While technologies like lecture capture help instructors develop their blended learning strategies, Tyndall says he thinks solutions that enable two-way interactions might help the learning/teaching experience even more.
“I think what’s missing is some sort of easy interactivity, making interaction easily available not only for students but for faculty to create something that the students can immediately react to, and make it more interactive,” he says. “For the most part, lecture capture it’s pretty much one way. There are some interactive portions to it, but I’m hoping that it will get to a point where students can deliver immediate feedback to faculty and get that interaction going back and forth.”
Tips for a Better Blend
Realize it doesn’t work for everyone
Mike Lucas, Senior Director of IT Services and Instructional Technology at UMass Lowell says some blended learning technologies, like lecture capture, don’t work in every classroom.
He says instructors should evaluate which technologies would best support their subject matter before investing in them.
“It’s not necessarily for every type of curriculum,” Lucas says. “Now, if it’s something like a writing course, they may or may not use [that technology] in that class. It might just be discussion. Lecture capture is never going to be able do any justice to those in-class discussions.”
Educate faculty
Lim says blended learning experts like him should educate instructors on what blended learning is about.
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