Blended Learning Technique in the Educational Process

Abstract

One of the reasons for the existing crisis in the education system and the decline in the quality of students’ professional training is the “catching up” type of higher education arrangement. In the context of life and public communications virtualization, the need for introducing new more adapted to the needs of today’s students approaches to learning and the changing role of a teacher becomes obvious. The “blended learning” technology, or the so-called Academician Suleiman Khan technology, which is a form of blended learning, has become widespread in educational institutions of developed countries of late. This article presents the main characteristics of this technology and analyzes the various possibilities of its implementation in Russia, as well as its advantages and disadvantages.