Blended Learning

Blended Learning

1. Definition: formal education program that student learn via digital and online

   • It also used in professional development and training
     • used to translate knowledge into a particular skill
       • led to difficulties in research about its effectiveness in the classroom

2. Terminology

   • used interchangeably in research literature
   • not firmly established until about the start of 21st century
   • meaning : learning widely diverged to encompass a wide variety of synthesis in learning methods

3. History

   • alternative to instructor-led training in the 1960s
   • Example : PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations)
     • system developed by the University of Illinois and Control Data
   • Mainframe-based training had a number of interface limitations that gave way to satellite-based live video in the 1970s
   • early 1990s, CD-ROMs emerged
   • AICC, Aviation Industry Computer-Based Training Committee, was formed in 1988

4. Model

   • 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. Advantages

   • more effective than purely face-to-face
   • result in high levels of student achievement
   • students can work on their own
   • teachers can now streamline their instruction
   • reduce educational expenses
   • lower costs by putting classrooms in the online space

6. Disadvantages

   • strong dependence on the technical resources or tools
   • can be challenging is group work because of difficulties with management in an online setting
   • can be more time consuming that traditional methods
   • new costs as e-learning platforms and service providers

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