March 19, 2024

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Learning Management Systems and E learning.

Would you like to learn at your own pace and on your own terms but still with the safety net of an instructor on hand to give you advice when it’s needed? If, like most people, you answered ‘yes’, then blended learning is perfect for you. This week we take a look at how blended learning offers students of all ages the best of both worlds. By using a Leaning management system like this you can learn and blend the two together.


 
It’s long been known that different people learn in different ways. We know that multiple intelligences require multiple learning styles. And as the educational landscape changes, an increasing number of people are discovering that they prefer multi-media learning to traditional classroom study. E-learning is certainly growing in popularity, but there are still plenty of times when the acquisition of knowledge can best be achieved through good old face-to-face instruction.
 
So is it better to choose e-learning or stay with traditional classroom study? The answer for an increasing number of people studying an ever-growing number of topics is blended learning. 
 
Combining the traditional and the modern, blended learning is a mixture of classroom study and e-learning. For some people, it is the answer to their study dreams; for others, it is just a logical step in the great study evolution.
 
Whatever you learn and wherever you learn it, the chances are these days that at least a part of your educational experience will involve an e-learning component. From kindergarten to university and from corporate training to second language acquisition, blended learning is offering an increasing number of learners the best of both worlds. 
 
Blended learning still places value on the role of the instructor, but it also allows students to take greater control of how they learn through the use of multi-media resources.
 
The ratio of live instruction to e-learning can vary but the concept always remains the same. In blended learning, the instructor becomes less of a teacher and more of a facilitator, a consultant and a collaborator. In effect, the instructor becomes just one of the many resources with which the student can interact.
 
While blended learning students benefit from the often one-on-one attention they receive from the instructor, it is in the multi-media components where they really take control of their learning experience. With people today increasingly living in a digital world, multi-media learning is much more in tune with their lifestyle.
 
The e-learning aspect of blended learning allows students to study wherever and whenever they choose, exchange ideas through discussion boards, and replace heavy course books with online study material. 
 
Research conducted by the American Ministry of Education into the advantages of blended learning compared to either fully live instruction or an entirely online course states that blended learning “increases student-to-teacher and peer-to-peer interaction, prompts critical thinking, increases student achievement, builds skills needed for work in the 21st century and creates a greater sense of community.”

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