Distance Language Teacher Education: New challenges for Hong Kong

Blueprint for Social Work Blended Learning Curriculum in the Chinese Context

“…This study contributes with important information towards the development of a user-centric and constructivist approach. However, there are also limitations, as similar to other research work, excluding the possibility of demand characteristics and desire to please the teachers, it is found that Asian students tend withhold feedback and comments and are not comfortable with exchanging their views (Cheng, 1998). Despite the implementation of a reward system to engage students in the e-forums, they continued to be reluctant to post- comments.…”

“…The alignment of technology with education practices is a positive step that has been triggered by crises such as COVID-19. However, various issues and challenges faced by Asian countries, such as cultural dimensions (Cheng, 1998;Ramburuthi & McCormick, 2001), pedagogical and instructional designs (Papadakis et al, 2006;Verkroost et al, 2008), and assessments of the effectiveness of blended learning approaches persist. To address this knowledge gap, this study has developed a blended pedagogical blueprint that integrates the teaching and learning cultures, and the context of Hong Kong, an Asian society, in social work curriculum, and develops a list of monitoring mechanisms to evaluate the effectiveness of each blended learning subject.…”