Online and blended learning

The world goes faster and faster nowadays. My grandparents learned at school only 4 years – just to be able to read and count. My parents learned at highschool too, but all lectures were listening and writing to the notebooks. The same my lectures went because there were only few hard books, while about internet we knew just little bit. When I started to give lectures to the students – I had one English book. I learned by myself English, translate parts of the book, made slides and give to the students, because students were very bad in English.  Nowadays there are plenty of information – books and scientific papers, not necessarily hard copies, but e-approach. Therefore I understood that there is no need to recited books, rather give only clues for students and tasks for home works. Especially students they don’t like to sit and listen, they need actions, practice. I really liked your way to give all course. As well I liked that duration of the webinar is only ~45 min. Is just for me – I am not talkative and my lectures usually ending after 50-60 min, while duration of one of our lecture is 90 min. Another reason for that – many students works additionally and not always could attend the class. The webinar (with record at any time) and then consultation will be an option. Like in ONL way.

There no doubt – blended learning is much better compare to one way lectures. My work field is biology – ecology. Without lab work I could not imagine our studies. The seminars are good as well, while older teachers not always want to give them. On other hand for the good seminar you must put effort to prepare yourself. What I see in my near future of lecturer – to prepare on-line lessons, worksheets, test and etc. While next step – on line laboratory works. I have heard that there are such lessons online, even medics could perform an operation online… but I haven’t seen. But I believe that it is possible and I will seek this task. It would be interesting to know – if person learn how to preparate any organisms online, does he/she will be able to do this alive? Maybe first learn online, than practice alive? I gues in very near future we will know about that.