Rotation Model
| Site: | NMIT Moodle |
| Course: | Learning Design Framework Toolkit |
| Book: | Rotation Model |
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| Date: | Friday, 3 May 2024, 1:28 AM |
Description
Introduces the Rotation Model
1. Rotation Model Overview
Reading
According to the Christensen Institute, the Rotation model is “a course or subject in which students rotate on a fixed schedule or at the teacher’s discretion between learning modalities, at least one of which is online learning. Other modalities might include activities such as small-group or full-class instruction, group projects, individual tutoring, and pencil-and-paper assignments. The students learn mostly on the brick-and-mortar campus, except for any homework assignments.”.
There are a few variations of the Rotation Model including Station Rotation (where students rotate between different 'stations' or modalities within the same room, e.g. small group work, online work and break-out instruction with the tutor), Lab Rotation (where students rotate between different physical rooms, e.g. a classroom then a computer lab) and Flipped Classroom.
Note that Flipped Classroom differs slightly in that the emphasis is on students preparing for on-campus classes by completing online tasks. For this reason it has it's own separate module.
Focus questions:
- What would be the benefits to the tutor and learners of using this model?
- What would be the constraints or difficulties?
- What professional development would I need to be able to implement this?
- What support/development would my learners need?
2. Case Studies
Video
Aryanna Petersen: Language Learning Class
Watch the video below. It is a screencast by Aryanna Petersen demonstrating how she uses the Rotation model (specifically Station Rotation - where students are moving between modalities within the same room) in her language learning class.
Video
Rochelle Coe: Occupational Therapy
Watch the video below. It is an interview with Rochelle Coe from the University of Western Sydney. She discusses the blend of modalities in her class and gives tips for others wanting to do the same. Her students rotate between on-campus workshops and online exercises.
3. MixMap Activity
Activity
Revisit the MixMap that you created in the Understanding Blended Learning session. If you missed that activity make sure you do it before you do this activity.
Link: https://ecampus.nmit.ac.nz/moodle/course/view.php?id=5833§ion=4
Instructions:
- Looking at the activities you’ve already identified, make a list of those which could work using the Rotation model
- List any opportunities you can think for students to interact online – this could be using forums or external tools like Facebook, OneDrive or Google Docs (however, it needs to be for a reason they can’t communicate in class, such as it is a homework activity)
- List any resources you would need – you don’t need to be too specific yet, just identify whether you would need weblinks, document templates, pdf documents or videos etc.
4. Session Plan Activity
Activity
Complete the following activity. It should bring a lot of your planning together in a format that we’re all familiar with – a lesson plan (or in this case it has been called a “session plan”).
Instructions:
- Download the documents from the links below
- Have a look at the Rotation Session Plan Exemplar, taking note of how the information is set out
- Using a lesson that you would usually teach face-to-face, redesign it into a Rotation session using the Session Plan Template – you may need to adapt it depending on whether the class is rotating all at once or they are in different 'streams'
- If you feel comfortable sharing, please upload it to the Session Plan Forum, along with a description of how your Rotation session differs from your usual face-to-face lesson
Rotation Session Plan Exemplar (PDF)
Session Plan Template (DOCx)