Blended Learning Classroom (BLC) Model:

Integrating Lesson Study andOpen Approach Innovations
for the New Normal

Assoc. Prof. Maitree Inprasitha, Ph.D.

Vice President for Education and Academic Services
Acting Director, Institute for Research and Development in Teaching Profession (IRDTP)
for ASEAN, Khon Kaen University, Thailand

WHAT IS THE

TURNING
POINTSst
OF THE 21 CENTURY?

Cone of Learning (Dale, 1969)
Passive
Learning

ActiveLearningมิติเชิงพฤติกรรมการเรียนรู้
3

WhatisBonwell and Eison (1991)
define active learning as“

instructional
activities involving
students indoing thingsand thinking about
what they are doing.

4Metacognition roughly means“awareness of their own thinking”
or, “Thinking of Thinking”(Flavell, 1975)
5

Revisit is active learning instthe 21 Century?
MEXT, Japan

Fukai Manabu: Deep Learning
Shutai Teki: Thinking by/ for themselves
Taiwa Teki: Through Discussion

Active Learning is learning tocreate awareness about their own
thinking through discussion andsharing the ideas with others(Inprasitha, 2003)

A Weekly Cycle of Learning
Weekly Cycle ofLesson Study

Teachers
collaboratively design
problem situations,once a week
(Collaboratively Plan)

The school principal
reflects with LS team andother teachers, once aweek (Whole schoolapproach)(Collaboratively See)

(Inprasitha, 2006)

Teacher teaches by using
Open Approach in normalclasses(Collaboratively Do)

Transforming Classroom Practices
with Open Approachteacher posetask/ problem
situationteacher observe
students’ ideas

teacher andstudents
summarize byconnecting ideas”
that emerged in
the classroom

teacher andstudents discussand compare
ideas in theclassroom(Inprasitha, 2006)

TLSOA as a Weekly Cycle of Learning model
Teachers
collaboratively design
problem situations,once a weekLessonStudy

Posing open-ended
problem or task in order tobe students’ problem

OpenApproach
Discuss and compare“students’ ideas” and help
them to express theirreasonsWeekly Cycle of Learning
Driving whole school approach with weekly cycle of Learning through Thailand Lesson Studyand Open Approach (TLSOA) (Inprasitha, 2003; 2006; 2011; 2016; 2017)

TLSOA as Professional Learning Community
PLC4: Yearly cycle of Learning(National Open Class)
PLC3: Semester cycle of Learning(School Open Class)
PLC2:School Weekly cycle of Learning

OpenApproachLessonStudy

Discuss and compare“students’ ideas” andhelp them to express
their reasons

PLC1: Weekly cycle of Learning

Inprasitha, 2003; 2006; 2011; 2016; 2017)11The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed
possibilities for change in a world in crisis
from both environmental and social
violence (Wagner, 2021).
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to school
closures in most countries around theworld and has interrupted the school
attendance of at least 1.5 billion students in2020 and 2021(OECD, 2022).
During COVID-19 pandemic, 70 percent of
10-year-olds in 'learning poverty', unable toread and understand a simple text(unicef, 2022).

What is the realcondition of
education in
COVID-19
pandemic ?

What are the condition forclassroom practice?

On-site vs Online
orSelf Learning andInteraction Learning
Time Management

Learning
throughInteraction

BLC

Self Learning

Blended Learningis learning that focuses on the blended
self-learning and interaction of(Inprasitha, 2021)

Live and On-DemandBlended Learning in
Extended Classroom
New Extended Classroomthat are designed to blend
students’ self-learning andinteraction for Active Learning(Inprasitha, 2021)

BlendedLearning
Classroom
MODEL(Inprasitha, 2020; 2021)

ODCการร่วมมือกันวาง
แผนการสอนรายสัปดาห์(Collaboratively Plan)การร่วมมือกันสะท้อนผลการสอน
รายสัปดาห์(Collaboratively See)การร่วมมือกันสังเกตการสอนรายคาบใน
แต่ละสัปดาห์(Collaboratively Do)

BLENDED-LEARNING
CLASSROOMODC

On-demandclassroom

Classroom that focus on Students’ self
learning by their own studying. Ondemand classroom can happen
anywhere and anytime on-demand of
the student (no appointments with theteacher). But using context, conditionsof the task/ problem situations design
provided by their teacher.
(Inprasitha, 2020; 2021)

ODCการร่วมมือกันวาง
แผนการสอนรายสัปดาห์(Collaboratively Plan)

BLCการร่วมมือกันสังเกตการสอนรายคาบใน
Modelแต่ละสัปดาห์

การร่วมมือกัน
สะท้อนผลการสอน
รายสัปดาห์(Collaboratively See)

(Collaboratively Do)

BLENDED-LEARNING
CLASSROOM

VLC

Visual/ Virtuallive classroom

Classrooms that emphasize
on “Learning together” or“collaborative learning”(make appointments withthe teacher)(Inprasitha, 2020; 2021)

ODCการร่วมมือกันวางแผนการสอนรายสัปดาห์(Collaboratively Plan)

BLCการร่วมมือกันสังเกตการสอนรายคาบใน
Modelแต่ละสัปดาห์

การร่วมมือกันสะท้อนผลการสอน
รายสัปดาห์(Collaboratively See)

(Collaboratively Do)

BLENDED-LEARNING
CLASSROOM

FFC

Face-to-faceclassroom

Classrooms that focus onlearning to raiseawareness (Deep Learning)by reflecting on learning
outcomes to create "Learn
how to learn"(Inprasitha, 2020; 2021)

ODCการร่วมมือกันวางแผนการสอนรายสัปดาห์(Collaboratively Plan)

BLCการร่วมมือกันสังเกตการสอนรายคาบใน
Modelแต่ละสัปดาห์

การร่วมมือกันสะท้อนผลการสอนรายสัปดาห์(Collaboratively See)

(Collaboratively Do)