Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 5, 2021

When I work with teachers shifting to blended learning, I strive to establish the WHY driving our work together. I want teachers to understand the purpose and value of the shift to blended learning. Blended learning is not a reaction to a moment. Blended Learning Benefit #1: Student Agency.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

When I work with schools that have already adopted the UDL framework, they immediately recognize how blended learning can help teachers to implement many of the principles of UDL more effectively. I believe that blended learning models can make putting UDL into practice more manageable. Engagement. Self-Regulation.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 11, 2021

Like many, this teacher felt intense pressure to teach the standards and wasn’t sure how to embrace Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and blended learning. The same class may have students who don’t have the necessary prior knowledge or language skills to understand the information presented.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 13, 2020

Can teachers who are teaching an AP course use blended learning models and cover the extensive curriculum? I get asked this question frequently as a blended learning coach. In this guest post, Cori Schwarzrock shares her experience using blended learning models in her AP psychology course.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

In my last blog, I focused on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principle of representation. I described how blended and online learning can help educators provide opportunities for students to perceived and engage with information presented in multiple modalities. Check out my self-paced online course.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 21, 2021

I like to compare the teacher’s work designing learning experiences to the work of an architect. In my new book with Dr. Katie Novak, UDL and Blended Learning , I share a story about working with an architect to design a new home after my family lost our house in the Tubbs Fire in 2017. Summer Learning Opportunities.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2022

When I facilitate blended learning workshops, I ask participants to think about these three roles and identify the role they spend the most time and energy in. Most teachers dedicate significant time and energy to their instructor role, explaining complex concepts and processes and modeling specific strategies and skills.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

When I train coaches supporting teachers in the shift to blended learning, I share my blended learning coaching cycle, which I wrote about in Power Up Blended Learning. It is essential to “think big and start small” when onboarding a teacher to a new blended learning model.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In my last blog, I focused on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principle of engagement. I highlighted how blended learning can help educators more effectively provide multiple means of engagement to increase student motivation and ensure all students can successfully engage with learning experiences.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

My doctoral research focused on the multidimensional motivational construct of teacher engagement in blended learning environments. Small-scale playlists may focus on introducing students to a particular concept or skill. Need more support getting started with blended learning or online learning?

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 8, 2021

Their needs, skills, interests, pacing, preferences, and language proficiencies are incredibly diverse. I realize that flexibility can feel a bit daunting, both in our design work and as we facilitate a learning experience. This shift in control demands that learners assume more responsibility for their learning.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 29, 2018

The term “blended learning” is an umbrella that encompasses many different models that combine active, engaged learning online with active, engage learning offline. In my book, Blended Learning in Action , I included a chapter on the Whole Group Rotation, which is a modern spin on the Lab Rotation.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 7, 2018

Through the process of blending my practice, I have learned that the material I am teaching is not as important as the soft skills I am fostering in my students for their future. Blended learning helped me transform my role from the gatekeeper of information to a facilitator within my classroom.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2021

Katie Novak and I wrote UDL and Blended Learning: Thriving in Flexible Learning Landscapes to support teachers in developing a mindset, skill set, and toolset nimble enough to traverse any teaching and learning landscape with confidence. It will take time and a willingness to pursue our own learning.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The playlist, or individual rotation model, is a blended learning model that strives to give students more control over the pace and path of their learning. When I facilitate workshops on this model, I describe it as a sequence of learning activities designed to move students toward a specific learning goal or objective.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2020

For the better part of a decade, many schools have been implementing blended learning models that integrate online learning with brick-and-mortar instruction to rethink time, space and staffing. Flipped Classroom: Making the most of independent and in-class learning Flipped Classroom model.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Teachers juggling the concurrent classroom with some students physically attending class and others joining remotely via video conferencing are trying to balance the demands of teaching in two learning landscapes simultaneously. ” When I say “less,” I am not suggesting that students learn less—quite the opposite.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 10, 2022

As a result, they are not developing their metacognitive, critical thinking, and self-regulatory skills; all of which are critical to success both in the classroom and beyond. When teachers do the bulk of the thinking and work, they rob students of opportunities to develop these critical life skills.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In the early days of my transition to blended learning, I had one Chromebook, which I received after writing a Donor’s Choose project. It is a series of stations, or learning activities, that students rotate through. Typically, there is a teacher-led station, an online station, and an offline station.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 23, 2021

For teachers who want more support developing their blended learning and online learning skills to feel more confident teaching online, in-class, on a hybrid schedule, or in a concurrent classroom, I have two self-paced courses available ! If you missed the live show, you can access the recorded webinar.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2017

This Blended Learning Model is Working. VGV is the first RI school designed from Day 1 to be a competency- and equity-based, personalized blended learning model. Next page: A day in the blended learning life for students and teachers).

