Comments on: Students come first - blended learning in a distributed model: An interview with Donelle Batty. http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006 an e-journal of learning and innovation Wed, 16 May 2012 16:54:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Margaret McAllister http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/edition-10/blended-learning-in-a-distributed-model-an-interview-with-donelle-batty#comment-7637 Margaret McAllister Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:18:22 +0000 http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/edition-10/blended-learning-in-a-distributed-model-an-interview-with-donelle-batty/#comment-7637 Hi Donelle, I love your videos. Great idea! I'm an educator in nursing. Can you tell me briefly what a "distributed model" means? Margaret Hi Donelle, I love your videos. Great idea! I’m an educator in nursing. Can you tell me briefly what a “distributed model” means?

Margaret

]]> By: Donelle Batty http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/edition-10/blended-learning-in-a-distributed-model-an-interview-with-donelle-batty#comment-127 Donelle Batty Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:10:01 +0000 http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/edition-10/blended-learning-in-a-distributed-model-an-interview-with-donelle-batty/#comment-127 Please feel free to ask questions about online blended delivery and the programs that I am involved in. Please feel free to ask questions about online blended delivery and the programs that I am involved in.

]]> By: Mick Chalmers http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/edition-10/blended-learning-in-a-distributed-model-an-interview-with-donelle-batty#comment-126 Mick Chalmers Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:34:05 +0000 http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/edition-10/blended-learning-in-a-distributed-model-an-interview-with-donelle-batty/#comment-126 Donelle is widely recognised as an outstanding online teacher. We are lucky to have her in the Online Campus. It is increasingly difficult to entice Principals to allow teachers with Donelle's skills to deliver programs to students in remote schools and skill centres, and to lead other schools into online and flexible delivery. The strength of Donelle's program comes from Donelle's skills - not all teachers are 'good' online teachers AND from the strength of the distributed model i.e. Donelle is based in a school. Her online students are also in groups in schools with Donelle as their online teacher - but with a support teacher who is really team teaching with Donelle. Donelle's program is mainstream. It is improving retention in education and rural opportunity. Donelle is widely recognised as an outstanding online teacher. We are lucky to have her in the Online Campus. It is increasingly difficult to entice Principals to allow teachers with Donelle’s skills to deliver programs to students in remote schools and skill centres, and to lead other schools into online and flexible delivery.

The strength of Donelle’s program comes from Donelle’s skills - not all teachers are ‘good’ online teachers AND from the strength of the distributed model i.e. Donelle is based in a school. Her online students are also in groups in schools with Donelle as their online teacher - but with a support teacher who is really team teaching with Donelle.

Donelle’s program is mainstream. It is improving retention in education and rural opportunity.

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