Blended : Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Videos -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Introduction -- Pattern of Disruptive Innovation -- Disruptive Innovation and Online Learning -- The Factory-Based Model of Schooling -- Student-Centered Learning -- Why Schools Are Reaching a Tipping Point -- Building a Field of Experts -- What You'll Find in This Book -- Part 1 Understanding -- Chapter 1 What Is Blended Learning? -- Online Learning's Upward March -- What Blended Learning Is-and Isn't -- Models of Blended Learning -- Mixing of Blended Models -- To Sum Up -- Appendix 1.1: Discussion of Key Terms -- Appendix 1.2: K-12 Blended-Learning Taxonomy -- Chapter 2 Are All Classrooms Going to Blend? -- The Theory of Hybrids -- Is Blended Learning Disruptive? -- Hybrid Models of Blended Learning -- Disruptive Models of Blended Learning -- Foreseeing the K-12 Education Revolution -- What Is to Become of Schools? -- To Sum Up -- Part 2 Mobilizing -- Chapter 3 Start with the Rallying Cry -- The Alternative to Cramming -- Defining the Problem or Stating the Goal -- Should Leaders Focus on Sustaining or Disruptive Rallying Cries? -- How to Identify Core Opportunities -- How to Identify Nonconsumption Opportunities -- Threats versus Opportunities -- To Sum Up -- Chapter 4 Organize to Innovate -- A Framework for Team Design -- Applying the Team Framework to Schools -- Using Multiple Types of Teams -- The Cost of Getting It Wrong -- To Sum Up -- Part 3 Designing -- Chapter 5 Motivate the Students -- The Importance of Student Willingness to Learn -- The Jobs-to-Be-Done Theory -- Students' Jobs to Be Done -- The Architecture of a Job -- Fulfilling the Job for Students -- What to Integrate, and How -- Blended Learning's Role in Fulfilling Student Jobs -- The Danger of Asking Students to Change Jobs -- To Sum Up.

Chapter 6 Elevate Teaching -- Designing the Teacher Role from the Student Perspective -- Designing the Teacher Role from the Teacher Perspective -- Doing Right for Students and Teachers -- To Sum Up -- Chapter 7 Design the Virtual and Physical Setup -- Product Architecture and Interfaces -- The Shift in Personal Computer Architecture -- The Shift toward Modularity in Education -- Integrated versus Modular Online Content -- Integrated versus Modular Operating Systems -- Integrated versus Modular Physical Space -- Aligning Your Strategy to Your Circumstances -- To Sum Up -- Appendix 7.1: Snapshot of Online Content in Use Among K-12 Blended Programs -- Chapter 8 Choose the Model -- Match the Model to the Type of Problem -- Match the Model to the Type of Team -- Match the Model to the Desired Student Experience -- Match the Model to the Role of the Teacher -- Match the Model to the Physical Space -- Match the Model to the Availability of Internet-Enabled Devices -- Prioritizing Options and Making the Selection -- Moving toward Multiple Models -- To Sum Up -- Appendix 8.1: Which Blended-Learning Model Matches Your Circumstances Best? -- Part 4 Implementing -- Chapter 9 Create the Culture -- What Is Culture? -- The Power of Culture for Children -- The Power of Culture in Schools -- How to Shape Culture -- The Power of Culture in Blended-Learning Implementations -- It's Not Too Late -- To Sum Up -- Chapter 10 Discover Your Way to Success -- Discovery-Driven Planning -- Start with the Outcomes -- Create an Assumptions Checklist -- Implement a Plan-To Learn More -- Should We Go Forward, Change, or Shelve the Plan? -- To Sum Up -- Chapter 11 Conclusion -- Implement over Time -- Blended Learning Is a Team Sport -- Understand, Mobilize, Design, Implement -- Appendix: Questions for Discussion -- Index -- EULA.

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