Keynote: Going to university - Blended strategies for learning and teaching in a modern tertiary context

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https://doi.org/10.61468/jofdl.v20i2.294

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online learning, distance education, flexible learning, teacher education

Abstract

This 'thinkpiece' is a follow up to the keynote talk delivered at the biannual DEANZ Conference, at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand in April 2016. It explores Mixed Media Pathways: Bringing teacher education to your home town. Starting by pondering my own experiences as a tertiary student, I consider some of the changes and challenges facing universities today, and pose one response to these changes in the form of blended learning. The Bachelor of Teaching, Mixed Media Presentation (MMP), an initial teacher education degree at the University of Waikato, is used to illustrate the benefits and challenges of blended learning, for students and lecturers. It is proposed that students based on campus can benefit from blended learning, just as geographically dispersed students can. Going to university can be about active learning partnerships across a range of physical locations.

Author Biography

Dianne Forbes, The University of Waikato

Senior Lecturer, Te Hononga School of Curriculum and Pedagogy in the University of Waikato. Research interests include innovative pedagogies, elearning, tertiary teaching, teacher education, leadership and lifelong learning.

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Published

2016-11-17

How to Cite

Forbes, D. (2016). Keynote: Going to university - Blended strategies for learning and teaching in a modern tertiary context. Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 20(2), 21–23. https://doi.org/10.61468/jofdl.v20i2.294

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Vol. 20 No. 2 (2016): Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning

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DEANZ 2016 Conference

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