Blended Learning Conference Page
Welcome
Welcome to TEDI's Blended Learning web page. It contains basic information about this contemporary approach to teaching and learning. For some wider readings on the subject, it also provides links to related sites. Finally, it contains details of blended learning events at UQ, or which UQ is involved in.
Blended learning commonly describes learning that combines traditional teaching and learning approaches with information and communication technologies. It is anticipated that blended learning will enhance the student learning experience. A typical example of this would be blending online activities with face-to-face sessions. This can mean using the best of the best - the best use of online learning to enable classroom activities to be active and engaging learning experiences (Graham, 2006).
The major aims of Blended learning are to:
- use information and communication technologies to support more active approaches to student learning
- support learning activities that extend outside face-to-face sessions
- assist students in being better prepared for face-to-face sessions.
Blended learning is a focus of the 2008-2010 UQ Teaching and Learning Enhancement Plan.
Learning and Teaching in Action, Supporting First Year
Undergraduates through Blended Learning
http://www.celt.mmu.ac.uk/ltia/issue10/kendall.shtml
- Short paper on Blended Learning from Kendall and Prowse, Manchester Metro Uni
ASCILITE 2006, Papers and proceedings
http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/sydney06/proceeding/onlineIndex.html
- several papers on Blended Learning; downloadable
Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education
7-page PDF (146Kb) by Arthur W Chickering & Zelda F. Gamson
- 1987 paper but still very relevant.
- Provides useful guidelines for improving teaching and learning practice.
- These principles can also provide a helpful framework for thinking about blended learning and the ways in which introducing technology can support greater engagement and student satisfaction with the learning process.
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blended_learning
- good place to start
- definitions
- lots of links
Prof Ron Oliver, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia
http://elrond.scam.ecu.edu.au/oliver/
- many downloadable papers, including a few on blended learning
Teaching Development Unit, University of Western Sydney
http://tdu.uws.edu.au/qilt/blended.htm
- small amount of basic information
The Higher Education Academy (UK)
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/research/litreviews/2005_06
- review of the UK literature and practice relating to the undergraduate
experience of blended learning
- Executive summary (PDF 41 KB)
- Full review (PDF 324 KB)
- Institutional rationales for blended e-learning (PDF 109KB)
- Monitoring and evaluating blended e-learning (PDF 112KB)
- Why blend? Rationales for blended e-learning in undergraduate education (PDF 107KB)
- The learner experience of blended e-learning in undergraduate education (PDF 106KB)
Teaching and Learning Enhancement Plan
http://www.uq.edu.au/teaching-learning/index.html?page=7421
- Part of the Teaching and Learning at UQ website
UQ Teaching and Learning Profile
http://www.uq.edu.au/teaching-learning/download/TL_Profile07.pdf
- 17-page PDF which contains the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Plan 2008-2010 (p23-27)
- Goal 3, Section 2 deals specifically with blended learning
