Blended Learning Quality

Blended Learning is a relatively new teaching method, which emerged in the last 8 years. Developed as a combination of classroom teaching and distance learning, this method takes up an important role in the educational system. Big companies were the first to use this teaching and training concept because they expected cost reductions. Nowadays the first […]

Technology Enhanced Teaching

About the book Technology enhanced learning is a non-precisely defined term. In some context, it is used as a synonym for eLearning, in other context it refers to technology enhanced classrooms and means “learning with technology”. Many articles and books have been written to this topic. Today, technology in the classroom has become reality. Flexible […]

Blended Learning in VET

Blended learning is a well-established teaching and learning approach – but not in all educational fields. In school education (in the USA) approx 50 % of the K12 learners are currently taught with blended learning. At universities, blended learning is well used. In adult education, blended learning does not play a so important role. Here […]

Blended Learning – explained simple

Blended learning has become a mainstream approach to learning in higher education. Teachers are commonly drawing upon a mix of digital technologies and face to face approaches to enhance the learning outcomes of their students. The term itself blended learning has many definitions which are varied in the explanations. On behalf of International Council for […]

TIBL Project started

With October 2017 the new Erasmus+ Project “TIBL – Technical Innovation in Blended Learning“, a VET project, started. The EFQBL is consortium member in this project and will develop a special C-VET course for an Austrian SME enterprise to evaluate the findings of the project. One project aim is the development of a trainers’ toolbox […]

Courses

The EFQBL offeres special courses for people interested in Blended Learning. The focus is set on Creating of Blended Learning courses Quality enhancement in the courses Use of multimedia elements and interactive content in Blended Learning courses Courses may be attended by all kinds of teachers or trainers who are interested in the implementation of […]

Does eLearning increase the motivation of the learner?

eLearning & motivation of learners El-Seoud, Seddiek, Taj-Eddin et.alt.1 (2014) mention that “… recent studies indicate that university students who have been enrolled on e-learning courses outperform those being taught on traditional courses”. This would indicate a higher level of success using eLearning included in teaching activities. From my point of view, the technological approach […]

The EFQuBL

The EFQuBL The “European Foundation for Quality in Blended Learning” is a non-profit association with an increasing number of members. The head of the association is Peter Mazohl. He is a specialist in TEL (technology-enhanced learning, former eLearning) and Blended Learning. Organisation The organisation has three departments: The association is intensively connected with similar institutions […]