Field lab Blended Education

Blended (or hybrid) education is now commonplace in higher education. Therefore, the Facilitating professional development for lecturers zone developed the field lab Blended Education. For many institutions this term stands for contemporary education where students learn to learn actively, engaged and meaningfully. The term “blended” emphasizes the combination of online and on-site activities and resources in education, as well as synchronous and asynchronous learning. What does such a combination actually look like? And how do you achieve a mix within your own education that is effective, efficient and attractive for both student and teacher? Both questions and corresponding answers are central to the field lab Blended Education of the Facilitating professional development for lecturers zone.

This field lab is a professional learning community (in Dutch: PLG) in which attention is paid to the design, development, implementation and evaluation of (renewed) blended education.

The field lab consists of different phases and meetings: a launch session (Phase 0), an analysis phase (Phase 1), a design and development phase (Phase 2) and finally an implementation and evaluation phase (Phase 3). Lecturers and educational designers make joint choices about their professionalization with regard to this theme. The manual provides them with a rich collection of resources and materials to shape each phase in this PLG.

Are you interested in using this field lab within your institution? Or do you have questions about the content and / or use of the work package? Feel free to contact us via docentprofessionalisering@versnellingsplan.nl.