"Blended learning is a new form of training and learning programs that appropriately combines classroom and electronic learning with the requirements of the educational situation, with the aim of improving the achievement of educational goals at the lowest possible cost."

The lack of sufficient experience of some students or trainees in dealing with computers and networks , as well as the lack of parity of the devices available to learners or trainees in their homes or in any places of training they study, and the difference in terms of capacity, speed and equipment and the validity of the content of the curriculum, and the shortage of qualified cadres of this type of learning and the lack of scientific models studied to integrate learning traditional e-learning are a major problems that hinder this learning.

@ Reema Ahmad , what is meant by blended learning is the technology-mediated education.

Whether it is successful or not in raising students' level of achievement, its role is very clear in raising students engagement, interaction, risk-taking and attention. So, its used needs accuracy in order to achieve both sides.

Liqaa

@Yasser Jaamor I maybe understood the question in wrong way I am sorry, in this meaning I can say that this learning is very good, it can let students more intelligent and track the technology faster and use it in wonderful way and benefit better than the traditional one

Hybridizing , blending, and/or integrating in learning has had mostly positive effects. The application of technological tools along with face to face teaching techniques has proved to be quite meritorious because it provides the learners with invaluable opportunities for self regulated learning and discovery.

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"Blended learning is a new form of training and learning programs that appropriately combines classroom and electronic learning with the requirements of the educational situation, with the aim of improving the achievement of educational goals at the lowest possible cost."

The lack of sufficient experience of some students or trainees in dealing with computers and networks , as well as the lack of parity of the devices available to learners or trainees in their homes or in any places of training they study, and the difference in terms of capacity, speed and equipment and the validity of the content of the curriculum, and the shortage of qualified cadres of this type of learning and the lack of scientific models studied to integrate learning traditional e-learning are a major problems that hinder this learning.

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Hi, I think Blended is the natural path to current education for certain levels of education. The quality of the obtained results still requires analysis, because, like traditional teaching, it involves several variables. In education, the changes are slow and the results are seen in the long run. Anyway, I think we will reach a point where we will not even highlight the Blended Methodology any more, because the teaching will already regularly be so and it will be up to us educators to make the best use of digital resources.

Está obtendo resultados, penso ser importante ajustar e sincronizar encontros presenciais, utilização de recursos digitais e, principalmente executar atividades presenciais fora de sala.

@ Silvia Cristina Freitas Batista , your opinion is widely considered, a major research direction in this field clarifies that belended learning, and technology-mediated in general, may not succeed as it must be based on the highly qualified teacher, who requires huge efforts.

@ Cicero Marques , the activities outside the class are digital media-based ?

Good morning.

Blended learning is more effective than purely face-to-face learning. The advantages of blended learning are dependent on the quality of the programs being implemented. The advantages are:

(1) It improves students attitudes towards learning.

(2) Students satisfaction is high.

(3) e-text books, which can be accessed digitally also help to drive down text book budgets.

(4) Big support for the data collection and interpretation.

(5) It allows students to work at their own pace and make them more confident and independent.

Thank you and regards.

Hi!

First: the "blended learning" discourse is mainly about teaching, not primarily learning. That is another, complex and forgotten ara of research (how students use ICTs for learning, more or less independently of teaching). .

Second: It is not about blending. "Integration" is a better term. We integrate new ICTs into older traditional patterns of teaching. (and "learning" is not anything to blend at all - philosophically that is called a "category mistake"). The background of this is that earlier "online learning", "e-learning" and "distance learning" concepts often were taken as disruptive - that they would replace all earlier used patterns of teaching.

Third: All teaching has been blended, at least since late medieval time when print arrived. Still, it is the improved text/image/film media and communication transmission we make use of when "blending"/integrating. Floridi says that "ontological friction" of information goes down, which is useful in education. But this is not anything new, even if the advances recently has been dramatic.

Fourth: We, teachers and students, cannot freely choose this blend/integration - we already live in a world where we can't do without ICTs; live live already "onlife" in a world of information processing.

Fifth: The more characteristic "blend" we will see when learning analytics and "adaptive learning" comes to use and integrate into the lives of teachers and students. That means real change, when ICTs and humans work together in making the leanring process adapt to learners needs and prior knowledge.

Then it becomes of course a good question why the term "blended" is so popular especially among teachers, and has been so for about 15 years. I think that it a) allows teacher and students to experiment themselves in various ways with digital media and communication. It is also a term to b) unite around about future visions, just because it lacks a clear definition. It also c) saves teachers from imagining a too disruptive change,. going to totally unknown tech ways of teaching - blended allows integration in a softer and more controlled way.

On my RG account I have a lot of research concerning these perspectives.

Forgot to answer the question itself. Excuse me.

We are only in the very beginning of changes with ICT implementation, and there is no way back. It is all to early to make any evaluation, and the question if X-teaching is better than Y-teaching is no good research question anyway.

Integration of ICTs provides ways to customize and adapt after individual learner needs and thereby also makes access to quality education more democratic. That is an essential difference.

Anyway, we do not have any real choice of implementing/integrating ICTs in teaching or not- as it also is a real part of our world and definitely of students learning strategies, independent of teaching.

Blended leaning is a perfect learning system for the present dispensation where IT and ICT implementation is reflected in virtually every field of endeavour. Students also find learning outside the conventional method more interesting using ICT facilities.

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Whether it is successful or not in raising students' level of achievement, its role is very clear in raising students engagement, interaction, risk-taking and attention. So, its used needs accuracy in order to achieve both sides.

Liqaa

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Maybe it help

Gecer, A., & Dag, F. (2012). A blended learning experience. Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 12(1), 438-442.

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In post modern era, methods and approaches are part of teachers' professional and personal knowledge and form only a small part of the crucial requirements for language teaching. Integrating face to face interactions with online activities can be one of many ways that a teacher can perform his/her teaching process. Blended learning enhances learner self access strategies and provides a platfo9rm for self discovery. The only likely caveat may be those learners who lack digital literacy.

Generally, I think it is good at least to break the routine of traditional teaching.

Liqaa