| The term blended learning is a term used to describe | | | | students using textbooks, current students are |
| an educational course in which a mixture of face to | | | | accustomed to reading off a computer screen. Ink on |
| face student/teacher instruction and online instruction | | | | paper is boring to them. They need interaction, instant |
| are used together for any given class. The most | | | | gratification, multiple actions and movement. Blending |
| exciting part of this process is to decide how to | | | | face-to-face instruction with a computer screen gets |
| transform the teaching and learning experience into | | | | today's student to learn. |
| one, so that the student's creativity and thinking skills | | | | There are more significant reasons: At risk students |
| are enhanced to a higher degree. | | | | and exceptional students tend to excel with computer |
| Blended Learning Describes a Wide Variety of | | | | instruction. Rather than being lost among a group of 24 |
| Teaching Approaches | | | | students in a classroom, an at-risk student will often |
| The term Blended Learning has been used to describe | | | | surprisingly excel when offered computer instruction. |
| a wide variety of approaches. The term blended | | | | With a system that offers tracking, a teacher can |
| learning is also be used to describe arrangements in | | | | track progress of each student and pinpoint students |
| which conventional, offline and non-electronic based | | | | who need special assistance in certain areas. |
| instruction happens to include online tutoring and/or | | | | Exceptional students enjoy computerized instruction |
| mentoring services. One such course that would be | | | | because they can proceed at their own pace and are |
| enhanced with blended learning would be a science | | | | not "tied down" by students in a classroom who need |
| experiment, where students access their instruction on | | | | extra help. |
| a computer, and then walk over to a lab table to | | | | How to Get Started in Blended Learning |
| conduct and experiment. | | | | The smartest first step in blending classroom |
| E-Learning and Traditional School | | | | instruction with technology is to use a Learning |
| In most cases blended learning, e-learning is used in a | | | | Management System. There are several different |
| traditional brick and mortal school, to help enhance the | | | | learning management systems on the market. offers a |
| student's educational experience and to make the | | | | list of Learning management systems along with a |
| teaching of courses more efficient. | | | | breakdown of each system's features and cost. |
| Why Dabble In Blended Learning? | | | | Some cater to businesses that wish to train their |
| It's about getting students to learn. It's also about saving | | | | employees. Others, such as Blackboard, are used in |
| on cost of textbooks. After decades of teaching | | | | the college market. |