IDEAL Distance Education and Blended Learning Handbook, 7th edition
EdTech Center at World Education, Inc.
The IDEAL Distance Education and Blended Learning Handbook guides adult educators through the process of creating a distance education or blended learning program design.
What This Includes
Skills addressed: Digital Literacy, Teamwork, Navigating & Using Information, Adaptability, Leadership
Handbook resources
- Each chapter covers one aspect of improving upon or planning for a distance or blended adult education program
- Chapters include Setting the Stage, Recruitment, Screening, Orientation, Instruction, Assessment, and Administrative Issues
- Each chapter includes a topic overview, implementation recommendations, and reflection activities to codify understanding and adapt learning to program context
- Appendices with program content that can be used as is or modified
Key Takeaways
- The handbook provides step-by-step guidance for adult education programs and practitioners creating distance or blended learning programs that can offer learners more opportunities and flexibility to meet their goals.
- Although this guide was developed for practitioners in adult education, practitioners in workforce development, higher education, and other settings delivering remote programming will find it relevant.
- This edition of the handbook integrates distance learning innovations from the adult education community in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with evidence-based strategies the IDEAL (the Innovating Distance Education in Adult Learning) Consortium has gathered over time.
- The handbook can be paired with the IDEAL 101: Foundations of Distance Education and Blended Learning course.
- The Setting the Stage and Administrative Issues chapters provide background rationale to use with funders when seeking support for distance education, including how it responds to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act and fits into other state and federally funded initiatives.
The IDEAL Distance and Blended Learning Handbook, 7th edition, published in September, 2020, is a product of the EdTech Center at World Education, Inc., and the Innovating Distance Education in Adult Learning (IDEAL) Consortium. The IDEAL Consortium, which was founded as Project IDEAL in 2002, has been hosted by World Education since 2015. The IDEAL Consortium offers professional development, technical support, and networking opportunities to its seventeen member states as they lay the foundation for high quality and innovative distance and blended learning opportunities for adult education programs and their learners. This handbook, as well as a slate of course offerings and an active community of practice, contributes to its professional development outreach to the field.
Adaptability & Flexibility
Digital Literacy
Leadership & Initiative
Navigating & Using Information
Teamwork & Collaboration
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