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Master in Innovative Tourism Development: A Blended Learning Experience in the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo

Master in Innovative Tourism Development: A Blended Learning Experience in the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo
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Author(s): Sandra Vieira Vasconcelos (Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Portugal), Ana Balula (University of Aveiro, Portugal)and Pedro Almeida (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 19
Source title: Handbook of Research on Engaging Digital Natives in Higher Education Settings
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Margarida M. Pinheiro (University of Aveiro, Portugal)and Dora Simões (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0039-1.ch016

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Abstract

This chapter analyses a Portuguese HEI's first experience with blended learning. Focusing on the Master in Innovative Tourism Development currently being held at the Superior School of Technology and Management of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, it presents the institutional background and rationale behind the course's implementation, identifying its strengths and weaknesses, as well as areas of potential development. Based on an evaluation research carried out throughout the course's first three editions and that involved students, faculty and institutional leaders, it summarizes the main results of a long term-study, putting forth a set of recommendations for improvements and defining potential areas of intervention in future editions of the course.

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