Subscribe RSS Feed Itunes | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn Connect @topcastnow (Use #topcastnow) Email Topcast Get More TOPcastEpisode 160: “Remember the Why:” Designing Meaningful Learning AssignmentsEpisode 159: “Adjusting Your Sails” in Online Ed Based on the DataEpisode 158: AI-Assistance Built-In: Less Obvious/More UsefulEpisode 157: Pending Changes to Inclusive Access ProgramsEpisode 156: Reframing the Data That Tell the Stories About Online Students View All Posted on August 21, 2017February 2, 2022 by cdladminWhat’s Exciting Dr. Norm Vaughan About Blended Learning? The following audio recording is raw footage of an interview Dr. Kelvin Thompson conducted with Dr. Norm Vaughan for TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast. An earlier interview is featured in TOPcast episode 29. (A phone buzz re-directs the flow of this follow-up conversation, but the dialogue is still rich with content and will be interesting to anyone interested in blended learning.) Interview with Norm Your browser does not support the audio element. Download Transcript: [PDF, RTF] About Dr. Norm Vaughan An educator and researcher with interests in blended learning, faculty development, and K to 12 schooling, Dr. Norm Vaughan is a Professor in the Department of Education, Faculty of Health, Community, Education at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta. Norm's teaching background includes graduate and undergraduate courses in educational technology, K-12 education in northern Canada, technical training in the petroleum industry, and English as a Second Language in Japan. In addition, he has been involved in several consulting projects with book publishers and higher education institutions to develop online courses and resources. He has co-authored the books Teaching in Blended Learning Environments: Creating and Sustaining Communities of Inquiry (2013) and Blended Learning in Higher Education (2008) and he has published a series of articles on blended learning and faculty development. Learn more about Norm at: https://sites.google.com/a/mtroyal.ca/normvaughan/