One aim of a blended learning approach is to encourage and enable student engagement with the course. A way that encourages students to be active learners is to focus student activity on learning tasks that require students to follow a series of actions that will lead to effective learning, such as:

• Conducting investigations or surveys
• Carrying out fieldwork or observations
• Working with case studies
• Undertaking investigations or reports
• Reflective tasks on learning at different stages of the course
• Designing projects
• Contributing to an ongoing online discussion
• Group investigations and reports
• Group presentations and debates
• Literature searches and reviews
• Designing and conducting an experiment
• Gathering a portfolio of activities or evidence for skills
• Undertaking a research project
• A whole course based around resolving a problem scenario or a series of these

Case Studies and Examples

	Tales from the coalface: From tragedy to triumph in a blended learning approach to the teaching of 1st year biology Visit the webpage Download the Paper
	I survived Psychology 101 - Amanda George Watch the video
	Using Blended Learning in Textile Design Visit the website
	Case Studies and Best Practice from the Blended Learning Institute at UNSW Visit the website
	Case Studies from the Blended Learning Unit, University of Hertfordshire Visit the website