Blended Learning | Viewpoint 5 Skills for Blended-Learning
Teachers In the seventh installment of their monthly column,
blended learning experts Michael B. Horn and Heather Staker
outline the five skills that will increasingly be important for
many teachers in the future. - By Michael Horn, Heather Staker
As more schools adopt blended-learning models, the role of the
teacher is shifting. As a result, teachers need different skills
to be successful. Although it is hard to generalize across the
landscape of blended learning because of the rapid pace of
innovation in the models, the differences between the models,
and the continued changes in technology, there are five common
skills that teachers will likely need to be successful in a
blended-learning environment. 1) Comfort with 'Chaos' One of the
biggest shifts in a blended-learning environment is often that
students will be engaged in different activities and working on
different concepts and skills. Teachers must learn to be
comfortable facilitating learning