Blending learning

Blending learning is a term used to describe the way traditional learning is combined with technology. Students learn some contents in the classroom and other ones through the internet, where they can choose when and where to do it. What teachers have to do is to find a balance between what students do in the classroom and through the internet.

As we saw along this year, the use of technology in the classroom is very useful, not only for teachers but also for students. They can find a lot of information, videos, images and everything they want on the internet. Knowing that technology is very important in the classroom, teachers may ask themselves if they are important too. We can say this, because students have a huge amount of information available on the internet so the role of the teacher changed to “facilitator”, since they help students to see what of the online material is the most acceptable and meaningful. The presence of teachers in the classroom is still vital as they have the role of keeping students motivated and making them progress.

We think that nowadays, blending learning is essential in the classroom due to the fact that students get bored working with paper-and-pencil materials. The use of technology may motivate students in an era where they can find a lot of things available on the internet. What is more, the teacher will have a central role and as a result,  they will help students find what it is of highly importance for them.

You can get a better explanation of what blended learning is in the following video: