Blended Learning - A Global Solution in the Age of COVID-19

Abstract

Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently declared Covid 19 to be a pandemic that poses a threat to humanity. The existing Conventional and other instructional methods have been canceled and the online learning has been broadly revised to allow learners to educate themselves through online platforms.
 Aims: This article was written to identify the teaching practices throughout Covid 19 with key terms, virtual mastering during the lockdown, on-line teaching during a pandemic, and application of blended learning during Covid-19 and post Covid implication.
 Methodology: The mini review was conducted to identify the online teaching practices during Covid-19 and blended mode of teaching in higher education and its implication during post Covid-19. The different database searches identified more than ninety articles, of which 35 full-textual content articles had been assessed and nineteen had been included in this paper.
 Results: Blended learning is a modern, powerful, and effective tool for increasing universities' competitiveness, meeting the diverse needs and interests of instructional service consumers, imposing the concept of continuing education, and integrating classroom and distance learning to facilitate independent, interactive, and collaborative learning among students.
 Conclusion: The article finishes with an overview of the most pressing issues, as well as suggestions and brief recommendations for expanding the use of blended learning in the post-Covid-19 era.

Assessment on a blended teaching model for surgical laboratory course among international medical students in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a case study in a Chinese university

“…International medical students can choose to participate in learning either synchronously or asynchronously and are able to attend the lectures of surgical laboratory course at different locations and times. Therefore, the blended teaching model may become the new normal even for the post-COVID-19 pandemic (11,19).…”

Virtual Community Mentoring Models for Middle School Underachievers Psychosocial Development and Well-Being During COVID-19

“…There is a need for digital growth. The roadblocks for virtual delivery with the unavailability of digital resources for educators and teenagers call for the imbibement of 'blended learning' into the school sessions (Devi et al, 2021). This would further ensure participatory experiential learning and also develop the attributes of co-learning within the groups.…”

Moodle Innovation Learning Technology for Medical Education: From Theory to Practice

“…On the one hand, more government support and investment is needed to ensure blended learning is widely used in postpandemic times in developing societies. On the other hand, higher education institutions also need to participate to improve and manage existing online learning methods and expansion of Internet access and online library resources [44].…”