Can 'Blended Learning' be redeemed?

Although the term blended learning is widely used, this article argues against it. Two arguments are advanced. The first is primarily philosophical, although it has several pragmatic implications. It proposes that blending either relies on the idea…

The paper focuses on if and how blended learning can be used in the education of managers, where personal development of a more psychological and behavioral character and interpersonal relations - communication, cooperation, teamwork, etc. - are…

For a long time researchers and language practitioners have maintained that listening skills could be picked up by the learners. By now it has been generally accepted that listening skills have to be taught like any other language skills. The…

Blended learning provides the flexibility to accommodate the varied requirements of pedagogies, disciplines and levels of course, together with the needs of a wide variety of learners. However, anyone concerned with the integration of online…

Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM) was created in 1984. Since its creation, considerable focus has been placed on the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), which now is an integral part of the culture of most faculty members and…

Hintergrund Es wird ein Blended-Learning-Konzept für Fachärzte für Psychiatrie und Nervenheilkunde mit einem breiten Altersspektrum dargestellt und evaluiert, da hierzu bisher wenige Befunde vorliegen. Ziele der Studie sind, das…

Blended learning is increasingly being adopted at all levels of the educational system. It continues to gain primacy in the teaching and learning environment as both students and teachers seek to integrate familiar information communication…

This study describes research on an undergraduate part-time blended learning programme within the former Information Systems Institute at the University of Salford. This research is based on the interpretive philosophical paradigm and examines four…

Historically, clinicians have learned about evidence-based psychotherapies (EBPS) by reading therapy manuals and/or attending clinical training workshops. However, researchers agree that such methods alone are insufficient to support the…

This paper examines how the introduction of blended learning has affected academics perceptions of their professional identities. The views of teaching staff, students and senior management in a higher education institution were surveyed while…