BLENDED LEARNING
PRIYANK JAIN
M.ARCH (ARCH. PEDAGOGY
FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE AND EKISTICS
JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA
Introduction:-
Blended learning systems combine face to face instruction with computer-mediated instruction. Traditionally, these learning environments have co-existed as separate methods addressing the needs of different audiences. Digital technologies have primarily served a supplemental purpose, helping to support face to face instruction though interactive activities, simulations, graphics & animations.
Blended Learning is an approach to course design that meaningfully brings together the best of both face-to-face & online learning. It is not intended to supplant either of these individual approaches, rather to build from each to create a new, more effective learning experience for students.
Blended learning is replacing "e-learning" as the next big thing. Blended learning programs are perhaps the highest impact, lowest cost way to drive major corporate initiatives.
Blending classroom teaching and learning approaches with the use of Web technologies is currently one of the major topics in e-learning research, both in educational and workplace environments. Among several research threads, a recent and highly relevant one concentrates on capturing successful blended learning practices and design experiences inherent in existing learning management systems in the form of reusable patterns.
Since we have found that one of the most critical factors of successfully blending online with face-to-face learning is making situated and targeted, thus deliberate use of learning technology, we aim to capture successful blended scenarios for dissemination and reuse across educational domains.
Therefore, in view there is need to build awareness towards two basic dimensions of blended learning:
Structural dimension:-
First, the structural (vertical) dimension addresses the space between didactical