Lesson 3 – Benefits and Challenges of Blended Learning

Blended learning encourages teachers and students beyond traditional lecture-focused lessons to more active and meaningful learning activities. As you can imagine however, there are both benefits and challenges to teaching and learning in a hybrid, or blended, course environment.

Take a few moments to reflect on the following questions.

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Previous Experience

If you have taught a hybrid course, what went well? Why?

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Anticipated Challenges

If you have not yet taught or designed a hybrid course, what challenges might you anticipate? How might you be proactive to reduce these challenges?

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Next, watch the following video (2m 03s) to hear a Queen’s University professor describe the advantages of blended learning for his students. Consider: do you think your students would experience similar advantages? Why or why not? How might the subject or discipline influence blended learning?