Why is it so difficult to build a good template for a BLENDED course? I think it's because there are a million different looks to a blended course, so the template has to be super-flexible. In the course I'm taking this semester (Designing a Blended Course), our current assignment is to design a template; so I've been giving it a lot of thought. So far, I've drafted a three-part template: Part 1--general course characteristics like objectives, topics, planned lectures, assignments, etc.; Part 2--a F2F module template with a part that helps link it to a subsequent online module; and Part 3--an online module template with a part that helps link it back to the next F2F meeting. The last two parts would be used multiple times in the mix that a professor has chosen for her course. Do you think that such a template would be useful in designing a blended course?
