Aiden Yeh and Rita Zeinstejer are by now a ”classic” duet in BaW. Last Tuesday (Feb. 19) they gave BaW08 participants two very professional and eye-opening presentations with a lot of “food for thought” and sources of inspiration for blended learning.
Thank you both, dear friends, for a fantastic “grand finale” to BaW08 live sessions! 
Teresa and Dafne
6 Comments
February 21, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Rita and Aiden’s presentation was definitely inspiring. I’m sure many participants got motivated to begin their own projects (I did!).
February 21, 2008 at 6:43 pm
I liked the presentation very much. Unfortunately I didn’t stay long as my Internet connection went down quite of a sudden. But I heard some of Aiden’s talk and it was very impressive. Clear, well structured and inspring. Besides, Aiden used Flypaper for her presentation. And I saw a good example of how it could be done. I ‘ll be looking forward to their presentations and hope I’ll be more lucky with my connection.
February 22, 2008 at 2:14 am
I believe Aiden-Rita’s presentation this week is a clear example of what blended learning/teaching is like: a combination of online activities or projects with face-to-face learning.
In their joint undertaking both of them exceeded expectations!! As for me, I find Rita’s content and topic much more suitable to my own teaching practice, whereas Aiden’s seems to appeal to a different kind of audience, one who seems to focus on Using Web 2.0 in Advertising.
I’ve profited a lot out of them.
Thanks a lot Aiden and Rita for sharing your enriching experiences.
Cheers,
Silvia from Argentina.
February 22, 2008 at 11:53 am
Hi everyone,
I was reading the comments from above and I have to say that I agree with them.
I loved the way they both presented the topics, and I understood what Alado was and how I can use it for blended classes.
Aiden’s presentation was awesome. I could relate everything I knew of methods to her presentation. I could imagine myself adapting her activities to my student’s needs.
Rita’s presentation was also inspiring and dynamic. She mentioned tools that I haven’t had the time to explore but I’ve seen how my webmates have used them, so I’m waiting for a little time to start using them myself.
I really enjoyed the last presentation of our course. Now I’m motivated to start teaching my hubby in Antarctica and my students here in Argentina.
Thanks a million,
Lore (from Argentina)
February 22, 2008 at 1:28 pm
I agree with the comments above: a most inspiring presentation, with lots of tools to explore and ideas to put into practice.
Blended learning, especially if carried out in such a know-how and know-why way, seems to be the perfect recipe to achieve high levels of motivation among our students. I will definitely try to implement it.
Thanks a lot Aiden and Rita for sharing your knowledge and expertise!
Mary (from Argentina)
June 19, 2008 at 11:04 am
Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation
Anyway … nice blog to visit.
cheers, Remonstrate.