What is Blended Learning? It can be defined as "the thoughtful fusion of face-to-face and online learning experiences…such that the strengths of each are blended into a unique learning experience. Blended learning is a fundamental redesign that transforms the structure of, and approach to, teaching and learning." [Garrison & Vaughan, 2008].
A Community of Inquiry approach
The Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework (Garrison, Anderson and Archer, 2000) identifies three elements as critical to an online educational experience: cognitive presence, social presence and teaching presence...
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Traditional (left) vs. flipped classroom (right) approaches to learning design (https://www.jasonrhode.com/flipped-classroom-resources-from-ut-austin)
Flipped Classroom Approach
One of the most popular approaches to blended learning is the flipped classroom approach. In traditional learning approaches, students might read learning materials individually before class, listen to a lecture during class, and then complete homework activities after class. With the flipped classroom approach, students acquire knowledge before class. During class, the teacher can guide them to "actively and interactively clarify and apply that knowledge" (Akçayır & Akçayır, 2018), enabling them to extend their learning after the class has finished.
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Reference
- Akçayır, G., & Akçayır, M. (2018). The flipped classroom: A review of its advantages and challenges. Computers & Education, 126, 334-345.
Hybrid Teaching
Lecture Capture
This section contains resources related to lecture capture. It includes guidelines and workshop recordings on using uRewind, powered by Panopto, a dedicated lecture capture tool, and three videoconferencing (VC) tools: Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
Evaluating Blended Learning
This section contains guiding principles in evaluating blended learning and five sets of evaluation questions based on your objectives for implementing blended learning. It then concludes with a popular framework that you can use to evaluate blended learning.
Contact
Dr Laura Zhou, laura.zhou@polyu.edu.hk, 
2766 6316
