Learning in a Technology-enhanced Environment

The article that I chose is in title, “Face –to-face or Online? Choosing the Medium in Blended Training” This article is about choosing the right online learning to combine with face-to-face learning. The author gives step by step instructions in choosing the medium in Blended Training. The first is to know the purpose and strategies of learning method (Yelon, 2006). The instructor need to decide what part of the learning need to be taught face to face what part is for online learning.  The second one is “Assessing Motivation to Restructure.”

 Knowing when to replace face to face learning with online learning is required.

Instructional method should motivate learning to online for specific function and information (Yelon, 2006). Step three is “Checking Media Compatibility.”  The use of face learning should be comparable to achieve the goal of the learning. Step four is “Accounting for Resources” (Yelon, 2006). Instructor need to consider the resources that need to complete the task. These step combined will ensure the success in using blended Learning.

The use of both face-to-face and online learning require learner to think outside of the box. The traditional way of learning has been implemented into the 21^st way of learning. As head of the after school program in community learning to combine face-to0face and online learning from the peer reviewed article able me to use the still to ensure that my students receive the best of both world of learning. The use of technology to deliver learning can ensure all students be a participant in the learning process. Choosing the right technology tools will determine you students learning outcomes.

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Yelon, S. (2006). Face-to-face or online? choosing the medium in blended training. Performance Improvement, 45(3), 22-26. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/237233661?accountid=32521

EDU 697 week 6 Reflection

Reflection

The MATLT program has been challenging. I have continually to learn and develop many skills that can be useful in my future teaching. The techniques of using technology to teach and learn have enhanced my teaching tremendous. During the redesigning of each assignment from prior assignment has taught me how to take the old and turn it into the new. Old teaching skills can be updated by the use of technology to deliver. Learning to refine my teaching and technology skills has allowed me to reach my students at another level in their learning.

My instructor has made just one phone call to me that gave me a better understanding about redesigning assignments. Using technology tools to explain your understanding of the PLO’s was a key element that I had not done in completing the redesigning of the assignment. So that was my mistake of submitting a word document only. I have learned that each e-mail that your instructor sends they are very important in achieving a better understanding and grade. All I had to do was to read the e-mail it gave all the instructions that I needed in completing the assignments.

I have also learned that the use of educational technology for assessment and evaluation can be beneficial in the measuring of student’s learning. Instructional design and the use of technology help to meet the needs of each student at their learning level.

From the beginning to the end of the MATLT program I have engaged in an explosion of new ideas, teaching and learning skills that will help to motivate students to learn. I have learned in speaking to the traditional teachers, they are mostly afraid of the changes that technology has cause in the way students learn and the way teachers teach. The skills that I have accomplish from the MATLT program able me to help prepare students for 21^st century.

The constructive suggestion for how the final project experience could be improved is to allow the reflection to come after the final project. Looking ahead to the next assignment without finishing the first assignment will sometime confuse me. I like to stay focus on what I am during, not what I got to do. The discussion that is due for week 6 need to be two week before so the appropriate feedback can be receive in time.