Why Is Blended Learning Better Than Face To Face Learning?

Why is Blended learning better than face to face learning?

Blended learning is an approach that aims to impart learning by combining the use of technology with traditional teaching methods. While students continue attending classroom lectures at a ‘brick and mortar’ school, computer-mediation is used to deliver content. After rote learning, which has plagued education for long, blended learning is a fresh approach. The dictation method had never left any time for the teacher to include debates and discussions in the classroom. Blended learning enables teachers to provide personalised learning to students, which is the need of the hour. This would enable students to learn at their own pace. As correctly pointed out, blended learning content material ranging from instructional videos, simulations to texts are available on Learning Management System (LMS). It is only in 2000s that universities resorted to LMS to facilitate blended learning. And, it has been less than a decade than it has found implementation in the K-12 sectors. In fact, implementation is still at its nascent stage in many developing nations like India. Thus, blended learning as a pedagogy has started finding implementation only recently, and educators are enthusiastic to witness the learning outcomes.