NCVPS Introduces Blended Modular Learning to North Carolina [E-lert for Jan. 28, 2010]

Typically when a students fails a unit in a course, the student has to advance to the next unit when the rest of the class does, regardless if he or she is ready to advance. Modular learning takes the best of what online and traditional classroom resources have to offer and helps the failing student master the concepts of a unit and advance with the necessary skills.

NCVPS and three districts are piloting modular learning this spring on a small scale. Specific modules in Algebra I, Algebra II, English I, and Physical Science have been developed. This blended learning approach allows the face-to-face (f2f) teacher to use NCVPS modules with NCVPS teachers to reteach material a student may be struggling with in the f2f environment. The NCVPS teacher works with the f2f teacher as the student moves through the online material.

Our plan is to finish development of these four courses this spring and have them available for the state in the fall 2010. Further courses will become "modularized" as we are able to develop them. Training modules will be created for the participating districts.