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Country: Finland
Company: Learnmera Oy
Responsible All partner countries. Activity to be held by each partner in their institution
for its participants.
15 Blended learning
Education
+
Technology
Student-Student;
More interaction
Student-Teacher;
Traditional classroom
Student-Content;
E-Learning
Teacher-Teacher;
B-Learning
Teacher-Content;
More dynamic
Content-Content
Brooks-Young (2007) suggests that the ideal digital teacher profile has the
following 10 characteristics:
Collaborate in constructing
Use technology in the
technology-enhanced models, Use technology to locate,
Use technology tools to process development of strategies for
preparing publications, and evaluate, and collect information
data and report results. solving problems in the real
producing other creative works from a variety of sources.
world.
using productivity tools.
The rule as to
feedback gap is
They need timely that no more than
Opportunity is the key Their schedules are
feedback from their 48 hours shall pass
word for these students tight
teachers
between when the
student makes
contact and the
They want to know if teacher’s answer.
the time they are The faster they learn,
Structured feedback is
spending while learning the faster they improve
of the essence here
is spent creating quality in their work
knowledge
The need of a teacher that facilitates learning, rather than just lectures, that
gives students the set of tools they require to make their own individual
learning outside of the classroom, requires the teacher to master digital
tools and skills.
Prepare your contents to be used online, PDFs are not dynamic, they are just the same contents, the
same pedagogical tools but in a different format;
Learn how to adapt your content to the most accurate digital tool, for this you must know the different
tools available and how to use them;
Learn how to use Augmented Reality tools, Video tools, Digital Games, Online repositories; LMSs, PLEs,
Virtual tools, Digital presentations, Natural User Interfaces, QR Codes, Collaborative writing tools; Blogs,
Social Networks for learning and communities creation; Online curation, Collaborative Learning, etc.
Topic 15
Blended learning
Blended learning occurs when half the classes are given in a traditional
face-to-face learning and the other half in online learning. Although it is
called blended, most of the times real blending never takes place.
Immigrants vs
Language courses, skills
unemployed vs
courses
employed learners
Native speakers vs
second language Cultural issues
speakers
Topic 17
Learning management systems: what strategies?
LMSs, such as Moodle, are full of tools and digital potential. However, they are still a
new tool for most teachers and most learners, hence using it requires adaptation.