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International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning

 

Special Issue on: "Design, Implementation and Facilitation of Blended Learning"

Guest Editor:
Dr. Wang Qiyun, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Covid-19 has changed our daily lives and learning activities tremendously. Many teachers who never used technology in course delivery before had to teach and facilitate learning online during the school closure period caused by the pandemic. As a result, blended learning, which integrates face-to-face and online learning, is increasingly becoming a new norm in schools and universities. It not only provides convenience and flexibility for students and teachers, but also offers great potential for engaging students and improving learning outcomes. Therefore, how to effectively design, implement and facilitate blended learning has become an essential competency for teachers. However, simply blending online learning with face-to-face teaching does not guarantee better learning outcomes, and deliberate design, implementation and facilitation are crucial.

This special issue aims to collect good examples of blended learning during the pandemic, and to publish research papers, case studies, conceptual papers and literature reviews about blended learning to guide school teachers and university faculties in effective design, implementation and facilitation of blended learning environments.

Subject Coverage
Suitable topics include, but are not limited, to the following:

• Theoretical frameworks or models for blended learning
• Effective strategies for blending online learning with face-to-face learning
• Blended synchronous learning using video conferencing
• Patterns of blended learning
• Design for blended learning
• Designing blended learning environments for students or adult learners
• Designing blended learning environments for basic or tertiary education
• Cases studies and examples of blended learning
• Blended learning communities for teachers' professional development
• Design and implementation of blended courses
• Experiences and lessons learned from blended learning
• Facilitation of blended learning
• Teachers' and students' roles in blended learning
• Meta-analysis of blended learning
• Design and development of interactive online learning environments for blended learning
• Using social media for blended learning
• Teachers' professional development for blended learning

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completely re-written and if appropriate written permissions have been obtained from any copyright holders of the original paper).

All papers are refereed through a peer review process.

All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please read our Submitting articles page.

Important Dates

Manuscripts due by: 30 April, 2021

Notification to authors: 30 June, 2021

Final versions due by: 31 August, 2021