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 16, 2021

Student agency, or a students’ ability to make key decisions about their learning experience, is an essential aspect of blended learning. Choice boards fall within the umbrella of blended learning when we combine active, engaged learning online with active, engaged learning offline.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 31, 2020

As an advocate of blended learning, my focus is on helping teachers design and facilitate learning experiences that are differentiated for specific groups of students and personalized for individual learners. 3 Students are capable of self-directed learning. 1 Relationships need to be our #1 priority. This is not new.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2016

In Arkansas, as in most states, student interest in online learning is skyrocketing. While most students still take at least some of their courses in a face-to-face setting, the need to scale online learning opportunities for thousands of students has required new infrastructure, new curriculum, and, of course, new teachers.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 24, 2020

During small group differentiated instruction, teachers can connect with learners and use their expertise to figure out what type of explanation or level of support a group of students need to understand a key concept or master a specific skill. . The affordances of each learning landscape–in person and online–are not being leveraged.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 11, 2020

It is the educators who understand this truth and design and facilitate learning experiences that align with this truth who have had the most success navigating this challenging moment in education. If they want to discuss their goals and progress, they will need their goal-setting sheet. This preparation work is best done during class.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

First, let’s establish the value of the flipped classroom in case you have never used this blended learning model. First, I want to encourage every teacher using a blended learning model to clearly explain WHY they are using this model to students and their families.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Add a Dash of Professional Development to Your Blended-Learning Program. That gives busy teachers a chance to tweak their skills with a minisession before and after school and during planning periods. So, we try to meet our teachers where they are because, just like our students, not every teacher learns in the same way.”.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

In spring 2021, inspired by feedback from students, I redesigned my two undergraduate education courses as blended learning courses. While I was familiar with the benefits of blended learning (e.g., So, what is blended learning? 2019; Vallée et al., 2019; Vallée et al., But, it does not have to be this way!

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 17, 2022

In my research on teacher engagement in blended learning environments, the participants in my study credited their one-on-one and small group interactions as the most important factor in helping them to develop strong relationships with students. Relationships require maintenance. Class Agreements.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2025

In elementary classrooms, the most effective model of blended learning is called the station rotation model. In elementary classrooms, the most effective model of blended learning is called the station rotation model. According to Blended Learning Universe (n.d.), Resources Blended Learning Models.

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eSchool News

JULY 13, 2022

Elementary education is the foundation for early learning, providing students with the skills and community they need for future success in school and life. Thanks to today’s technology, helping them start on the right foot is easier than ever – especially with online learning opportunities.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 27, 2021

If teachers create a standards-aligned rubric that includes descriptions for what the individual skills “look like” on a scale of 1 (beginning) to 4 (mastery), students can use a modified version of that rubric to give peer feedback in the form of an informal assessment. That way, students can reference the rubric as they work.

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eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2017

While reminding students to turn-in assignments is not an easy task, online blended learning platforms are increasingly popular, especially in urban schools. Since students develop technology skills at an early age, they want to embrace technology more often than the regular paper and pencil assignment.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 6, 2021

Consider reorganizing your documents by topic, unit, skill set, or time period and color-code them for easy access. Amy is a Google certified educator adept at designing engaging, student-centered digital curriculum and learning opportunities. This can be a tedious task, so I recommend doing it in small bursts with frequent breaks. .

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 27, 2020

Ask them to share their experiences and offer recommendations they think we can improve online learning in the future. Feedback is an excellent way to continue learning and growing in our practice. Professional learning over the summer should be personalized and fun! Your students are an invaluable source of data.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2018

When I first began blending digital and face-to-face learning, it was easy enough to create a flow between online learning spaces and offline learning. However, I noticed that sometimes my students were not getting as much out of the digital learning platform as I had anticipated.

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