Blended learning, design and practice

Blended learning, design and practice

1. Blended learning: a course designed as a mix of face-to-face and dictance learning.

   • WHY BLEND? Time (there is not enough time for students to cover what they need) , cost (it cost 24% less to educate a trainee to the same level of competency), positive classroom (own pace and at a place of their choice.
     • CHALLENGES: Is that the course fails to satisfy anyone´s learning preference.
       • MODELS: flexible-students working through course material online and occasionally meeting a teaacher onsite, station rotation- usually involves a table set up in the classroom for online work via tablets or PCs in small groups, lab rotation- booking a self-access center for the online component of the BL course and the aforementioned flipped classroom- class through discussions, group work, and the teacher providing individual attention.
         • SUCCESS FACTORS: appropriateness-develop fluency in the classroom and to work on critical thinking skills (online forum), complementary-genuine integration of the in-.class in online elements, attitude-
           • CONSTRUCTING A BL COURSE: four-step framework
             • STAGE ONE: CONTEXT- impossibility of obtaining funding for printed books, use of free materials.
               • STAGE TWO: COURSE DESIGN- a learning platform, to create digital materials and upload them to the platform.
                 • STAGE THREE: LEARNERS AND TEACHERS: they play a role in any blend.
                   • STAGE FOUR: EVALUATING THE BLEND- designers will "need to determine which aspects of the blend to evaluate.
                     • OPTIONS FOR DESIGNING BL COURSES: to utilize publisher-produced platforms that can include tracking tools. A second option consists of so-called open platforms and the teacher are able to create and upload their own digital exercise using authoring tools (Hot Potatoes)
                       • BL COURSE DESIGN: different universities or schools are studying with completely different programs.
                         • BL IN ACTION: "Podcasts for Taxi Drivers" is an intriguing account of BL emerging in a situation, another is Sharma and Westbrook illustrate BL with case studies involving the use of English360 in a corporate context in Spain and a publisher produced platform.
                           • THE FUTURE OF BL: adaptive learning
                             • MOBILE LEARNING: the flipped classroom, tablet-friendly and apps with some restrictions in many learning institutions.
                               • ADAPTATIVE LEARNING: feedback to provide personalized feedback. "Everyone can enjoy a one-to-one lesson delivered by a caring sensitive computer"

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