Adoption of blended learning approaches has the following benefits:

• Best fits the current learning and teaching environment and aspirations at UC
• Builds on and consolidates existing best practice at UC
• Enriches the student experience and learning outcomes
• Enhances formal and informal learning opportunities
• Supports the important goal of accommodating student diversity
• Reflects international theorising and leading practice in this area
• Avoids the ‘all-or-nothing’ assumptions inherent in previous online learning approaches
• Optimises the opportunity to secure widespread ownership and acceptance among academic colleagues
• Provides flexibility in terms of implementation at the course and program level
• Supports current institutional strategic directions in learning and teaching, including opportunities for promoting interdisciplinarity, internationalising the curriculum, enhancement of research-led teaching and of work-integrated learning
• Complements the existing views of flexible learning while at the same time emphasising the unique pedagogical qualities characterising the blending of face-to-face and technology-enhanced learning and teaching
• Increases competitiveness in building new student markets enabled by flexible and innovative program delivery
• Optimises opportunities to attract and retain top quality students
• Contributes to cost effective learning and teaching solutions
• Makes optimal use of physical and virtual resources.
  
  

Students Benefits

UC values the on-campus experience for students and will continue to provide and further develop a lively and intellectually vibrant campus. Learning technologies can contribute to the creation of a dynamic teaching and learning environment, supporting interaction among distributed communities and increase student access to resources, experiences and expertise. In this context, learning technologies will be used to enhance student opportunities and provide flexibility and learner choice, therefore blended approaches that combine face-to-face and technology supported learning will be emphasised.

• Develop a lively and intellectually vibrant campus
• Create a dynamic teaching and learning environment
• Support communication among distributed communities
• Increase student access to resources, experience and expertise
• Enhance student opportunities and provide flexibility and learner choice