Learning How to Blend Online and Offline Teaching
Robert Ubell,
EdSurge,
Mar 19, 2022
The key to understanding this post is to note that Robert Ubell uses the terms 'online' and 'offline' in an idiosyncratic manner: "Since these words derived from Greek can be off-putting technical jargon, I'm proposing 'online' instruction as a substitute for synchronous and 'offline' for asynchronous." Um, no, because 'synchronous' instruction can happen both online and offline, and for 'asynchronous' the same is true. And it becomes really confusing when he says things like "Most of us don't think remote students can flip from online to offline and back again—students are either offline or online." Read most charitably, the article is about giving students time to work on their own during live online instruction; for example, we have Jenn Hayslett saying "I try to give learners an opportunity to reflect every time I pose a question." Now maybe there's something to be said here, but changing the meanings of widely used words isn't the way to get at it.
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