The
BlendKit Course is a set of subject matter neutral, open educational resources related to blended learning developed by the University of Central Florida. Periodically, a facilitated open, online course is offered in MOOC format to cohorts of interested faculty and institutions. The goal of the facilitated BlendKit Course is to assist participants in the design and development of a blended learning course via the consideration of key issues related to blended learning and practical step-by-step guidance that help participants produce actual materials for their blended courses.
A facilitated BlendKit Course is planned for 2016. The
BlendKit2016 MOOC,
opening February 22, 2016, will be facilitated by
Dr. Rohan Jowallah and
Dr. Baiyun Chen from the University of Central Florida. In addition to the BlendKit course materials (i.e., readings from scholarly works pertaining to blended learning, document templates, and practical step-by-step "how-to" guides), BlendKit2016 will provide an orientation, five weeks of facilitation in the form of regular email communications, weekly webinars with guest presenters, blogging/social networking interaction opportunities, and more.
Open SUNY COTE plans to organize Open SUNY campus cohorts to participate in BlendKit2016 as a means to engage SUNY faculty in an online competency development offering targeting blended learning. The Open SUNY COTE community will discuss how we can best take advantage of participation as a an Open SUNY cohort in this blended learning opportunity.
To learn more about this blended learning faculty development opportunity, please join members of the BlendKit team and special guests Wilma Hodges and Jen Dalby on
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 1pm-2pm (US ET; -5 UTC). Registration for the informational webinar is free of charge.
Note: Everyone who registers will receive a courtesy email reminder before the session and a link to the recording after the session.
Warm regards,
The Open SUNY COTE Team
