Hybrid Learning   blending traditional with technical

Summer Workgroups are semi-structured development environments for faculty who are interested in using technology in various ways to support teaching and learning.  As in past summers, these are not classes; rather they are groups of peers (from different departments and with differing levels of expertise) who share responsibility for contributing information, successes, failures, questions, answers, and ideas.  Again, like last summer, this summer our work will be both time and place-shifted.  That means that the participants (that's you and me) can work from any place, at times that suit us.  We chose this environment again this summer because that seems to be the direction some of us are moving, and we thought it would be fruitful to learn in the same manner in which we plan to teach. 

The workgroup will be composed of three elements: publication space, communication environments, and specialized tools.  Each of us will be expected to share our projects by publishing them on the web, to contribute to a discussion about the issues involved in teaching and learning online, and to explore some specialized tools (depending on our specific goals and interests).   In addition, we will provide some interesting readings, bibliography, pointers, suggestions, and resources, as well as technical support when necessary.

Your faculty group leaders are Marla DeSoto and Larry Bohlender, and the staff of the Innovation Center and the TED Center.