Week 12: Today I Learn, Today I Question

Blended Learning - Offering the Best of Both Worlds

Blended Learning - the merging of the best of both worlds ie face-to-face and online learning into one. I think the following diagram sums it all for blended learning, neat and tidy!

Isn't something very difficult for me to accept. To me, it's highly logical that our pedagogical approach should be based on blended learning. This is mainly because technology, or more specifically, going online, has become part of our lifestyle. I would like to think that beside the rational of trying to incorporate technology to enhance learning, why not just allow technology into T&L for sake that technology & online is part of our lifestyle. My argument is, we are already using so much of technology & online for various tasks and purposes in our life, why not embrace technology for education too? Would education be not so isolated, obsoleted and alienated if technology is part of the core in T&L? Found another diagram which incorporates mobile devices: 

While I'm writing this blog entry, I'm slowly being aware and understood the reason for my fatigue and burn-out of late. I've, not being aware of it, pushing myself too hard in all my tasks. I was forcing and squeezing too much from myself. I found myself fallen into the trap of (being a MIT student) wanting to incorporate technology into every aspect of my T&L pedagogy. And being trapped in the mindset that 'it is NOT OK if there's no element of technology' in my pedagogy. And where has the sincerity to teach and help my students gone? Where has the driver gone?

Is it possible that technology just comes naturally into T&L, instead of it being purposeful, and to certain extend, forcefully?

I believe that the sincere of heart to help our students become a better person is the main guiding light for us to become a better teacher.