On Designing Blended Learning Environments for Resource-Challenged Communities.

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Autor/Urheber	Shaimaa Lazem
Institution	Kassel University Press
Titel	On Designing Blended Learning Environments for Resource-Challenged Communities.
Quelle	In: 1863-0383; doi:10.3991/ijet.v14i12.10320; International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), Vol 14, Iss 12, Pp 182-192 (2019)(2019) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.3991/ijet.v14i12.10320
Schlagwörter	ICT4D; Developing Countries; Education; Information technology; T58.5-58.64
Abstract	The growth of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) adop-tion in emerging economies and more broadly Resource-Challenged Com-munities (RCC) motivates the exploration of Blended Learning (BL), a learning mode that mixes face-to-face and technology-mediated instruction. BL has the potential of broadening accessibility to quality learning anytime and anywhere. This article contributes a theoretical perspective for design-ing BL environments in RCC. It synthesizes findings from BL literature and lessons distilled from iconic educational technology projects in RCC to envision a pathway forward that consists of three design heuristics to ad-dress that the contextual challenges in RCC: localizing the problem, em-bracing the complex and nuanced use of technology, and balancing autono-my and scaffolding to support students.
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