WELCOME TO THE HYBRID/BLENDED TEACHING & LEARNING COURSE which will enable the participants to use this innovative learning concept for promoting it in the teaching and learning environments in their home universities.

This course supports teachers in enhancing their teaching qualifications with competences in the field of new and innovative media in order to meet the current needs of the students. In this course the introduction of blended learning and teaching concept will be the basis of a wide span of e- learning & teaching methodologies: starting from E-moderating and how the teacher role has changed, through to how to deal with an e-learning platform, creating online portfolios, learning materials for blended learning scenarios, further mentioning online project management tools and the impact of culture on the teaching and learning process.

The course will cover the following topics:

(1)  Introduction to Blended Learning

Getting an understanding of online learning and communication processes and the differences between presence teaching and online teaching

(2)  E-moderating and the reflective practitioner/teacher

Getting familiar with pedagogical concepts for blended teaching

(3)  Dealing with an e-learning platform Moodle

Getting familiar with the technological infrastructure

(4)  Online-Portfolios to support students’ reflection processes

Discussion on the modified roles of the teacher in an online setting and appreciate reflection

(5)  Multimedia online learning material production

Creating multimedia products such as presentations, videos or e-books under didactic aspects for their own teaching/learning situation

(6)  Online tools to support Project Based Learning

Learning about online collaborative tools to support project based courses