Course: Blended and Hybrid Learning Design in Higher Education

In his book, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2007), explores the societal impact of extreme events such as climate emergencies and global economic …

In this contribution, multi-award winning learning technologist, Russell Stannard explores flipped learning/the flipped classroom. He provides us with a useful definition and identifies some common misconceptions about flipped learning. Russell …

What can we learn from the different conceptualisations discussed in the previous step? For me, there are two main ‘takeaways’: Firstly, there are many forms of blended learning reflecting the …

Welcome to Blended and Hybrid Learning Design in Higher Education. My name is Neil Hughes. I am Professor of Languages and Digital Learning Technologies at the University of Nottingham in …

Before introducing you to this week’s experts, I would like to share with you my own understanding of ‘blended learning’. As I’m sure you know, it’s often described as a …

Stephen Downes is perhaps best known for his ‘go to’ daily newsletter, OLDaily, which is distributed by web, email and RSS to thousands of subscribers around the world. He is …

When experts in blended and hybrid learning engage in explicit discussion of learning theory and pedagogical frameworks, they tend to emphasise the importance of active learning based on constructivist and …

To design blended learning effectively, it is crucial to understand something about the the art of teaching, otherwise known as pedagogy! In Towards a Comparative Pedagogy, Alexander (2009: 5) defines …

There are many prerequisites for developing effective blended and hybrid learning, not least of which is a willingness to adopt it as an alternative to more traditional approaches. Of course, …

Whilst universities typically host a wide range of tools and platforms, sometimes they may not have the one you need. In this case, you might want to think about third-party …

Education technology, as Dr Gary Fisher, Senior Learning Designer at the University of Derby explains, is a very large business that has spawned a bewildering number of platforms, apps and …

Producing an outline suggests creating a rough sketch of something. It is a practice used by artists to accentuate aspects of their subjects such as the athletic movement and strength …

We ended last week with a debate that focused on your experiences of delivering blended and hybrid learning as well as the challenges you have faced. I’m guessing that your …

Before we get into the course, have you wondered what teaching and learning in Higher Education (HE) might look like in the future? For many universities, the answer lies in …

While in the previous step we focused our attention on virtual spaces, in this step we will be thinking about the physical spaces of learning in Higher Education. These have …