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Blended learning

Ideas on how to use interactive net as a part of classroom teaching

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The idea of blended learning

• Offers different ways to learn, because students are different.

• Rooted in the idea that leaning is not a one-time event but a continuous process.

• Mixes face-to-face classrooms, live e-learning and self-paced learning.

• Supports student-centred, constructivist views of learning.

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Ways to use the net as integral part of classroom courses

• To share material (notes, power point shows, maps, pictures etc.)

• Assignment submissions:– only for the teacher or the whole student

group to see– students can comment on each others texts,

which improves their communicational skills

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Ways to use the net as integral part of classroom courses

• Collecting and commenting on a link list

• The net, group works and collaborative learning:– working in a web based study environment

can overcome the free rider problem– the material produced by groups is easily

accessible for all

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Ways to use the net as integral part of classroom courses

• Discussion in net/chat– improves the skills of argumentation – can faciliate conversation on delicate matters

• Virtual study diary / study blog– encourages students to reflect their experiences of

learning– enables the teacher to react quickly to students’

questions and problems and at its best it creates a forum for teacher and the students to develop together the learning process

– open study diaries = blogs, are widely used in university studies