Blended Learning

Blended learning is a new way of learning which combines traditional face-to-face classroom lessons  with online learning instructions.

Some advantages of this new approach are:

• Students have more time to spend on working at home.
• Students have the opportunity not only to interact with their peers in the classroom but also online.
• Students have the opportunity to find authentic up-to-date materials available online.
• Students have the advantage of taking part in class when they feel more at ease, i.e. that they can choose to participate in face-to-face environments or online ones.
• Students can receive more feedback from the teacher.
• Students can personalize their learning experience.

Here is a web page from Walden University, where they explain Hyflex Blended Learning

Dolos Reig at UNL

Some weeks ago, we attended a lecture about TIC (Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación), TAC (Tecnologías del Aprendizaje y el Conocimiento), and TEP (Tecnologías para el Empoderamiento y la Participación) presented  by the social psychologist Dolors Reig at the Paraninfo UNL. 

She presented how technology is becoming more and more important in everyday life. 

 She explains that we need to be constantly connected with others and that is possible through technology. Moreover, technology could make us become superheroes or super villain, i.e.it is depending on how we use technology so as to do things correctly or not. We, as future teachers, have to be aware of how to use these devices and how to teach the use of them appropriately. 

Another issue that she points out is that, generally, we remember 20% of what we hear, 30% of what we watch; 50% of what we hear and watch; and 90 % of what we do and interact with. That is why, it is important to engage our students in the lessons in order to learn better.

It was an interesting seminar where we learnt about the way in which technology and social networks are taking part of our daily basis.

Here is a prezi presentation that I found on the “el Caparazón”, it is a summary of the topic Reig talked about

 TIC TAC TEP e Innovación social, nuevo Prezi