Blended Learning Examples at Franklin & Marshall College

Blended Learning Examples at F&M

Period	Topic	Example	Resources
2013	Flipping the Classroom	Faculty is exploring how to flip the classroom by recording and offering short videos to students outside class. These short videos would cover some of the material covered in class. The faculty would also create short screencasts of course material.	Video recording, screencasting
2013	Flipping the Classroom	The faculty would explore recording class demonstrations and offering the videos to students. The faculty will also explore recording short videos by student "experts" in various fields.	Video recording, screencasting
2013	Flipping the Classroom	The faculty has been flipping the classroom by recording short screencasts on various concepts. The students may view the videos before class. The faculty then assesses the students at the beginning of class with clickers to determine their level of comprehension.  The faculty is exploring student created screencasts.	Screencasting
2013	Flipping the Classroom	The faculty is exploring flipping the classroom by offering oral practice activities and screencasts outside the classroom. The students will view the videos and be assessed at the beginning of class to assess their comprehension.	Blackboard, screencasting
2013	Flipping the Classroom	The faculty is exploring flipping the classroom by offering screencasts outside the classroom. The faculty will also administer online assessments outside the classroom	Blackboard, Camtasia, Respondus StudyMate, screencasting
2013	Digital Syllabus	The faculty is exploring how to create an online version of the course syllabus. This syllabus will also include various class assignments, assessments, and calendar.	Google Sites
2012-2013	Flipping the Classroom	Shares short videos with students for viewing before or after class. These videos are used to supplement in class material. The videos are digitized using iMovie and uploaded to Blackboard. Student access and viewing statistics can be allocated and monitored.	Blackboard, iMovie
2012	Going Digital	Participated in a contextualize learning program where a faculty is teamed up with an instructional   technologist/designer. The theme of this partnership was "going digital." The program explored sharing course material online, online grading, and live polling.	Blackboard, DropBox, iClickers
2012-2013	Online Assessments	Utilizes online grading for student assessments. Quizzes are administered via Blackboard and students may take them outside class. Quiz results and review is conducted in class or on individual basis.	Blackboard

By Charles Wachira