Journal Articles

Blended learning in higher education: Professional development in a Hong Kong university

Title:
Blended learning in higher education: Professional development in a Hong Kong university
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Authors:
Source:
Higher Education Research and Development, 39(4), 643-656, 2020
Publisher:
Routledge
Year Published:
2020
Education Categories:
- F Learning & Teaching
  - FA General Teaching Strategies, Different Instructional Methods
- F Learning & Teaching
  - FD Application of Communicative Media, IT in Learning & Teaching
Keywords:
Blended Learning Educational Development University Teaching Professional Development
Region:
- Hong Kong
Period:
- 1997.7 onwards
Level:
- Post-Secondary Education
Abstract:
Online learning has become a ubiquitous part of the educational landscape and how teachers are supported in developing approaches to teaching online is a fundamental aspect of the students' learning experience. Based on the implementation of a professional development course on becoming an online teacher offered in a blended learning mode at one university in Hong Kong, this article proposes that offering this type of professional development in a blended mode is very effective in facilitating enhanced usage of the university's learning management system. In a blended mode, teachers are actively engaged with blended learning and were found to make more extensive use of features/tools in Blackboard after they attended the professional development course. Results support that offering professional development in a blended mode provides teachers with an authentic student perspective, at the same time as they take guided steps in the teacher's role in blended learning. Copyright ©Routledge.
Language:
- English
Document Type:
Journal Articles
ISSN:
- 07294360
DOI:
Permalink:
https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/d9f2527b
Entry Date:
2021-02-16