What is Blended Learning?

Blended learning is an approach that enhances traditional face to face learning and teaching with the use of educational technologies. Often this takes the form of on-campus lectures supplemented by a range of learning activities using information and communication tools in online learning environments. Blended learning does not prescribe a particular pedagogical approach or framework.

If you are interested in developing a blended learning and teaching approach in your courses see how we can help you in our Support pages.

To learn more about designing courses for blended learning, and about online course templates, go to our Blended learning design pages.

Learning & Teaching @ UNSW offers a range of Workshops and professional development opportunities that may help you to develop your ideas around blended learning.

Blended learning development at Learning & Teaching @ UNSW is informed by current educational research and international best practice in learning quality enhancement using educational technologies. We also engage in dissemination of UNSW blended learning approaches in the wider educational research community. See our Research pages for examples of blended learning projects that have generated research outcomes and publication.

Visit The Exchange for a showcase of innovative courses that use educational technologies at UNSW.

A range of helpful resources related to blended learning can be accessed at our Resources pages. Topics include:

• Designing learning activities
  
• Planning your online course
  
• Building Effective Learning Activities
  
• Templates and Learning Designs
• Effective Online Assessment
  
• Online Course Facilitation
  
• Teacher and Student guides to 'going online'
  

Blended learning may also offer good opportunities for systematic Evaluation of your courses and teaching approaches.