一个混合学习模式应当具备的要素

Both synchronous communication and F2F interaction are vital to support the success of online learning. To help explain ways to blend both these education models, I've provided a list of at least four necessary components to include in a blended learning environment:

同步通信和面对面交互对于在线学习取得成功有至关重要的作用。为了帮助解释混合这些学习模式的途径，我为混合学习环境列出了至少四个要素。

1. Your first class should always be Face-to-Face (or at least Real-Time) if possible. Look, when faced with an online contract, we've all scrolled down to the bottom and clicked "I Agree" just to skip reading the thing. Having an initial F2F introduction class helps to set the expectations of the class and put a face to your teacher and classmates. Having offline faces increases online accountability.

If this can't happen in an actual classroom, then perhaps this can happen via virtual conferencing technology or Skype. Regardless of the program, there needs to be voices and faces.

1.如果有可能的话，你的第一节课总应该是面对面的。（或者至少是即时的）看，当我们遇到一个在线协议的时候，我们总是滑动到底部，跳过阅读内容然后点击我同意。有一个初始的面对面介绍的课堂有助于建立对于课堂的期待，并且给同学和老师一个印象。离线的面对面交往会使在线的问责增强。

如果这不能在现实的教室中实施，那么这个也许可以通过虚拟会议技术或者Skype来实现。无论使用什么技术，都要能够被看得见听得到）。

2. Assessments should be real-time and the choice of F2F or online should be made available. For those big assessments, there should be an actual location for local students to attend. For those further away, there needs to be a time period, a window in which to take the test.

 2. 评价反馈应当及时并且应当提供面对面和在线评价两种方式。对于那些大的评价，应该有一个真实的地点供本地的学生参加。对于那些偏远地区的学生，应当有一段时间，一个窗口供他们参与测试。

Contact a local school district to utilize a computer lab. Contact your local library to reserve their computers during a specific time. Make a location for students to gather to take the assessment.

联系当地学区来使用他们的计算机实验室。 联系你当地图书馆，预约一段具体的时间来使用他们的计算机。提供一个地点供学生集中参与评价。

3. There must be multiple times throughout the class that are synchronously conducted. Sure there are many conversations happening asynchronously, threads going on, assignments analyzed, and feedback given at wacky hours of the day and night, but there also must be "class times" where students are sent a link and must attend the real-time conversation between classmates and teacher. This is one of the methods in which adults can model a standard of online conversation. It is also about accountability a vital way to help build community.

3.必须多次贯穿同步进行的课堂。当然，有许多会话是异步的：线程进行，任务分析和结果反馈无时无刻不在进行，但是，必须有把学生联系在一起的并且可以参与老师与同学之间的即时会话的这样一个“课堂”。这是人们可以模仿的在线会话的方法之一。这也是和责任有关的一种重要的帮助社区建设的方法。

4. Differentiate your Content Delivery and Discussion Methods. Online Learning is not differentiated unless teachers specifically utilize the various ways to provide the material. Sure, watching a Powerpoint on one's own time might work for some, but for other online learners, they need real-time Q & A. Classes online are not inherently differentiated if there's only one method of content delivery. Go check out a free chat room for three people here. You can also create your own Second Life island to meet for virtual lessons, or learn more about Adobe Connect Pro or any number of virtual meeting programs in order to provide for all the learners in the community.

4.使你的内容传递和讨论的方法多样化。在线学习模式是单一的，除非老师们有意利用各种方法来提供材料。的确，虽然在有空时看一个ppt可能会有一些效果，但是，对于其他的在线学习者来说，他们需要实时的提问与回答。如果只有一种内容传递的方法，在线课程不会有本质区分。去体验一下这里的三人自由聊天室。你也可以创建你自己的第二人生岛去体验虚拟课程，或者学习更多关于Adobe Connect Pro的内容，或者提供给社区中的学习者的其他的虚拟会议软件。

5. Keep the Class Size Limited. Don't let online learning supporters who do not understand educational quality deceive our K-12 schools into thinking that class sizes can be larger in a distance learning environment and quality won't be affected. Feedback takes time under any circumstances, and that means protecting our students and our class sizes. Take a tip from some of the pioneer districts currently running successful distance learning programs like the one in Riverside, California; there is no escaping the fact that the more students per teacher,the less individualization per student. 

 5. 保持班级规模在一定的范围内。不要让不懂教育质量的在线学习的支持者误导我们的k - 12学校，认为在远程学习环境下班级规模可以扩大而质量不会受到影响。在任何情况下反馈都需要一定的时间,那就意味着需要保护我们的学生和我们的班级规模。借鉴一些当前实施成功的远程学习项目试点区的例子,例如加利福利亚州的“河边计划”;不能否认的事实是,每个老师如果带领更多的学生,那么每个学生的个性化体现将会更少。

Online learning is here and we teachers as experts in education must embrace it. We are a necessary component in its success, but only if we use our knowledge and voices to become a variable in the equation of blended learning.    在线学习已经存在，我们教师作为教育专家必须接受它。我们是它取得成功的一个不可缺少的组成部分,但是只有在我们用我们的知识和声音使自己成为混合学习中的变量的情况下才是。