{"id":7517,"date":"2018-08-10T08:45:02","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T12:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/?p=7517"},"modified":"2018-10-01T21:19:08","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T01:19:08","slug":"garnet-valley-eschool-blended-virtual-in-person-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/garnet-valley-eschool-blended-virtual-in-person-education\/","title":{"rendered":"In-Person, Blended, or Virtual Instruction? A Pennsylvania School Is Letting Students Choose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The often-politicized idea known as school choice states that parents should be able to send their kids to whatever school is available. That can mean a choice between brick-and-mortar public, private, or charter schools along with virtual options. But a Pennsylvania district is beginning to offer an even greater degree of freedom. This coming fall at Garnet Valley High School, learners will have the option to take 11 different courses in person, online, or a combination of the two. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While virtual charter schools typically do very poorly in state and national testing, blended learning has begun to prove itself as a highly effective method of teaching, one that in some instances has been shown to be more effective than traditional education.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>eSchool @ Garnet Valley<\/h1>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But as Garnet Valley director of technology, innovation, and online learning Samuel Mormando told the Philadelphia Inquirer, you don\u2019t need to put all your eggs in one basket. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7519\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7519\" style=\"width: 437px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7519\" src=\"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ousa-chea-552189-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"blended instruction microscopes\" width=\"437\" height=\"291\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ousa Chea, Unsplash.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe believe ultimately that for schools in the future, all courses at high-school level\u00a0should be offered as traditional face-to-face, online, or a combination of the two\u00a0\u2014 blended learning,\u201d he said. \u201cWe believe that\u2019s where education is going.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cOur goal over the next five years or so is to offer every single course at Garnet Valley High School in all three formats and let the student choose what format best suits their learning style.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The potential benefits of this approach are myriad. Learners will see a great deal of flexibility in how they approach a given subject. They won\u2019t need to make sacrifices in choosing one learning style over another. They will also enjoy a great degree of flexibility with their schedule. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Garnet Valley created the 11 hybrid courses following the completion of a successful pilot program which debuted the model last year in an 11th grade U.S. History course taught by Jenn Lavender. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Lavender enjoyed the pilot because she saw different learners thriving in different environments. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cOne particular thing that I noticed is that some of the quieter students\u00a0\u2014 on the shy side, won\u2019t speak out in class\u00a0\u2014 it really gave them a voice,\u201d Lavender told the Inquirer. \u201cIn some of the discussion boards \u2026 the students would really speak out, they had such amazing thoughts and comments\u00a0\u2026 [but] in traditional class you could see they were still shy and quiet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>The Challenges of Mixing Virtual, In-Person, and Blended Learning<\/h1>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">This system also has its own challenges. Because learners are able to study in person, online or both, a class needs to stay on the same page. To make that possible, Garnet Valley teachers need to develop their curriculum for the classroom and an online setting. And that\u2019s one side of online teaching that can often turn an instructor off altogether. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Still, many instructors are welcoming the change. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThat\u2019s been my biggest shift, trusting them and trusting myself to step back a little bit,\u201d said Christine Gumpert, who has taught at Garnett Valley for 15 years, according to the Inquirer. With blended learning, \u201cit doesn\u2019t have to be one particular topic they have to research. [The teacher can say,] \u2018Here\u2019s the whole area, here are a bunch of topics, what speaks to you? What are you interested in?\u2019 \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Garnett Valley has the benefit of using the Schoology learning management system, which is increasingly becoming a popular K-12 product. Teachers also make themselves available to blended and virtual learners via videoconferencing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Garnett Valley administrators believe this investment in online learning will eventually lead to a financial return. Once the program is up and running, they will offer the online courses to learners in other districts. Tuition will cost $10,737 for high schoolers and $19,000 for learners with special needs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cInstead of students going to traditional cyber-charter schools where the level of instruction and rigor is not comparable to Garnet Valley,\u201d said Mormando, \u201cthey can send students to us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Cover Image: Wikimedia Commons.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The often-politicized idea known as school choice states that parents should be able to send their kids to whatever school is available. That can mean a choice between brick-and-mortar public, private, or charter schools along with virtual options. But a Pennsylvania district is beginning to offer an even greater degree of freedom. 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