Reflection 1: Blended Learning
This semester, I am following Cult of Pedagogy. They post blogs and podcasts on various topics. This week I am looking at a September 2022 article by Catlin Tucker that discusses blended learning strategies. This post caught my attention because I am familiar with blended learning from teaching during the pandemic. The use of blended learning has carried on past Covid in many ways. Given that it is now winter, we are at risk of bad weather at any time. My school will utilize virtual learning in the case of a snow day. So, I wanted to refresh myself on some blended learning strategies. This blog post begins by explaining how shortcomings of the whole-group instruction model were revealed when learning switched to online. When teachers lacked their normal degree of control, student education suffered. Tucker defines blended learning as “the combination of active, engaged learning online combined with active, engaged learning offline to provide...
