Talk:Blended Learning in K-12/Guiding Principles of Blended Learning

It is now 11:55 on Wednesday, 10.12.05, the deadline for this assignment. While this section is, for the most part, complete, there are a few holes in the dike.


 * references need to be included in the reference page
 * internal citations need to be edited to conform with APA conventions
 * proofing for typos, grammar, bizarre syntax, and spelling errors
 * I fear that I have omitted an important feature of bl: encouraging active learning.

Most depressingly, I'm not sure that I've achieve what I set out to do. Partly this is because there isn't a consensus of what the essential design principles for bl are. Still, I feel that all I have done is assembled a pastiche' from a few articles. I'm not sure that after reading this section a person would know what the guiding principles of bl design are.

I will fix the top stuff tomorrow, even though it is past the deadline, for the sake of acknowledging the work I used if for no other reason. As to the last two, without a major re-write I think I'm stuck with what I put together.

At least I discovered how to create tables in wiki markup.

Geoff

Final thoughts: Overall, our product is better than I thought last night. Enthusiastic pruning would help a great deal. The introductory section, Blended Learnig by Design, in particular need some serious thinning. It should be about a quarter of its current state IMHO. I think we also repeat some elements between the sections. This is true across the other chapters I have glanced at. If I was Norma, I'd want to scream if I had to look at another listing of blended learning components (mine included). All in all, a pretty good effort.

One more thing, is it just me or do citations become almost impossibly fussy? I think I understand the need to document sources with standard conventions but geez, I get tired of pondering whether or not I need a period after this phrase or if proceeding should be cited differently than an electronic article, etc. Done venting.

Geoff