Systematic implementation of the blended learning approach in teaching and learning of English as a foreign language was first initiated at the Faculty of Philosophy in Kosovska Mitrovica in October 2013 within the framework of the Tempus BLATT project, delivering the blended course of Contemporary English Language 1 for the first year students at the Department of English Language and Literature in two consecutive school years. The instructional design of the course presented a mixture of delivery modes and learning styles under the scope of strategically planned use of online learning tools fused with the features of the brick-and-mortar classroom.The aim of this paper is threefold: (1) to perform a review of available literature in search of a comprehensive list of success factors for the institutional adoption of blended learning in higher education as well as the resulting obstacles; (2) to measure conditions under which the blended learning was implemented at the Faculty against the found factors; (3) to present the results of the evaluation study on the quality of the course, the student satisfaction, and the teachers' perceptions of the blended mode of delivery.

The negative effects of climate change on natural resources represent one of the biggest challenges the forestry sector is facing. The increase in the frequency and intensity of the occurrence of natural disasters (snow-falls, icefalls, windbreaks, etc.), as well as negative economic, ecological and social consequences, significantly affect the performance of all activities within the forestry sector. This paper aims to study the relationship between financial elements (remediation costs, income from forest assortments and biological investments and profit) in relation to two influential factors (damaged wood volume and damaged forest area). For the purposes of the research, secondary data were collected and analyzed, obtained from the internal documentation of Public enterprise ?Srbijasume?. The damage caused by ice breaks in Eastern Serbia covered an area of 19,419.78 ha in state forests, as well as that considerable direct and indirect economic damage was caused. The results of the research indicate that, when the volume of damaged wood increases by 1%, remediation costs increase by about 0.67%, and income by about 0.65%. Also, with an increase in the volume of damaged wood by 1 m3, the profit decreases on average by about RSD 50,000. It was also noticed that, with an increase in the damaged forest area by 1 ha, remediation costs increase by RSD 21,000 on average, while the profit decreases by around RSD 6,000.

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