Lecture 4 _Today I learn, today I question

An exciting day it proved to be today. As always I look forward to the Application of the Internet in Instruction class. We started the class with a discussion of Power point Presentations- I know about the outdated idea of having 6 bullet points on each slides but have never thought about the other aspects of attention grabbing slides so today's lecture was an eye-opener. These sites should be helpful as reference points:
1. Garr Reynolds http://www.garrreynolds.com/Presentation/slides.html
2. http://www.m62.net/powerpoint-slides/conference-slides/


I’m glad that Huey Zher introduced us to the Phases of Engagement Model coz it’ll be really useful in guiding us in Assignment 3. (reminder to self- maintaining engagement in learning- for the long term) I've always been interested in using technology to teach but did not know how to sustain the activities to the point where students can take ownership of their own learning. this has always been my question which i have not found any answer to until now. I hope that by keeping the Model in mind, I'll be able to take my students further.


Today also is the first time I heard of the term 'Blended Learning'. I googled the term and found this "Many people may be using a form of blended learning in lessons and teaching, but may not realise it or be able to give it an actual name. Blended learning is not a new concept, but may be a new term to many users (why must it be named? a rose by any other name smells just as nice. haha) However," the term blended learning is being used with increasing frequency in both academic and corporate circles. In 2003, the American Society for Training and Development identified blended learning as one of the top ten trends to emerge in the knowledge delivery industry." So, I guess we'll have to use it so that we can keep up with the progress in the teaching world. Some older and more common names for blended learning are "integrative learning", "hybrid learning", "multi-method learning"

Wow, so it seems that I've been trying out this type of teaching but have not known it.
I also found that there are many forms of learning that people consider as blended learning as well. For example, as shown in the diagram below. So, which is the correct one? Or can can they all be considered blended learning?