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The Harvard Family Research Project separated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education to become the Global Family Research Project as of January 1, 2017. It is no longer affiliated with Harvard University.
August 18, 2015 Lessons From Blended Professional Learning: The Case of Family EngagementMargaret Caspe |
FINE Newsletter, Volume VII, Issue 3
Issue Topic: Blended Professional Learning: Preparing and Supporting Educators to Engage Families
Commentary
Blended learning is an instructional approach that combines, or blends, different teaching strategies while incorporating an array of digital media tools both inside and outside of the classroom. When this format is applied to professional learning—what can be referred to as blended professional learning—educators are given the powerful opportunity to create their own individual professional learning experiences.
In this commentary, Margaret Caspe highlights what effective blended professional learning to prepare and support educators in engaging families can look like. She draws on the lessons Harvard Family Research Project has learned designing and developing interactive blended learning tools, whose features include:
This resource is part of the August FINE Newsletter. The FINE Newsletter shares the newest and best family engagement research and resources from Harvard Family Research Project and other field leaders. To access the archives of past issues, please visit www.hfrp.org/FINENewsletter.