Blended Learning allows students to become flexible with their learning, ensuring they can work from a place which is most comfortable for them (Cisco. 2011). Every student’s education should have flexibility to learn where they want and when they want. Specifically, Blended Learning allows you to work at home completing tasks to a professional manner in your own time, rather than within college hours. Social media gives students the ability to participate with new social content relating to the topic or task. Participation of the lesson can come through social media, as it’s an opening for teens to socially relate with each other not limiting them to learn at school, home or within a fixed time (Castro, C. J. 2012). As social media is always available through any smartphone or laptop it gives you the flexibility to tailor your searches and communicate further information worldwide.
To be able to choose your location of learning is an advantage because it allows you to be flexible with your learning. This method allows students to work 24-7 and to ensure it’s in a location of their choosing (Herold, B. 2016). Enabling students to work 24-7 ensures they aren’t behind on any tasks and can produce high level work within the time period of their choosing. These tasks can be completed to the best of the students ability if they have working internet outside of college, this is preferred because it allows them to be flexible outside of college hours. Another trend that will enhance the students education is to have access to the internet outside of school. I think the students should be able to work at the college without it being part of their timetabled sessions to complete their work, if they don’t have working internet at home. The student should be able to accommodate to putting extra work into completing these tasks, even if it’s at home or outside of timetabled sessions.
References:
– Castro, C. J. (2012) ‘Learning and Teaching Art: Through Social Media’, ProQuest, 53(2), pp. 152-169. Available at: http://search.proquest.com.plymouth.idm.oclc.org/artbibliographies/
docview/933127698/fulltextPDF/2652006634DC4603PQ/1?accountid=14711 (Accessed: 12 December 2016).
– Cisco (2011) Video: How Interactivity and Rich Media Change Teaching and Learning. Available at: http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/collaboration-endpoints/collaboration-room-endpoints/k12_video_wp.pdf. (Accessed: 12 December 2016).
-Herold, B. (2016) ‘Technology in Education: Overview’ Education Week. Available at: http://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/technology-in-education/ (Accessed: 12 December 2016).
Abbie Fothergill 