Blended [[electronic resource] ] : Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460199003321
• Autore: Horn Michael B
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, : Wiley, 2014
• ISBN: 1-119-41329-X; 1-118-95517-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (333 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): StakerHeather
• Disciplina: 371.3
• Soggetti: Blended learning - United States; Computer-assisted instruction - United States; Internet in education - United States; School management and organization; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Videos; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Introduction; Pattern of Disruptive Innovation; Disruptive Innovation and Online Learning; The Factory-Based Model of Schooling; Student-Centered Learning; Why Schools Are Reaching a Tipping Point; Building a Field of Experts; What You'll Find in This Book; Part 1 Understanding; Chapter 1 What Is Blended Learning?; Online Learning's Upward March; What Blended Learning Is and Isn't; Models of Blended Learning; Mixing of Blended Models; To Sum Up; Appendix 1.1: Discussion of Key Terms; Appendix 1.2: K-12 Blended-Learning Taxonomy Chapter 2 Are All Classrooms Going to Blend?; The Theory of Hybrids; Is Blended Learning Disruptive?; Hybrid Models of Blended Learning; Disruptive Models of Blended Learning; Foreseeing the K-12 Education Revolution; What Is to Become of Schools?; To Sum Up; Part 2 Mobilizing; Chapter 3 Start with the Rallying Cry; The Alternative to Cramming; Defining the Problem or Stating the Goal; Should Leaders Focus on Sustaining or Disruptive Rallying Cries?; How to Identify Core Opportunities; How to Identify Nonconsumption Opportunities; Threats versus Opportunities To Sum Up; Chapter 4 Organize to Innovate; A Framework for Team Design; Applying the Team Framework to Schools; Using Multiple Types of Teams; The Cost of Getting It Wrong; To Sum Up; Part 3 Designing; Chapter 5 Motivate the Students; The Importance of Student Willingness to Learn; The Jobs-to-Be-Done Theory; Students' Jobs to Be Done; The Architecture of a Job; Fulfilling the Job for Students; What to Integrate, and How; Blended Learning's Role in Fulfilling Student Jobs; The Danger of Asking Students to Change Jobs; To Sum Up; Chapter 6 Elevate Teaching; Designing the Teacher Role from the Student Perspective Designing the Teacher Role from the Teacher Perspective; Doing Right for Students and Teachers; To Sum Up; Chapter 7 Design the Virtual and Physical Setup; Product Architecture and Interfaces; The Shift in Personal Computer Architecture; The Shift toward Modularity in Education; Integrated versus Modular Online Content; Integrated versus Modular Operating Systems; Integrated versus Modular Physical Space; Aligning Your Strategy to Your Circumstances; To Sum Up; Appendix 7.1: Snapshot of Online Content in Use Among K-12 Blended Programs; Chapter 8 Choose the Model Match the Model to the Type of Problem; Match the Model to the Type of Team; Match the Model to the Desired Student Experience; Match the Model to the Role of the Teacher; Match the Model to the Physical Space; Match the Model to the Availability of Internet-Enabled Devices; Prioritizing Options and Making the Selection; Moving toward Multiple Models; To Sum Up; Appendix 8.1: Which Blended-Learning Model Matches Your Circumstances Best?; Part 4 Implementing; Chapter 9 Create the Culture; What Is Culture?; The Power of Culture for Children; The Power of Culture in Schools
• Sommario/riassunto: Navigate the transition to blended learning with this practical field guide Blended is the practical field guide for implementing blended learning techniques in K-12 classrooms. A follow-up to the bestseller Disrupting Class by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael Horn, and Curtis Johnson, this hands-on guide expands upon the blended learning ideas presented in that book to provide practical implementation guidance for educators seeking to incorporate online learning with traditional classroom time. Readers will find a step-by-step framework upon which to build a more student-centered system, along

The evangelical rhetoric of Ramon Llull : lay learning and piety in the Christian West around 1300 / / Mark D. Johnston

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910962160303321
• Autore: Johnston Mark D (Mark David), <1952->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, c1996
• ISBN: 0-19-773905-9; 1-280-52746-3; 0-19-535820-1; 1-4294-1547-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Collana: Oxford scholarship online
• Disciplina: 189.4; 189/.4; 196.1
• Soggetti: Rhetoric, Medieval; Spiritual life - Christianity - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 1996.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; 1. Ramon Llull's Art of Arts; 2. Language as Being; 3. Language in Mind; 4. Invention; 5. Beauty in Language; 6. Beauty through Resemblance; 7. Order; 8. Propriety in Speaking; 9. Virtue in Speaking; 10. Llull's Sermons; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: This is a critical analysis of the rhetorical and preaching theories of the 13-century Spanish philosopher and theologian, Ramon Llull. It demonstrates how Llull adapted commonplace ideas of courtly speech and popular sermons in order to create a unitary art of secular and sacred eloquence.