M. Al Muthassir Farhana, Dr. Jabbar Al Muzzamil Fareen
Abstract : The present higher education is in dire need to promote blended learning on par to the level of regular classroom learning. Today, both the teachers and students are in need to undertake teaching and learning process through both online and offline mode. Higher education needs to stabilize themselves in providing necessary tools and resources to promote both E-Learning and classroom learning. This paper is concerned in highlighting the interest and readiness of the teachers and students to incorporate blended and hybrid learning in their regular courses. Further, the present study emphasizes how the teachers and students can really make use of the limited resources and how the shortcomings of the limited provision of the resources can disrupt the process of online teaching and learning. The necessity for providing online platforms for teaching, learning and evaluation by the higher educational institutions and the challenges of the teachers and students to use it efficiently is also discussed. It is implied that the teachers and students need to be given sufficient training to overcome the pedagogical constraints and technical glitches to facilitate blended learning as an effective mode to support the didactic process of higher education.
Keyword : Blended learning, digital teaching, E-learning, higher education, hybrid education, online platform.