Blended Learning

Blended learning has taken off in the recent years because of the rise in the technology that is available, technology that can be used to enhance learning in the classroom. Schools can help support the move towards blended learning by exposing teachers to the technology that is available and helping them learn how to best implement the technology. After teachers have had practice using the new technology, they should slowly start implementing this technology to ease students into it. Teachers can improve their teaching based on experiences and implement more technology as they become more knowledgeable and students become more comfortable with it. I agree with Kelly Walsh that blended learning should not be a means to move towards fully online learning. Positive peer interaction and collaboration is an important skill that students need to learn, and they learn this when they have the opportunity to be in a face-to-face classroom.