Integrating New Technologies into Blended Learning Environments

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Author(s): Ana A. Carvalho (University of Minho, Portugal), Zdena Lustigova (Charles University, Czech Republic)and Frantisek Lustig (Charles University, Czech Republic)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 26
Source title: Effective Blended Learning Practices: Evidence-Based Perspectives in ICT-Facilitated Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Elizabeth Stacey (Deakin University, Australia)and Philippa Gerbic (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-296-1.ch005

Keywords: Blended & Mobile Learning / Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference

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This chapter describes two European projects that respond to blended learning by integrating innovative technologies into blended learning environments. The first sections describes Portuguese research into the use of podcasts, delivered through the learning management system, Blackboard through which the teacher provided education students with instruction about online discussions and feedback on their online postings and presentations. The students preferred the teacher’s voice in the podcasts to written text and this section provides strategies for teachers to effectively integrate podcasts into their blended learning practice. The chapter then describes research from the Czech Republic on electronic labs (ELabs) through a project that enables the handling of real objects in science experiments by students at remote locations. This section provides an example of how blended learning can involve a blend of real and virtual objects.

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