Blended learning

Blended learning

1. Terminology

   • One of the earliest references to the term appears in a press release in 1999.

2. History

   • One example is PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations), a system developed by the University of Illinois and Control Data.
   • emerged as an alternative to instructor-led training in the 1960s on mainframes and mini-computers

3. Models

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

4. Advantages

   • students can work on their own with new concepts which frees teachers
   • also have the potential to reduce educational expenses

5. Disadvantages

   • lecture recording technologies can result in students falling behind on the materials
   • more time-consuming (and therefore more expensive) when electronic media are used, in comparison to traditional

6. Community

   • Virtual Learning Environment helps connect professors with students without physically being present
   • Many schools use this online

7. Digital natives

   • Use of mobile technologies including tablets and cellphones allow digital natives to access information quickly

8. 21st Century Literacies

   • coined by The National Council of Teachers of English to describe the social nature of learning that is supported by the ability to collaborate using digital technologies in learning