Another place where students
traditionally is with out of class group-work, because it can be hard to coordinate an
as well as make sure those meetings are constructive.
Moving group work into the classroom setting makes the logistics
straightforward, and it also
an instructor to keep an eye on group meetings and to help facilitate them if needed.
An important aspect of all blended-learning environments is that they are not
do away with “
” in the classroom.
Unlike online classes, where all of the material and interactions are online, blended-classrooms count on face-to-face interactions between students and teachers.
Instead of
getting rid of these interactions, blended-learning structures are intended to
them—moving the teacher from a passive ‘sage-on-the-stage’, who
delivers didactic lectures to a large audience, to a more active role as a ‘guide-on-the-side, who interacts one-on-one with students to help guide them in ways that would be
or impossible with a
.
By doing this, blended learning classes move from a
learning model to a student-focused learning model.