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Why we need imaginative use of blended learning...
I think this quote from the HEA 2006 report on blended learning sums up the rationale behind this course and the need for educators to embrace new ways of using e-learning in interactive, discursive, and engaging ways.
" ....From the institutional visits and the review of course evaluations, we observed that there were three ways in which the term ‘blended learning’ was being used. Currently the most common type of blended learning is the provision of supplementary resources for courses that are conducted along predominantly along traditional lines through an institutionally supported virtual learning environment. Second, we found some, but far fewer, impressive examples of transformative course level practices underpinned by radical course designs. These often make use of technology to facilitate interaction and communication and replace other modes of teaching and learning...
ref: The undergraduate experience of blended e-learning: a review of UK literature and practice. Oct 2006. HEA.
Rhona Sharpe, Greg Benfield, George Roberts, Richard Francis
URL : http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/York/documents/ourwork/research/literature_reviews/blended_elearning_exec_summary_1.pdf
- The European elearning portal has an entire issue covering blended learning online and as a download pdf.
- Using a webinar tool in a blended context
http://www.eeng.nuim.ie/~rlawlor/ISEE2007/Keynote/revisionpack.html
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