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Blended learning
Ideas on how to use interactive net as
a part of classroom teaching

2. 26.5.2006 © Eenariina Hämäläinen
The idea of blended learning
• Offers different ways to learn, because
students are different.
• Rooted in the idea that leaning is not a
one-time event but a continuous process.
• Mixes face-to-face classrooms, live e-
learning and self-paced learning.
• Supports student-centred, constructivist
views of learning.

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Ways to use the net as integral
part of classroom courses
• To share material (notes, power point
shows, maps, pictures etc.)
• Assignment submissions:
– only for the teacher or the whole student
group to see
– students can comment on each others texts,
which improves their communicational skills

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Ways to use the net as integral
part of classroom courses
• Collecting and commenting on a link list
• The net, group works and collaborative
learning:
– working in a web based study environment
can overcome the free rider problem
– the material produced by groups is easily
accessible for all

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Ways to use the net as integral
part of classroom courses
• Discussion in net/chat
– improves the skills of argumentation
– can faciliate conversation on delicate matters
• Virtual study diary / study blog
– encourages students to reflect their experiences of
learning
– enables the teacher to react quickly to students’
questions and problems and at its best it creates a
forum for teacher and the students to develop
together the learning process
– open study diaries = blogs, are widely used in
university studies

6. 26.5.2006 © Eenariina Hämäläinen
Ways to use the net as integral
part of classroom courses
• Discussion in net/chat
– improves the skills of argumentation
– can faciliate conversation on delicate matters
• Virtual study diary / study blog
– encourages students to reflect their experiences of
learning
– enables the teacher to react quickly to students’
questions and problems and at its best it creates a
forum for teacher and the students to develop
together the learning process
– open study diaries = blogs, are widely used in
university studies