The Blended Synchronous Learning Handbook - A Handbook for Educators

This Handbook is the main output of the Blended Synchronous Learning Project. 

It includes a Blended Synchronous Learning Design Framework that offers pedagogical, technological and logistical recommendations for teachers attempting to design and implement blended synchronous learning lessons (see Chapter 14). The Handbook also includes a Rich-Media Synchronous Technology Capabilities Framework to support the selection of technologies for different types of learning activities (see Chapter 4), as well as a review of relevant literature, a summary of the Blended Synchronous Learning Scoping Study results, detailed reports of each of the seven case studies, and a cross case analysis.

Another key output of the project is the Blended Synchronous Learning website (available at http://blendsync.org). It contains video overviews of the case studies, a link to the Blended Synchronous Learning Collaborator Network, and other information about the project including the personnel, publications, and workshops associated with the initiative.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1: Overview
• Chapter 2: Background Literature and Context
• Chapter 3: The Blended Synchronous Learning Scoping Study
• Chapter 4: Rich-Media Synchronous Learning Technology Capabilities
• Chapter 5: Overview of Case Study Reports
• Chapter 6: Case Study 1 – Web Conferencing to Develop Investment Understanding
• Chapter 7: Case Study 2 – Room-based Video Conferencing to Develop Understanding of Healthcare Quality Improvement Approaches
• Chapter 8: Case Study 3 – Web Conferencing to Support Microscopic Tissue Analysis
• Chapter 9: Case Study 4 – Web Conferencing For Participation in Statistics Tutorials
• Chapter 10: Case Study 5 – Virtual Worlds to Facilitate Chinese Language Learning
• Chapter 11: Case Study 6 – Web Conferencing to Enable Presence in Sexology
• Chapter 12: Case Study 7 – Virtual Worlds For Teacher Education
• Chapter 13: Cross Case Analysis
• Chapter 14: Recommendations and Future Direction

The Blended Synchronous Learning Handbook (PDF)

Source: Blended Synchronous Learning Project