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This is the informational landing page for a free online course on

Learning How to Create and Use a Blended Learning Classroom

 

Click on the links below for more information on

What is this course about? How to join this course Enroll in the Schoology Course Quick instructions Once you are enrolled, you can configure your alerts here Step-by-step instructions When will the course be ready? Come to the first webinar on Thu 20 Feb 1900 Bangkok time How to join the Zoom meeting See the time Thu 20 Feb 1900 in Thailand - 12 noon UTC wherever you are What to review For questions and more information

 

This is an online follow up to the two weeks of workshops at various universities in Thailand

sponsored by the US Dept. of State English Language Specialist Program and RELO Bangkok,

archived at: http://workshops2020.pbworks.com/

 

 

This just in from the RELO Bangkok Team

 

Vance Stevens, English Language Specialist, will be hosting the 3-week sessions online workshop “Learning How to Create and Use a Blended Learning Classroom” starting at 7.00 pm (Bangkok Time) on February 20, 2020. For more details on how to participate and register, please visit https://bit.ly/2w5OxIS. Please help spread the word to his previous workshop participants and those who might be interest in this online workshop.

 

There is more information about this course here

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aWW5PjDM_Zwd_fpVPGPKrVCnCpuJ5OXK5ObFAwB1IyI/edit?usp=sharing

 

What is this course about?

 

Vance Stevens, English Language Specialist, and RELO Bangkok, invite you to join in a FREE 3-week online seminar on Learning How to Create and Use a Blended Learning Classroom, The course takes place in Schoology and officially opened on Thu Feb 20, 2020, 19:00 in Bangkok (12 noon UTC). Enrollment had been open from Feb 17 onwards.

 

Several more synchronous webinars and office hours will be scheduled, at times negotiable with participants, but attendance at the webinars is optional. What is more important is asynchronous participation in the Schoology discussions. But there are no certificates offered for the course, and participants are welcome to drop in and participate in whatever capacity they feel will benefit them at any time over the next three weeks.

 

The idea for the course is to practice community-as-curriculum along MOOC precepts and take advantage of this opportunity to work in consulation with an EL Specialist who developed the course following two decades experience in cultivating blended and online learning in f2f classrooms and in distributed communities of practice -- and perhaps more importantly, to network with and learn from peers.

 

Throughout the course, the specialist will model methods for creating blending learning environments which, if they resonate with you, you can apply in your own teaching context.

 

If you are interested in participating, please visit this page 

http://workshops2020.pbworks.com/w/page/138546024/Create_Your_Blended_Learning_Classroom

and follow the instructions there for enrolling in the Schoology course and participating in the first webinar, if you are able to do so. 

 

Please feel free to distribute this announcement to anyone you feel would be interested

 

Announcements have been made on these Facebook Groups

 

• Learning2gether – https://www.facebook.com/groups/learning2gether/
• Webheads in Action – https://www.facebook.com/groups/webheadsinaction/
• Multiliteracies - https://www.facebook.com/groups/evomlit/ 
• Learning with Computers – https://www.facebook.com/groups/6577061586/
• TESOL Arabia Ed Tech SIG – https://www.facebook.com/groups/TAEdTech/

 

How to join this course

 

Enroll in the Schoology Course

 

Quick instructions

Interested participants should

 

• create an account at https://www.schoology.com/ 
• Then enroll in this course
  https://app.schoology.com/course/2362600716/
• This link will likely not work for you until AFTER you are able to enrol in the course using
  Access code PPZF-676N-BGXQW

 

Once you are enrolled, you can configure your alerts here

https://app.schoology.com/settings/notifications

 

You can choose to have announcements and updates sent to you (to keep you informed of course developments)

and / or to be informed of responses to discussions, etc. 

All of these are recommended, but it's up to you how closely you want to monitor this course for these three weeks.

 

 

Step-by-step instructions

 

You would not be the first to find it difficult to figure out how to navigate the quick, simple instructions.

If this is you, the step-by-step instructions should help

 

1. After creating an account at Schoology, click on Courses --> My Courses
   
   
   https://www.screencast.com/t/7n9wyiWmpHd
   
   
2. At the next screen click on Join a Course,
   
   
   https://www.screencast.com/t/VN2H9tW5j
    
   
3. Enter the access code PPZF-676N-BGXQW
   
   
   https://www.screencast.com/t/MiyhEyvhFq
   
   

4. You should be rewarded with this SUCCESS screen,

   
   https://www.screencast.com/t/hXdeLPMckkH 

 

When will the course be ready?

 

The course is ready now

1. There is a discussion you can respond to now (see the graphic below)
2. Week 1 materials are ready for you to start on. Vance will alter and add to them based on feedback from participants
3. Weeks 2 and 3 materials and assignments are outlined in their respective folders.
   Again, I am waiting to see who appears, and what they want to do, before fleshing out those outlines.

 

 

 

Come to the first webinar on Thu 20 Feb 1900 Bangkok time

 

Time of first webinar: Thu Feb 20, 2020 19:00 Bangkok time = 12:00 noon UTC

Slides here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14ftYnKa-M32Yc0-pGeoRlCMREU43qsdJSb7fgeKSePs/edit?usp=sharing 

 

How to join the Zoom meeting

  

Join the Zoom Meeting at

https://zoom.us/j/266151147?pwd=S25weG1FTnJQWHFkZjB2WjdGV3lGdz09

 

Meeting ID: 266 151 147

Password: blended

 

See the time Thu 20 Feb 1900 in Thailand - 12 noon UTC wherever you are

 

See the time on Thu Feb 20, 2020, 19:00 in Bangkok (12 noon UTC) wherever you happen to be in the world

• https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Blended+Learning+Classroom+webinar+%231+Thu+Feb+20%2C+2020+19%3A00+Bangkok+time&iso=20200220T19&p1=28&ah=1
• Countdown to the event - https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html?year=2020&month=2&day=20&hour=19&min=0&sec=0&p1=28&ah=1&msg=Blended%20Learning%20Classroom%20webinar%20%231%20Thu%20Feb%2020,%202020%2019%3a00%20Bangkok%20time

 

Here is an overview of anticipated webinars and consultations; exact timings to be negotiated as the course progresses

 

http://workshops2020.pbworks.com/w/page/138546024/Create_Your_Blended_Learning_Classroom#CometothefirstwebinaronThu20Feb1900Bangkoktime

 

What to review

 

The course will follow roughly on the materials covered in the workshops offered by EL Specialist Vance Stevens from Jan 20-Jan 29 in Thailand.

You can review these materials here: FrontPage

 

However, it is anticipated that the workshops might attract participants who attended these workshop as well as some who did not.

Therefore the workshop will be patterned on the needs and aspirations of those who attend it.

 

No prior knowledge is assumed. The EL Specialist can work with anyone who wishes to pursue the course ourline as follows:

 

For questions and more information

 

If you have questions you can contact the Regional English Language Office, RELO Bangkok

 

Or address them directly to 

English Language Specialist Vance Stevens, vancestev@gmail.com

 

 

These materials were created by Vance Stevens, https://learning2gether.net 

for delivery online as part of the RELO Bangkok English Language Specialist program n February and March, 2020

You are free to share-alike and with attribution under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

The date of this update is February 20, 2020