Blended Learning - Week 1 Benefits
The following words from Step 1.8 reflect my attitude to blended learning completely:
"We know that our students have changing expectations with respect to technology because they've been born into the digital age. It quite naturally is a part of their life. But we have to remember that doesn't mean they know how to use it for learning. They can read, but we know very well that doesn't mean they know how to learn from a book. So it's up to the teachers and trainers to work out how to help our students make the most of technology".
Examples of activities that illustrate five of the benefits of blended learning – flexibility, active learning, personalisation, learner control, feedback.
1. Flexibility.
Get learners to search the internet to find the answer to a very specific question before a f2f session, and compete to see who gets the best answer.
2. Active learning.
Ask learners to work in small groups to develop a slide to present to their peers, which explains what could go wrong in a procedure/technique/skill they have just learned about.
3. Personalisation.
Give the learners access to a relevant image database they can search to find suitable illustrations for some work they have to hand in.
4.Learner control.
Ask each learner to browse YouTube to find a good video that’s relevant to the topic they are currently learning.
5.Feedback.
Prepare a multiple choice quiz using a question you have put to learners previously. Use their previous wrong answers as the choices, along with the correct answer, and ask your learners to pick the best one.
"We know that our students have changing expectations with respect to technology because they've been born into the digital age. It quite naturally is a part of their life. But we have to remember that doesn't mean they know how to use it for learning. They can read, but we know very well that doesn't mean they know how to learn from a book. So it's up to the teachers and trainers to work out how to help our students make the most of technology".
Have you found any useful idea or insight that you can make use of to enhance your own learners’ experience?
Examples of activities that illustrate five of the benefits of blended learning – flexibility, active learning, personalisation, learner control, feedback.
1. Flexibility.
Get learners to search the internet to find the answer to a very specific question before a f2f session, and compete to see who gets the best answer.
2. Active learning.
Ask learners to work in small groups to develop a slide to present to their peers, which explains what could go wrong in a procedure/technique/skill they have just learned about.
3. Personalisation.
Give the learners access to a relevant image database they can search to find suitable illustrations for some work they have to hand in.
4.Learner control.
Ask each learner to browse YouTube to find a good video that’s relevant to the topic they are currently learning.
5.Feedback.
Prepare a multiple choice quiz using a question you have put to learners previously. Use their previous wrong answers as the choices, along with the correct answer, and ask your learners to pick the best one.
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