Blended Learning.
- Blended learning in educational research refers to a mixing of different learning environments.
- It combines traditional face-to-face classroom methods with more modern computer-mediated activities.
- Blended Learning is a form of instruction that incorporates both traditional face-to-face instructions with web-based multimedia instruction.
Implications
- With Blended Learning the instructor is able to provide some content delivery to students when and where it meets the student’s needs.
- The students are able to access this instruction through their own web connection or they can access the media via school computers/iPods/tablets/etc. at set times before/during/after the school day.
- The exciting part about Blended Learning is the time it frees for classroom teachers to engage their students in classroom discussion, labs, or even project based or problem based assignments.
- The teacher can then act as the “guide on the side” helping students with misunderstandings and the application of concepts.