EDUC 402 Introduction to Blended Learning
This course is designed to provide teaching professionals and pre-professionals with an introduction to blended learning, and the skills they will need to create a hybrid learning environment in their current or future classrooms. Students will utilize face-to-face instructional strategies and combine them with digital and project based learning strategies. Participants will discover the benefits of facilitating learning through a constructivist approach to classroom instruction and will have an opportunity to compare this methodology to the more well-known instructivist model. Face-to-face sessions will occur via electronic medium and participants will be required to model, provide evidence (record, demonstrate, etc.) the development of a blended learning environment and to demonstrate their 21st Century teaching skills. Prerequisites: Required methods course and acceptance into the Education program. Fall, Spring.