Blended Learning

Blended Learning

Students are able to learn everywhere and every time they need. They are mostly using online media to support them in many ways. As a result, to answer the development of  technology era, the educator using blended learning as the method to use in teaching-learning process. This method, using combination between e-learning and traditional. A course created in a blended learning model uses the classroom time for activities that benefit the most from direct interaction. Traditional education (especially at the college level) tends to place an emphasis on delivering material by way of a lecture, while in a blended learning model lectures can be videotaped ahead of time so the student can watch on their own time. The classroom time is more likely to be for structured exercises that emphasize the application of the curriculum to solve problems or work through tasks.

 

The students are ready to use blended learning , because most of them are having iPad or computer; at least a half of students in the class. They learn through a mix of online/offline and supervised brick-and-mortar/remote. In some situations, the move to blended learning has inspired educators to redefine traditional roles. The word “facilitator” has emerged as an alternative to “teacher,” bringing with it a slightly different focus. The facilitator places an emphasis on empowering students with the skills and knowledge required to make the most of the online material and independent study time, guiding students toward the most meaningful experience possible.

Blended learning can be grouped into six distinct models, it is a preliminary classification of the blended learning models currently in use.

Face-to-face Driver

Face-to-face teachers deliver most of the curriculum. He/she employs online learning in technology lab or the back of the classroom to supplement.

Rotation

Students rotate on a fixed schedule between self-paced online learning and sitting in a classroom with a face-to-face teacher.

Flex

An online platform delivers most of the curriculum. Teachers provide on-site, as-needed support through in-person tutoring or small groups sessions.

Online lab

An online platform delivers the entire course, but in a brick-and-mortar location often students who participate in an online lab program also take traditional courses.

Self-blended

Students choose to take remote online courses to supplement their school’s traditional curriculum. This model of blended learning is extremely popular among high school students. 

Online Driver

An online platform and teacher deliver all the curriculum. Students work remotely and face-to-face check-ins are either available or mandatory.

Each school has different way of blended learning models  to be used to advance their students based on their situation and condition. For sure is every models have the advantages for student and teacher.