LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 22:5 May 2022
ISSN 1930-2940

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Blended Teaching and Learning

Dr. S. Latha Venkateswari

Abstract

Education system has been witnessing a sea change in teaching and learning methods since the evolution of technology. Grabbing the attention of learners has become a challenge to the teachers these days as the digital natives have immersed themselves in technology. When teachers exploit technology for teaching and learning purposes, Netizens will concentrate on learning. Besides, this methodology interests the learners to grasp the content at a faster rate than ever before. Blended teaching methods remove the gap between theoretical and practical aspects. As students actively participate in this process, they gain confidence to apply their theoretical knowledge to everyday life situations. Moreover, there is precision in teaching and learning processes. Above all, second language learners find it easier to develop their communication skills.

This paper analyses how blended teaching and learning methods fulfil the requirements of the college students in this modern era.

Keywords: Blended learning, Flipped Classroom, Student centred, Digital Files, Netizens, ICT tools.

1. Introduction

Blended teaching and learning refer to face-to-face interaction between the teachers and the learners wherein teachers give learning experience through technology. In this learning environment, teachers and learners share the same space. With a view to heightening the effect of teaching and learning methods, teachers use digital tools extensively. Depending on the needs of the learners, teachers select the apt mode and assign both synchronous and asynchronous activities to them. As teachers focus more on the effective delivery of the subject, learners naturally involve themselves in learning the concepts.

The present education system focuses on student centred approach as that alone can make learners grow intellectually and contribute their skills to the society. With that motto, educationists across the globe have recommended Bloom’s taxonomy, which combines lower order, middle order and higher order thinking for the intellectual development of the learners. Of all the methods, blended mode of teaching has the scope for promoting life skills of the learners.

Terminology

Modern age has recorded the evolutionary stages of digital learning tools, which impact teaching and learning methods. Thanks to the learner centered approach, educationists rely more on blended teaching method. This has resulted in coining terms as Martin (2003) puts it “blended learning, hybrid learning, technology-mediated instruction, web-enhanced instruction and mixed mode instruction” (p.19).

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Dr. S. Latha Venkateswari
M.A., M.Phil., M.Ed., PGDTS, Ph.D.
Professor of English
Government College of Technology
Coimbatore – 641013
drlathagct@gmail.com
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