What is Blended Learning?
Sep 28th, 2007
Not everyone agrees on the definition of "blended learning." Many schools and classrooms use the term, despite the fact that there are so many differing views on what really constitutes a blended learning environment.
Most everyone can agree that blended learning includes some face-to-face instruction and some technology-enhanced instruction. But, educators don't always agree how it's supposed to look.
The Learning Technologies Centere wiki does a good job of chronicling many possible definitions for the term:
"There is no agreement on the definition of blended learning. The term is used in a wide variety of ways, and applied to a wide range of teaching and learning approaches.Many blended learning definitions refer to conventional face-to-face teaching and learning activities (synchronous) that are mixed or blended with technology mediated learning activities not offered in real time at a specific location (asynchronous).
It should also be noted that in most formal educational settings (credit courses) there has always been a blend of space/time learning activities. Whether in the form of homework, assignments, or studying, almost all courses require independant or group learning activities to occur beyond scheduled instructional time."
Check it out to see what different types of blended learning classrooms look like.
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