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The Blended Learning Journey of the University of Glamorgan

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This paper provides a case study of an institutional journey of enhancing learning and teaching with technology as a catalyst of change. The paper considers one such set of institutional efforts to generate change – at many levels, including pedagogic change – through technology. Such institutional activities have enhanced learning and teaching experiences this is supported by both internal and external evidence. The summary of the journey are drawn from the institutional efforts: (1) Challenge: enhancement than embedding; (2) Celebrate the focus: Pedagogy than technology; (3) Change: student experience-driven change.

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  1. Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT), University of Glamorgan, United Kingdom, CF37 1DL

    Norah Jones, Esyin Chew & Haydn Blackey

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  2. Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, 83, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China

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  3. Centre for Cyber Learning, School of Professional and Continuing Education, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Jeanne Lam

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Jones, N., Chew, E., Blackey, H. (2011). The Blended Learning Journey of the University of Glamorgan. In: Kwan, R., Fong, J., Kwok, Lf., Lam, J. (eds) Hybrid Learning. ICHL 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6837. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22763-9_15

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