Blended learning

​Blended Learning

​What is Blended Learning?

​Also called 'B-Learning' It is learning that combines e-learning (asynchronous encounters) with face-to-face (synchronous) encounters.

Multiple Choice

Which do you think is NOT a teacher’s role in BL (Blended Learning)?

• Stimulate learning outside the physical classroom.

• Provide appropriate course content.

• Guide students to obtain false information.

• Build their knowledge with others (Social learning)

​Reasons (Benefits) to implement Blended Learning Strategy

• ​Greater flexibility in the material.

• Participation increases

• Allows teaching beyond the classroom and attracting digital natives

• Provides access to rich interactive input

• ​Encourages discovery and fosters autonomy

Open Ended

Which other reason do you consider valid for implementing BL?

Open Ended

Which reason do you consider valid for NOT  implementing BL?

​Suitable strategies for BL

• ​The tutor must be trained or trained with new technologies and with the teaching and learning environment.

• A virtual classroom should be set up with materials, activities and forums that allow distance learning to continue.

• All or some of the face-to-face instances can be added or replaced by videoconferences, allowing the inclusion of students, teachers or specialists on the subject, who are far away or for some reason cannot be in person.

• The student or participant must also know how to move and interact within a virtual classroom.

• The two different learning environments complement each other: the classroom environment is used for introducing new topics, and the online environment is used for extra practice

• The online environment must be learner-driven and not technology-driven.

• ​The teacher has the opportunity to stay in communication with learners outside the classroom, thus continuing to support their learning journey.

• ​Blended learning offered them: Flexibility in their learning environment,  personalized instructor feedback in and outside class and recognition of the value of face-to-face instruction.

​https://www.teachthought.com/technology/37-blended-learning-resources-you-can-use-tomorrow/

• ​Google Classroom 

• ​Schoology

• ​Edmodo

• ​Blackboard

• ​Moodle

• ​edX Open Courses

• ​University of the People

• ​Harvard University Open Courseware

• ​MIT Open Courseware

• ​FlipGrid

• ​Microsoft Teams

• ​Flipboard

• ​TED: Ideas worth spreading

• ​DIY.org

• ​Kahoot/Quizizz

​Sites for Blended Learning

Open Ended

Do you know any platform/site that's not common, that is suitable for Blended Learning?