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Hi TOPcast Insiders!

If you are opening this message the day it is sent (which the great majority of you do as our analytics tell us), then please make the impulsive choice to join us TODAY (11/2/2020) for the LIVE recording of the “TOPcast & Friends Holiday Special” via YouTube Live from 4pm-5pm (US Eastern Time; UTC -5). There will be past guests, whimsy, appreciation, aspiration, and interaction. We would love to have you casually watch/listen or actively participate via YouTube live chat. Don’t miss out! Set an alarm and bookmark the link!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Bhg1o-kxI

- Tom and Kelvin

TOPcast Insider - Exclusive Bonus Content

Slides with Linked Presenter Audio: “Tools for Thinking About Blended Learning in US Higher Education”
Session by Kelvin at the First Online World Conference on Blended Learning (June 2020)

Ep77: Field Report #8: Strategic Blended Learning in “COVID Times”

Tom and Kelvin consider the strategic role blended learning can have during the pandemic as higher ed institutions begin planning for their eventual return to f2f instruction. This episode is the eighth in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in getting through the current era of “remote teaching” necessitated by COVID-19.

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Blended Learning Toolkit
The BlendKit Course Materials (Design docs for building better blended courses)
UCF Course Modality Definitions (including "mixed-mode" (M) for blended)
[On Multimodal] "Academic digital literacy – A journey we all need to take" (in University World News)
In EDUCAUSE Review "Bichronous Online Learning: Blending Asynchronous and Synchronous Online Learning"
TOPcast Episode 71: "Finding Flexibility for F2F This Fall: The BlendFlex Approach"
Past TOPcast Episodes Addressing "Blended Learning"

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Video Version of This Episode! (Includes "socially distanced" recording by Tom and Kelvin)

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