Content Considerations for Blended Learning Experiences

Abstract

There are many resources available to higher education faculty to support selection and production of multimedia for use in blended (also known as mixed-mode or hybrid) learning experiences. Unfortunately, there is limited advice, best practice, or research available to assist a faculty member in determining which content would be best delivered to students in person, online, or in a mixture of the two approaches. This chapter describes a course design model used to determine the types of content that are best delivered in a completely classroom, only online, or mostly mixed pedagogical approach. The characteristics and criteria for content most suited to each of these instructional strategies are listed, and two worked examples from an undergraduate science and a doctoral statistics course are included.

Meta-analysis of community-based interventions on fruits and vegetables consumption in adults

“…In a review on the comparison of internet delivered and face-to-face dietary interventions, Al-Awadhi et al (2021) reported that the majority of face-to-face dietary interventions could significantly improve fruits and vegetables intake in the intervention groups compared to the controls. In the study conducted by Prion and Mitchell (2019) on multiple or hybrid learning models, which combine face-to-face and internet delivered educational interventions, were found to be more effective in changing diet-related behaviors, compared to other methods. Such models combine the advantages of both online and face-to-face educational interventions to provide more differentiated and personalized instructions to participants.…”

“…This method can maximize the impact of interventions and meet the individual needs of study participants. Some of the most important proposed benefits of hybrid learning models in research are their efficiency, flexibility, affordability and the improvement that happens in resource utilization, time management and simultaneous communication (Prion and Mitchell, 2019). Possibly, increasing the quality of internet delivered interventions and using interesting strategies to develop such programs may increase their effectiveness.…”

A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of a Hybrid Course Modality to Increase Student Engagement and Mastery of Course Content in Undergraduate Research Methods Classes

“…Such content could be used as a springboard to support online learning and the application of material. Prion and Mitchell (2019) describe this as a model for a doctoral level statistics course and Yusoff, Yusoff, and Hidayah (2017) provide a concrete example of how it is implemented. In their study, Yusoff and colleagues described face-to-face lectures that provided students with the foundational knowledge necessary to independently solve math problems.…”