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Blending Learning Provision for Higher Education, Integrating “New Ways” of Teaching and Learning

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Blended learning; Changes in online learning; Developing blended learning; Developing professional practice; Hybrid learning; Learning with technologies; Teaching practices with technologies

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This entry explores how educational technologies are being used and can be used to develop what have been referred to as “new ways of teaching and learning.” These new ways, adopting a variety of forms of educational technologies, have variously been termed “e-learning,” “online learning,” and “blended learning.” In this entry, these “new ways” are examined, and key elements of technology, management, and pedagogy that must be focused on if future provision is to support both educational intentions and learner expectations are argued.

This entry will consider the question framed by its title – Blending Learning Provision for Higher Education: Integrating “New Ways” of Teaching and Learning. This concern, common to many institutions of higher education (HE) worldwide, will be...

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  1. Centre for Technology Enhanced Learning, Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK

    Don Passey

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  1. Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Arthur Tatnall

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    Don Passey

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Passey, D. (2020). Blending Learning Provision for Higher Education, Integrating “New Ways” of Teaching and Learning. In: Tatnall, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Education and Information Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10576-1_258

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