The Quick Guide to Simultaneous, Hybrid, and Blended Learning

Douglas Fisher is professor and chair of educational leadership at San Diego State University and a leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. Previously, Doug was an early intervention teacher and elementary school educator. He is a credentialed teacher and leader in California. In 2022, he was inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame by the Literacy Research Association. He has published widely on literacy, quality instruction, and assessment, as well as books such as Welcome to Teaching, PLC+, Teaching Students to Drive their Learning, and Student Assessment: Better Evidence, Better Decisions, Better Learning. Nancy Frey is professor of educational leadership at San Diego State University and a leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. Previously, Nancy was a teacher, academic coach, and central office resource coordinator in Florida. She is a credentialed special educator, reading specialist, and administrator in California. She is a member of the International Literacy Association's Literacy Research Panel. She has published widely on literacy, quality instruction, and assessment, as well as books such as The Artificial Intelligences Playbook, How Scaffolding Works, How Teams Work, and The Vocabulary Playbook. Dr. John Almarode is a bestselling author and an Associate Professor of Education at James Madison University. He was awarded the inaugural Sarah Miller Luck Endowed Professorship in 2015 and received an Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council for Higher Education in Virginia in 2021. Before his academic career, John started as a mathematics and science teacher in Augusta County, Virginia. As an author, John has written multiple educational books focusing on science and mathematics, and he has co-created a new framework for developing, implementing, and sustaining professional learning communities called PLC+. Dr. Almarode's work has been presented to the US Congress, the Virginia Senate, and the US Department of Education. One of his recent projects includes developing the Distance Learning Playbook for College and University Instruction in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Continuing his collaborative work with colleagues on what works best in teaching and learning, How Tutoring Works, Visible Learning in Early Childhood, and How Learning Works, all with Corwin Press, were released in 2021. Aleigha Henderson-Rosser, Ed.D. currently serves as the Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Technology in Atlanta Public Schools. Her primary role as chief enthusiast and champion of innovative pedagogies and 21st Century Teaching and Learning keeps her close to the work of Instructional Technology as a practitioner. She has served as a Middle School Science Teacher, Instructional Technology Specialist, Coordinator of Professional Learning and Administrator for one of Georgia's First Virtual High Schools. Dr. Henderson-Rosser completed her Doctoral studies at Georgia State University in Educational Policy Studies. She is an author and has been featured in various publications as well as a conference presenter at a number of educational leadership conferences. Her International and National involvement in the instructional technology community consists of serving as founding member and Board member of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACoL) - Georgia Chapter, member of the Learning Forward (formerly National Staff Develop Council), and just recently asked to serve as a Coalition Member with the Rise- Up Coalition which is dedicated to implement and action agenda to reflect and address the needs of students of color.

If you want to work smarter versus harder in this time of distance learning, this book is for you! Schools and teachers worldwide face unique challenges as they work to accommodate and transform the methods in which they provide quality learning and teaching through various formats of distance learning. The Quick Guide to Simultaneous, Hybrid, and Blended Learning provides the needed clarity and specificity in how to navigate developing and managing quality teaching and learning experiences in any distance learning environment or platform. Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, John Almarode, and Aleigha Henderson-Rosser offer practical and authentic ideas on how to maximize and adapt for student learning and engagement in an ever-changing environment. The timing of this book is impeccable and will transform the ways in which schools and teachers intentionally plan and deliver quality instructional practices. -- Debra Cale * Dallas Center, IA * As an educator in a large urban district that utilizes all three of these models to help us deliver on our promise of equity, I can honestly say that The Quick Guide to Simultaneous, Hybrid, and Blended Learning offers every educator the entry point they need to increase students' learning, collaboration, and agency in any context. Through multiple research-based, classroom-tested practices and examples, this book gives educators the practical strategies and structures we need to enhance our simultaneous instruction. A must-read, The Quick Guide confronts the doubts and challenges associated with simultaneous and hybrid environments by offering implement-right-away solutions that inspire readers to see that, regardless of the modality or context in which students learn, learning at high levels is still possible for all students. -- Kierstan Barbee * Dallas, TX * This is the book that I have been waiting for! After schools shut down because of the pandemic and we realized that our return to school would not be "business as usual," I was having a difficult time imagining what school would look like in a simultaneous learning environment. This guide gives me permission to use what I know but extends the paradigm in which I was thinking. Clarity, a crucial component in designing effective learning experiences, is addressed and amplified in this guide to help allay some of my concerns. Student engagement, something at the forefront of every educator's mind, is also on the minds of the authors. This guidebook is easy to follow but allows the reader to take the ideas and adapt them to their own situation. So helpful! -- Melanie Janzen * San Bernardino, CA * This book is a multipurpose tool for the educator's toolbox. The information and examples combine for methodologies to not only be used during a pandemic but to truly provide a bridge into future learning and instruction. -- Douglas Howell * Pocatello, ID * The Quick Guide to Simultaneous, Hybrid, and Blended Learning by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, John Almarode, and Aleigha Henderson-Rosser is a practical guide for educators at all levels. From definitions to learning models to digital tools, this book has a little bit of everything for educators who are implementing remote learning (and aren't we all?)! The potential learning models described are especially helpful for academic administrators determining how to pivot to remote learning, and weekly plans for each learning type support classroom implementation. The authors also provide practical solutions for common problems in remote learning, including student engagement and how to teach in-person and remote students simultaneously. I'll be flipping through my Quick Guide to apply these solutions for semesters to come. -- Elizabeth E. Smith * The University of Tulsa, OK * This is a must-have for all involved with thinking about and involved with distance learning. This book is insightful and provides administrators and teachers with the tools and questions to think about when planning high-quality, rigorous, and engaging lessons-whether they are doing so asynchronously or synchronously. Examples and key insights from educators already immersed in the field provide yet another handy resource from which teachers and administrators can easily flip through and glean ideas. As distance learning is now changing the way in which we teach and the structure in how our students learn, this book is essential for anyone who is thinking about designing a high-quality distance learning model. -- Lisa C. Chen * Mineral, VA * Managing technology has been a challenge for our teachers and students. The Quick Guide to Simultaneous, Hybrid, and Blended Learning gives teachers the techniques to deal with technical complexities in smart and creative ways. We need to save time for meaningful instruction and one of the ways we can do that is not to narrate all that we're doing to students. Give students the time to read the instructions, charts, and other visual aids, and let them take ownership of the learning process. Students are loving that autonomy! -- Elizabeth Cardenas-Lopez * Evanston, IL *