Blended learning in higher education: professional development in a Hong Kong university |
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| Authors: | Jennifer Catharine Evans Hennie Yip Kannass Chan Christine Armatas Ada Tse |
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| Institution: | 1. Educational Development Centre, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kongevansjennifer05@gmail.com;3. Educational Development Centre, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong;4. Educational Development Centre, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6568-5934;5. Educational Development Centre, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Konghttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3579-0191 |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTOnline 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. |
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| Keywords: | Blended learning educational development university teaching professional development |
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6568-5934;5. Educational Development Centre, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong