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Blended Learning and Sustainable Development

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Blended learning: hybrid learning, technology-enhanced learning, technology-mediated learning, mixed mode learning; Sustainable development: sustainability

Definition

Blended learning may be defined as the design of learning experiences that draw on a combination of face-face, distance, or online delivery methods, learning technologies, delivery multimedia, and pedagogical methodologies to achieve a mix of learning outcomes in educational or training contexts. Blended learning designs can support sustainable development, including the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainability and protect global environmental resources to meet the needs of the present and future generations.

Introduction

The concept of blended learning has its origins in the 1960s when new options for technology-mediated education became available to complement conventional approaches to face-to-face teaching in higher education (HE) and other contexts. There are several synonyms for...

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    Sally Caird & Robin Roy

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Caird, S., Roy, R. (2019). Blended Learning and Sustainable Development. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63951-2_197-1

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