With support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Simmons College has launched the website Blended Learning at Simmons College:
In addition to serving as a resource for Simmons faculty and students, the site is designed to help schools around the country make a successful transition to blended learning. The site includes information and resources for use in planning, implementing, and assessing the effectiveness of blended programs. In particular, we encourage you to check out five case studies that include video interviews with Simmons faculty, course simulations, and blended course planning exercises. In coming months, additional online case studies and resources will be added to the site.
In addition to the resources they’ve created and provided, which are very good (explore the site to see), I’ve included their external resources list below, as there is some great content on these sites definitely also worth exploring:
Teaching and Learning Centers
- University of Calgary: Teaching and Learning Centre Resource Library
Includes a series of brief tip sheets with methods to improve online teaching and learning. - University of Michigan: Center for Research on Learning and Teaching
Links to online teaching strategies. - Illinois Online
Includes Online Teaching Activity Index (detailed examples) - Visible Knowledge Project
Includes detailed examples of online discussion use.
Course Quality Checklists
- Quality Matters
An inter-institutional quality assurance process for online and blended courses.