BLENDED LEARNING

BLENDED LEARNING

1. ADVANTAGES

   • students can work on their own with new concepts which frees teachers
   • communication between lecturers and part-time students has improved
   • the potential to reduce educational expenses
   • lower costs by putting classrooms in the online space
   • available curricula use educational technology to advance their skills or exceed grade restrictions

2. DISADVANTAGES

   • challenging is group work because of difficulties with management in an online setting

3. DEFINITION

   • blended learning has led to difficulties in research about its effectiveness in the classroom
   • used in professional development and training settings, as it can be used to translate knowledge into a particular skill that is useful and practical for a specific job
   • a formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through delivery of content and instruction via digital and online media

4. MODELS

   • Face-to-face driver
     • where the teacher drives the instruction and augments with digital tools.
   • Rotation
     • students cycle through a schedule of independent online study and face-to-face classroom time
   • Flex
     • Most of the curriculum is delivered via a digital platform and teachers are available for face-to-face consultation and support.
   • Labs
     • All of the curriculum is delivered via a digital platform but in a consistent physical location. Students usually take traditional classes in this model as well
   • Self-blend
     • Students choose to augment their traditional learning with online course work
   • Online driver
     • Students complete an entire course through an online platform with possible teacher check-ins.

5. 21st CENTURY

   • develop proficiency and fluency with the tools of technology
   • design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes;
   • manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information
   • attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments