Finding the right blend
"Our job as teachers is to make complicated matters simple for our learners. This thought is not new and we need to keep this more in mind when teaching online. Don't massage your ego by making learning much more complicated for your students." Blended learning can't be just simple hodgepodge of traditional and modern ways of teaching. (When I write modern, I mean virtual, online, smart learning and everything that comes in between.) On the contrary, blended learning must be a well-structured combination of approaches and methodologies that fit into the learning goals. However, the pandemic has forced the educational system to convert its educational agenda to online teaching or anything that is not traditional or face to face teaching. That sounds tricky, right? Indeed it is -- when resources are scarce and both teachers and students were never readied for this eventuality. All we know now is that everyone needs to shape up to be part of this new ball game a
