What Do We Mean by Blended Learning?

By Stefan Hrastinski. TechTrends, 2019

689 citations recorded by the source corpus.

The term blended learning is used frequently, but there is ambiguity about what is meant. What do we mean by blended learning? What, how and why are we blending? In this paper different definitions, models and conceptualizations of blended learning and their implications are discussed. Inclusive definitions and models, and diverse conceptualizations, mean that essentially all types of education that include some aspect of face-to-face learning and online learning is described as blended learning in the literature. Blended learning has become an umbrella term. Blended learning is also used to describe other blends, such as combining different instructional methods, pedagogical approaches and technologies, although these blends are not aligned with influential blended learning definitions. Since blended learning has many meanings, it is important that researchers and practitioners carefully explain what blended learning means to them. It is also suggested that alternative, more descriptive terms, could be used as a complement or replacement to blended learning.

Subfields: Computer Science Applications, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education

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In Computer Science Applications

1. Lucas Kohnke
2. Benjamin Luke Moorhouse

In Developmental and Educational Psychology

1. Lucas Kohnke
2. Benjamin Luke Moorhouse

In Education

1. Lucas Kohnke
2. Benjamin Luke Moorhouse

Citations in the corpus

• Adopting HyFlex in higher education in response to COVID-19: students’ perspectives (2021, background): “Blended learning offers greater flexibility and a more varied learner experience than either fully online or entirely face-to-face instruction (Hrastinski, 2019; Van Doorn & Van Doorn, 2014), allowing students to engage in ways that meet their diverse needs and providing teachers with a variety of…”