Blended learning

face-to-face interaction with teacher and students

Griffith has adopted a ‘blended learning’ approach to the use of Information Communication Technologies to engage students and to enrich the quality of the student experience through interactive learning activities. Blended learning involves integration of different modes of delivery, models of teaching, and styles of learning through strategic and systematic use of technology, combined with the best features of face-to-face interaction.

Blended learning includes a continuum of approaches from face-to-face to fully online teaching.

Blended learning at Griffith brings together face-to-face classroom experiences with creative uses of existing and emerging technologies to:

  • make learning content and experiences more accessible for students
  • cater for student diversity in terms of background, learning styles and preferences
  • create dynamic communities of inquiry
  • enable real-world learning through simulations and interactive online environments
  • foster closer connections between classroom and work-based environments
  • enhance the quality of research-based learning by enabling students to access online databases or international research communities
  • internationalise the curriculum through enhanced connections to international learning communities, resources and opportunities

The GIHE, in collaboration with (Flexible Learning and Access Service), offers a range of resources and support services to assist academic staff to incorporate blended learning approaches into curriculum design, development, delivery and evaluation.

Good Practice Guide

Griffith University uses the term ‘blended learning’ to describe the use of information and communication technologies to enhance learning and teaching. The defining characteristic of blended learning at Griffith is that Information Communication Technologies are used to enrich the quality of student learning through interactive learning activities beyond those attainable through face-to-face classroom interactions.

For further information the Good Practice Guide: Blended Learning at Griffith (PDF 271k) is available to download.

ADAPT

Staff development is an essential component of success in any new venture in education. As one strategy in the ongoing support for flexible learning design, development and implementation, Flexible Learning and Access Services is providing academic staff development through a service called ADAPT. All teaching staff, including casuals and sessionals, are able to participate in ADAPT workshops and one-on-one sessions.

Academic Development and Professional Training Workshops are offered each semester. All Griffith University teaching staff, including casual and sessional staff, are invited to attend workshops.

Griffith's blended learning support site.

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