Books by Karen T. Arnesen

This book is a guide to blended teaching in K-12 classrooms. It is a follow-up to Volume 1 the K-12 Blended Teaching: A Guide to Personalized Learning and Online Integration. The purpose of this book is to provide rich examples of the four blended teaching competencies from a disciplinary perspective. The first three chapters of the book provide definitions and an overview of the blended teaching framework. Subsequent chapters are organized into sections that focus on blended teaching in specific disciplines. Each section has the following chapters

• Introductions – video introductions to the model teachers who will share video examples throughout the section.
• Why Blend? – descriptions from the model teachers about why they chose to try blended learning in their classrooms.
• Online Integration and Management – Examples about how to effectively combine online instruction with in-person instruction.
• Online Interaction – Examples about how to facilitate online interactions with and between students.
• Data Practices – Examples about how to use digital tools to monitor student activity and performance in order to guide student growth.
• Personalizing Instruction – Examples about how to implement a learning environment that allows for student customization of goals, pace, and/or learning path.

This book is your guide to blended teaching in K-12 spaces. It was designed to help both pre-service teachers and in-service teachers prepare their classes for blended teaching. This book begins by orienting you to the foundational dispositions and skills needed to support your blended teaching practice. Then you will be introduced to four key competencies for blended teaching:

• Online Integration – ability to effectively combine online instruction with in-person instruction.
• Data Practices – ability to use digital tools to monitor student activity and performance in order to guide student growth.
• Personalizing Instruction – ability to implement a learning environment that allows for student customization of goals, pace, and/or learning path.
• Online Interaction – ability to facilitate online interactions with and between students.

This book received the 2018 AECT Outstanding Book Award!

"What is this field?" "Where have we come from as a discipline, and where are we going?" "What do I want to study?"These and other questions are typical for new students in the field of Learning and Instructional Design Technology. This textbook is designed to help answer these questions and provide the quickest route to understanding the history and current trends in the field. After surveying classic theories and writings, as well as more recent applications of theory and practice, students will be better prepared to chart their own course and careers within the discipline. This book is designed to support foundations courses common in departments, as well as seminars on current trends and issues.