Criteria

=Criteria for a Blended Classroom=
 * **A blended classroom should ...** || **A blended classroom**
 * should not have...** ||
 * __Look like__
 * a trained teacher
 * clear learning targets posted
 * well managed
 * collaboration online and face-to-face
 * student-centered approach
 * methods to gather formative assessment data online or F2F
 * some videotaped lectures or demonstrations
 * students know what to do when the teacher is away (a syllabus or guide with a calendar)
 * planning for all students to be engaged
 * regular, personalized contact between teacher and students
 * students are prepared for class by interacting with material ahead of time || * chaos
 * off-task students
 * one delivery method
 * one assessment approach
 * one teaching style
 * little interaction with the teacher
 * poorly functioning equipment
 * teacher-centered approach ||
 * __Sound like__
 * on-task discussion
 * asking the teacher questions
 * dialogue and/or discussions in class
 * lectures that are taped and shorter than you would hear face-to-face ||  ||

Here are samples of classroom situations. Using the above criteria, which could be described as blended classrooms? I realize that still pictures cannot tell the full story so you are welcome to speculate on what could be going on there.

[|Sample A]: This picture comes from the University of Birmingham and is identified as a blended learning example. Would you agree?

Sample B: Play the video below. It is entitled "The Flipped Classroom" and was posted on YouTube by Jonathan Bergmann. media type="youtube" key="2H4RkudFzlc" height="230" width="405"

[|Sample C] Look at what the boy and girl are doing in the picture.