Blended Learning Model for Deaf Students on Developing Critical Thinking: An Systematic Review Sarvesh S.1,*, Deepika E.1, Subhasri P.1, Mohanasundari M.2 1First Year MBA Student, Department of Management Studies, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Tamil Nadu, India 2Associate Professor, Department of Management Studies, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Tamil Nadu, India *Corresponding author email id: sarveshsenthilragavan@gmail.com
Online Published on 17 August, 2023. Abstract Blended learning is a combination or blends of face-to-face and online learning. Depending on a number of factors including teachers’ and students’ access to and comfort with technology blended learning can look different. This is why some people say that blended learning falls on a spectrum. By making in-person and online learning complementary, blended learning creates a truly integrated classroom where the needs of all types of learners can be met. Keeping students engaged, stimulated and motivated also helps teachers to be more effective and make greater gains with their students. Allowing learners of all abilities the opportunity to advance their studies at the rate that works for them, blended learning enables fast learners to advance more quickly, while struggling students can move at their own pace and get customised support where they’re stuck. In a traditional classroom learning environment where all students are trained at the same level and speed, gifted students can easily get bored and students who need extra help can be left behind. Because blended learning is scalable, instruction remains effective every step of the way, setting all your students up for success as they acquire the 21st-century skills they need to shine. You can practice blended learning in an infinite number of ways! The options are endless. You know your students best, so you can customise the content, technology and instruction methods you use based on what’s best for each of your students. You can introduce new methods, try different blended learning styles and tweak how you’re using blended learning to continually make education more effective for your students. Here are a few blended learning tools to start building your toolbox: Assign online coursework and have students complete and submit their assignments online, all based on your in-person instruction. Utilise learning management systems that students and teachers can easily access anytime. Engage students in online instruction, often through video instruction, with flexible face-to-face support in the classroom. Try station rotation with online learning stations set up in the classroom. Project-based online learning can culminate in classroom discussions and enhanced activities.
Learners who experience blended learning will see the world as they know it reflected in the programmes where they learn and will deploy critical thinking skills to participate in a society where we are required to create, collaborate and communicate in digitally mediated networks. Top Keywords Blended learning, Critical, Thinking, Deaf. Top |