Blendagogy is
…the art, science, or practice of combining educational activities for the purposes of student learning. Blends might be coherent, or discordant, depending on their design. Properly practiced, blendagogy seeks to optimise the actions of teaching toward more effective learning.
The Blendagogy Framework is a design model for creating blended learning solutions.
…blended models should optimise four strategic objectives, be built around six descriptive factors, and align across three levels of context.
The book Blendagogy: The art and science of blended learning design explains this Framework and validates it through 14 case studies of blended vocational learning solutions.
- The four strategic objectives are for blended learning models that improve the availability, inclusiveness, scalability, and sustainability of learning.
- The six descriptive factors are the dynamics of what learners do; what teachers do; the resources associated with teaching and learning; assessment; timetabling; and learner success services. Together, these for the workings of the blended model.
- Finally, the three levels of context are macro (that of the education system), meso (that of the institution or academic unit), and micro (the actual subject being taught). A blended learning model needs to make sense across all of these levels for it to be optimal.
The Blendagogy Framework suggests all of these objectives, factors, and level matter when it comes to designing blended learning models. It also provides the means of describing and comparing models so that they can be evaluated.
Frequently, blended learning models reflect the work of an individual concerned with their own class or course. These pioneers are typically hard-working, dedicated educators – who often find themselves constrained by how their institution works. In other words, blended learning models often work despite or even against their institution.
The Blendagogy Framework helps to align practice with context.
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