BLENDED LEARNING

BLENDED LEARNING

1. Definition

   • a formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through delivery of content and instruction via digital and online media

2. History

   • an alternative to instructor-led training in the 1960s on mainframes and mini-computers
   • PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations), a 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

3. Models

   • 6 model
     • Face-to-face driver
     • Rotation
     • Flex
     • Labs
     • Self blend
     • Online driver

4. Advantages

   • high levels of student achievement more effective than face-to-face learning
   • students can work on their own with new concepts
   • The use of information and communication technologies have been found to improve student attitudes towards learning
   • the potential to reduce educational expenses, and can lower costs by putting classrooms in the online space

5. Disadvantages

   • challenging is group work because of difficulties with management in an online setting
   • students falling behind on the materials by using the lecture recording technologies
   • more time consuming that traditional methods and can also come with new costs as e-learning platforms and service providers may charge user fees to educators.

6. Community

   • helps develop a better feel for an online community where discussions can be held to better aid students
   • helps connect professors with students without physically being present

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