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How To Level Up with Blended Learning An Informative and Easy-To-Understand Guide
How To Level Up with Blended Learning An Informative and Easy-To-Understand Guide

December 2, 2022

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Education is fast becoming smarter, more accessible, inclusive, flexible, and personalised.  At the forefront of this change is the rise of digital technology, coupled with the urgency brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

As EdTech becomes more sophisticated, the demand for a hybrid style of education increases.  Increasingly, institutes of higher education look to create synergy between online and offline learning.

But how do you go about accomplishing this?

Blended learning is your code, your formula, for building a truly adaptable and multifaceted campus. 

Let us address some of the core questions related to blended learning.

What is Blended Learning?

Blended Learning is a form of dynamic instruction that combines traditional learning methods (face-to-face), with digital learning (screen-to-screen) techniques.

By balancing both, on-campus and online teaching processes, a student is offered the best of both worlds.

A Blended Learning scenario would look a little like this:

 

 

As you can see, Blended Learning offers course content in a variety of delivery formats and mediums, including live online webinars, quizzes, videos, and surveys.

 

Important to note is that the boundaries between Remote Learning, Blended Learning and Hybrid Learning can sometimes blur, with the terms being used interchangeably and interconnectedly.

What Are the Benefits of Blended Learning?

Blended Learning helps make education limitless, offering a convenient and reliable solution to teaching and delivery.

It has the potential to render your institute student-centric, future-ready, competitive, and globally recognised.

If planned and executed in an ideal way, it can make the following impact.

For the institution:

1.      Scalability – Ability to take courses worldwide and increase enrolment numbers.

2.     Cost-effectiveness – Ability to minimise transportation costs, whilst ensuring optimal use of resources.                            

3.     Profitability – Potential to earn higher profits with E-learning cost savings.

4.    Time Savings – Opportunity to automate tasks and eliminate travel time

For the teacher:

1.      Knowledge Delivery – Ability to leverage multi-media tools to make teaching more engaging and personalised.

2.     Communication – Opportunity to communicate with students and management, 24/7.

3.     Grading and Reporting – Potential to automate administrative tasks, whilst focusing on student performance.

For the student:

1.      Knowledge Retention – Ability to retain concepts better, due to availability and access to diverse course material online.

2.     Personalised Learning – Freedom to explore course content that best suits individual learning styles.

3.     Accessibility – Capable of eliminating geographical barriers.

4.    Flexibility – Opportunity to learn at any pace or place.

How Do You Improve the Efficacy of Blended Learning?

Blended Learning requires thoughtful planning, and consistent governance, in order for it to be a long-term solution.

Specialists in the area have outlined three ways for you to improve your chances of success.

The first step is to determine what processes and tasks should be conducted on campus, and what should be delegated to the digital world. For instance, you can utilise classroom time for valuable interactions, group activities, doubt clarifications, and more, after sharing course material online. The trick is to leverage the right mix of mediums.

The second building block relates to digital literacy, and whether students and teachers will be able to adapt to this hybrid structure. To offset any challenges that may arise, institutes must include a quality training and onboarding module. This will help users navigate tools, apps and platforms with ease.

Finally, support systems! For students coming from disadvantaged backgrounds, who may not have access to a stable internet connection, there must be a suitable provision. For instance, learning hubs that are accessible to rural students who may not be able to make it to campus, or learn from home.


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