Blended Learning in Practice A Guide for Practitioners and Researchers Edited by Amanda G. Madden, Lauren Margulieux, Robert S. Kadel, and Ashok K. Goel Foreword by Richard A. DeMillo
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© 2019 Massachusetts Institute of Technology All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher. This book was set in ScalaSans and Scala by Toppan Best-set Premedia Limited. Printed and bound in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Madden, Amanda G., editor. | Margulieux, Lauren editor. | Kadel, Robert S., editor. | Goel, Ashok K., 1953- editor. Title: Blended learning in practice : a guide for practitioners and researchers / edited by Amanda G. Madden, Lauren Margulieux, Robert S. Kadel, and Ashok K. Goel ; foreword by Richard A. DeMillo. Description: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018024093 | ISBN 9780262039475 (hardcover : alk. paper) eISBN 9780262351539 Subjects: LCSH: Blended learning--United States. | Computer-assisted instruction--United States. | Flipped classrooms--United States. | Curriculum planning--Education--United States. | Blended learning--United States--Case studies. | Computer-assisted instruction--United States--Case studies. | Flipped classrooms--United States--Case studies. | Curriculum planning--Education-United States--Case studies. Classification: LCC LB1028.5 .B5695 2019 | DDC 371.3--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018024093 ePub Version 1.0
Amanda Madden: To my husband, Chris, whose skill in writing and teaching never fails to inspire, and for his support and encouragement Lauren Margulieux: For my husband, Justin, who supports me in everything I do Robert Kadel: For my wife, Stephanie, and sons, Samuel and Liam, who supported our relocation to Atlanta so that I could join a new and wonderful academic family at Georgia Tech Ashok Goel: For my sons, Gautam and Kunal
Table of Contents Title page Copyright page Epigraph Preface Acknowledgments Foreword 1: Introduction I New Issues and Approaches 2: Three Models for Blending Classes in a Multisection Course 3: Preliminary Evidence for the Benefits of Online Education and Blended Learning in a Large Artificial Intelligence Class 4: Building Purposeful Online Learning: Outcomes from Blending CS1301 5: An Innovative, Blended, Project-Based Health Informatics Course II Conducting Research in Blended Courses 6: Research Methods in Blended Learning 7: Student Attitudes about Teamwork in Face-to-Face and Blended Technical Communication Classes 8: Analyzing Quantitative and Qualitative Data for Blended Learning
9: Blended Dynamics—Does Size Matter? III Course Design Case Studies: Solving Common Teaching Issues 10: Blending a First-Year Composition Course Using Assassin’s Creed II 11: Blended Learning in a Midlevel, Required Course with Students from Two Majors 12: The Problem-Solving Studio: An Approach for Structuring Face-to-Face Learning Activities in the Flipped Classroom 13: Global Issues and Leadership: Georgia Tech as a Laboratory for the Future of Education 14: Conclusion Contributors Bibliography Index
List of tables Chapter 2 Table 2.1 Exam Statistics Performed on Section Test Averages Chapter 3 Table 3.1 Student responses to questions comparing the online KB