Fundamental changes are hard. Uprooting and unlearning are hard. But if practices don’t change as new possibilities arise and the system doesn’t adopt them, progress is also going to be hard. In recent times, especially since the pandemic, we have seen many educational alternatives mushroom in the form of online courses through software, smartphone apps, websites, learning management systems and much more. Various learning models and methods were also developed and propagated. One learning model that has been circulating a lot in the online world, but not sufficiently in practice yet, is Blended Learning. Blended Learning is a learning model that combines cutting edge technology with a human element. This slide answers the questions: 1. What is blended learning? 2. Is Blended Learning Good or Bad? 3. When Did Blended Learning Start? And winds up by answering why 'Blended Learning For All' is a good idea.

1. What is
Blended Learning?
An Introduction To Basics

2. What is Blended Learning?
Blended Learning is a learning model that combines cutting edge
technology with a human element. Blended learning could be a
combination of:
theoretical learning through online courses and practical and creative
learning through offline, face-to-face classrooms.
● Instructor-led online learning and self-organized activity-based
learning.
● Self-organized online learning and experiential and experimental
classroom interaction in the presence of mentors.

3. Blended Learning is not merely dividing a curriculum into online
and onsite (offline) learning. That process is actually hybrid
learning which is a term very widely used to wrongly replace the
term Blended Learning. Blended Learning is transformative in
nature and the purpose of blended learning is to yield a holistic
learning experience.

4. Is Blended Learning Good Or Bad?
● After a gap of two years due to COVID-19, the students need more
than what the outdated education system can offer them. Blended
learning is what can address this requirement.
● Educational research suggests that Blended Learning is more
effective compared to either face-to-face or online learning.
● Blended Learning makes use of cutting edge technology to create
immersive and interactive learning tools that save a lot of time in
onsite schools where the teacher has to struggle through these
lessons.

5. Is Blended Learning Good Or Bad? (contd.)
● The online theoretical learning part is enriched with technological tools
that enhance conceptual understanding and connect the instructors
and students to evaluate their performance without the hassles of
examinations and paper evaluations.
● Students can learn through various techniques that make learning a
creative and fun process and seek help from mentors where they need
it. This allows their time spent in the physical classroom one of
collaboration, creativity, social interaction and discovery apart from
being stress-free.

6. Furthermore, the students can pick up their lessons at any time,
anywhere, at their own pace and mastery, allowing them to navigate
through their lessons and courses and their respective assessments
without stress and compulsions. Overall, the benefits of blended
learning are sure to outweigh any disadvantages of blended learning.

7. The Blended Learning System has been around for years although it
has not been completely implemented all over the world. But the fact
that it is not a new concept and that blended learning effectiveness
has been researched is proof that it is not merely hybrid learning (a
combination of online and offline learning) but a league of its own.
The concept of Blended Learning first began in the 1960’s although
the web-based instruction actually took the masses from 1998.

8. There are different kinds of blended learning. Most
commonly, six types of blended learning have been
identified. Each type has its own set of blended learning
strategies and methods.

9. Blended
Learning
For All
Blended learning, if implemented in
its pure form, would create a
revolution in the history of education.
And the history of education is one
that needs to be rewritten. If
technology can facilitate a more
science-backed learning that aids
better cognitive performance,
retention and recall apart from skill-
enhancement and fine-tuning of an
individual, there is no future in
stubbornly clinging to the outdated
traditional education system which
has no proper foundation in
cognitive science.