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Blended Learning Resources

Designing and Teaching Blended Courses
  • 11 Highly Effective Blended Teaching Practices
    Findings of two surveys of Oregon State University hybrid course faculty on the effectiveness of blended teaching approaches.
  • Designing and Teaching an Effective Remote/Blended Course
    An Oregon State University self-paced Canvas workshop on blended and remote course design and facilitation.                
  • The Blended Course Design Workbook: A Practical Guide
    An excellent guide by Kathryn Linder takes the reader through a step-by-step process for blended course design.
  • Traits of Well-Designed Hybrid Courses
    Key elements of blended course design and pedagogy that are used in many Oregon State University hybrid courses.
  • 10 Facts You Need to Know about Blended Learning
    A concise set of evidence-based statements about blended learning along with links to the supporting research from Contact North.
  • Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository
    A searchable compendium of peer-reviewed online and blended teaching strategies hosted by the University of Central Florida.
Facilitating Online Discussions
  • Strengthening the Conversation in Blended and Face-to Face Courses: Connecting Online and In-Person Learning with Crossover Protocols
    Margaret Perrow, Southern Oregon University
  • The Art and Science of Successful Online Discussions
    Stephanie Maher Palenque and Meredith DeCosta, Faculty Focus
  • Retooling an In-Person Discussion Strategy for Online Courses
    Chris Lindberg, Oregon State University Ecampus
  • Keep It Civil Online
    Jean Dimeo, Inside Higher Ed
  • Netiquette: Ground Rules for Online Discussions
    Peter Connor, Colorado State
  • Rubric for Asynchronous Discussion Participation
    Barbara Frey, University of Pittsburgh
Flipped Learning
  • What is a Flipped Class? (1 min. video)
    Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Texas at Austin
  • Flipping the Classroom
    Center for Teaching & Learning, University of Washington
  • How to Make the Most of the Flipped Classroom
    David Raths, Campus Technology
  • Myths and Facts about Flipped Learning
    Robert Talbert, Grand Valley State University
  • Active Learning Increases Student Performance in Science, Engineering and Mathematics
    Scott Freeman et al., University of Washington
  • Effective Educational Videos
    Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching
Open Educational Resources
  • Oregon State University Open Educational Resources Unit
    Provides a variety of services for faculty who are interested in adopting, adapting or authoring open educational resources.
  • MERLOT
    Provides access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools.
  • OER Commons
    A public digital library of open educational resources.
Preparing Students for Blended Learning
  • Remote & Online Learning
    Oregon State University Academic Success Center
  • Preparing Students for Blended Courses
    University of Wisconsin-Madison Blended Learning Toolkit
  • Student Success Strategies
    University of Central Florida Blended Learning Toolkit
Research on Blended and Online Learning
  • Online Learning Efficacy Research Database
    This database is a searchable resource of academic studies on the learning outcomes of online and/or hybrid education in comparison to face-to-face environments. The database has 267 citations across 75 discrete disciplines from 194 academic journals. The database is updated monthly.
  • Interactive Online Learning on Campus (2014)
  • Blended Learning: Research Perspectives, Volume 2 (2014)
  • Current Status of Research on Online Learning in Postsecondary Education (2013)
  • OSU Student Achievement and Satisfaction in Introductory Psychology: No Significant Differences Between Face-to-Face and Hybrid Sections (2013)
  • Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies (2010)
Standards for High Quality Blended and Online Courses
  • Oregon State University Peer Review of Hybrid Teaching Guidelines and Peer Review of Online Teaching Guidelines - Guides for OSU faculty teaching hybrid or fully online courses who need a peer review of teaching in these modalities. The guides are designed to help the instructor prepare for the peer review and to guide the peer reviewer.
  • Oregon State University Ecampus Essentials - Research-based standards used by Ecampus to design hybrid and online courses. All new and redeveloped Ecampus courses are expected to meet essential standards and are strongly encouraged to meet exemplary standards.
  • Oregon State University Online Teaching Principles - Principles intended to supplement the QM Higher Education 6th edition course design rubric and the Ecampus Essentials to guide effective facilitation of online and hybrid courses at OSU.
  • California State University Quality Learning and Teaching (QLT) Rubric - An evaluation instrument to help "support and identify exemplary practices for the design and delivery of online, blended, and flipped courses."
  • Open SUNY Course Quality Review (OSCQR) Course Design Review Scorecard - A rubric “for reviewing and improving the instructional design and accessibility of online courses based on online best practices.”
  • Quality Course Teaching and Instructional Practice (QCTIP) - “A comprehensive scorecard which can be used for an in-depth review to validate instructional practices as compared to quality standards.”
  • Quality Matters (QM) Higher Education Rubric - A detailed set of standards used to evaluate the design of hybrid and online courses.

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Tel: 541-737-2816
165 SW Sackett Place | 466 LINC
Corvallis, OR 97331

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