Teaching in Blended Learning Environments
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Teaching in Blended Learning
Environments
Willy A Renandya
National Institute of Education
Nanyang Technological University
Keynote speech delivered at the Webinar “The Development and Implementation of Teaching and Learning Process to
Face the New Normal” hosted by Universitas Muhammadyah Kalimantan, 14 July 2020
Why? • Remote learning is vastly different from in person learning • Lots of things that teachers don’t know about • For most of them, It’s like learning to build a plane and learning how to fly it. Doubly difficult!!!
• 20 % with no computer/internet • Untrained parents who juggle too many things Reasons for • Unprepared teachers failure • Minimal support from school administrators • Children are digital consumers; not yet digital learners
The Way Forward
1. Blended learning will be
increasingly popular
2. Learners can learn in and out
of the classroom
3. Information literacy
• Finding, screening, selecting and
using information
• Critical readers; responsible
users
eTeaching
Deep
eTeaching employs
Learning eTeaching employs
• Complex understanding
eLearning as a medium of real eLearning
world as a medium
problems
for ‘occasional’ online
• Requires critical analysis, synthesis,
to provide information. evaluation
communication.
eTeaching employs eTeaching employs
eLearning for engaging eLearning as a medium
students in online to support knowledge-
discussions. building tasks
The Head, Heart and Hands of Teachers in the New Normal
The HEAD • Professional knowledge • Principles of good teaching • 21 Century skills: 4 Competencies • Information literacy
Tech-Mediated Learning
The HEAD:
Professional
Digital Users to Digital Teachers
Knowledge
https://www.mheducation.ca/blog/what-is-tpack-theory-and-how-can-it-be-used-in-the-classroom/6 Principles of Good Teaching
Knowledge is socially Differenciated
constructed learning
Collabora Personal-
-tive ized
learning learning
Deep and
robust Flipped Engaged
learning learning 90/90 Rule; Safe
learning environments
Authentic
Feedback
learning
Doing school vs
Re-learning of doing life
taught materialis a matter of the HEART
HEART
• A passion for teaching
• A passion for learning
Your heart is slightly bigger
than the average human
heart, but that’s because
you’re a teacherPassion
ate
Passion for teaching
Motiva-
Rapport
ting
Te a c h e r
Humor-
Likable
ous
Enthusi
astic3 Things about Education 1. MOTIVATION 2. MOTIVATION 3. MOTIVATION
Teacher
6 Ts of Motivation
Teaching innovation
Text (multimodal)
Task (tech-mediated)
Test (authentic)
Tech-savvyPassion for learning • Great opportunity to learn new things • Gritty teachers • Passion and perseverance
SUCCESS
Passion
&
PerseveranceThe Hands • The Head and Heart are important • Teaching is a skill!! • Hands are key to successful learning
Hands – Top 5 Tools Dr Finita Dewi, UPI Bandung 1. Screencasting tool (e.g. Screencastify) 2. Presentation tool (e.g. Genially) 3. Online sticky note (e.g. Padlet) 4. Controlled practice tool (e.g. Kahoot) 5. Productive tools (Canva for writing, Flipgrid for speaking)
The Hands
Motivate Research
Speak less (bite- • 10-12 min segments
students to
sized teaching)
come prepared • Engaged learning
• Distributed practice
Increase
Add variety
interactionThe Hands
Balance of
Seek feedback
Synchronous/
from students
asynchronous
Adopt the right
mindsetEnd
The Head, Heart and Hands
of Teachers in the New
NormalLet’s adjust the sails together
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