Teachers in Blended Learning Environments - Case Studies of ICT-Enhanced Blended Learning in Higher Education

This study reports on recent doctoral research
focused on six academic staff working in early
blended learning environments in campus-based
contexts at a large Australian university. The
case-based research reports on how information and
communications technology (ICT) was used by each of
these staff, all early adopters of new
technologies, to enhance their face-to-face teaching,
and how this use contributed to an understanding of
blended learning in higher education. Across the
cases, seven dimensions of blended learning
environments were identified a significant finding
of this study. Overall, the study enhances
understanding of the nature, purpose and scope of
early blended learning approaches in a university
setting, and highlights the importance of academics'
use of resource-based learning to create blended
learning environments across a range of courses. The
study also establishes reasons why these teachers
embraced the use of ICT in their on-campus teaching,
and provides insights into how each perceived their
teaching role.

Product details

• Authors: Gail Wilson
• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.02.2010
• EAN: 9783639097757
• ISBN: 978-3-639-09775-7
• No. of pages: 148
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 220 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 213 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education