD20)
Book handouts: The blended course design workbook handouts
- Handout: Aligned Blended Course Mapping
- Handout: Weekly Course Design Task List
- Handout: Choosing LMS Tools Checklist
- Handout: Template for Mapping Content and Documents

Other Resources:

How to Design and Teach a Hybrid Course* by Jay Caulfield
Michael Sandel’s Justice course
Goosechase for scavenger hunts
Journal Keeping* by Dannelle D. Stevens and Joanne E. Cooper

Checklists

Use checklists to teach more effectively and efficiently in higher ed
Grant Wiggins’ How do you plan? On templates and instructional planning
Episode 078: The power of checklists

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