In a world that is now built on technological innovation and disruption, schools and their teachers face a challenge in transforming their practices to accommodate the diversity of students and the opportunities that a new world logic potentially provides for all. This book provides an instructive guide for the teacher and school leader in how to implement a whole of school approach to Blended Learning by providing fresh and research-based insights into what the effective school looks like in the future-Professor Bruce Allen Knight, Deputy Director, Centre for Regional Advancement of Learning, Equity, Access & Participation (LEAP)/ Professor of Education, Central Queensland University Australia, Townsville Campus
This is a book for our time. It provides a clear framework and set of guidelines for understanding how to use technology to effect school improvement and gives the reader plenty of evidence and specific examples for using technology to this end. I found it very helpful as a guide for navigating the balance between personal and online learning at this point in time-Dr Rick van der Zwan, Manager: Education Research and Innovation, Catholic Education Office, Sydney Diocese, Australia
Blended Learning and School Improvement is an important 'how to' book for education at the current time. It provides essential information and rich examples about the role of technology in education today, as well as extensive guidelines and strategies for teachers and school leaders to apply technology effectively. This book is a fundamental resource for the modern educator, and especially so in light of the need for schools to embrace technology more fully in response to the COVID-19 pandemic- Iwao Shibata, Board Chair, Aoba-Japan International School, President, Business Breakthrough, Inc.
Transformational learning is an exploration of what is possible in a rapidly shifting world. In this text the authors provide a scaffold to embrace the possibilities of technology in a learning world. Through connecting, personalising, and facilitating, this text provides a path for learning communities to optimise blended learning. Taking advantage of our digital world, the text connects teaching and learning in a contemporary, authentic and interesting way. It takes time, thinking and resolution to embrace the possibilities. The text charts the course- Janeen Silcock, Principal, School Leadership.