Blended Learning Toolkit: Digital Education Essentials

This comprehensive course offers a deep dive into the world of digital education, catering to teaching professionals, program directors, and academics interested in implementing digital education programs. It provides a rich historical context of digital education initiatives, coupled with practical guidance on managing and organizing digital education projects. The curriculum covers essential topics such as blended learning fundamentals, backwards course design, project planning, class filming techniques, effective use of Zoom, and digital class delivery. Drawing from Columbia University's best practices and those of peer institutions worldwide, the course incorporates insights from over 50 interviews conducted for the "Leveling the Learning Curve" book project. Participants will benefit from exclusive interviews with leaders of top digital education programs at renowned universities and organizations like the World Bank, UNDP, and PBS Learning Media. The course also features panel discussions from the "Leveling The Learning Curve" conference and provides downloadable resources to aid in setting up digital education units. Covering aspects of digital education administration, online teaching and learning theories, and HyFlex learning classroom implementation, this course offers a holistic understanding of digital tools in education and their effective application.