Blended Teaching and Learning at Higher Education Institutions in South Africa: Law Students’ Experiences

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10.2991/978-94-6463-439-6_3How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Blackboard; Blended Teaching and Learning; Didactics; Students’ Experiences

Abstract

Teaching and learning since time immemorial were situated face to face, with the educator being the ultimate narrator in the chain of passage of knowledge. Students travelled far and wide to acquire knowledge at Higher Edu-cation Institutions (HEIs). Students became teachers when they returned to their places of origin. So, the chain continued. In 2020, the world experienced such a grave pandemic that all doors, literally, were closed. Voices were muted and a new dawn of teaching and learning was born. Educators and students rapidly adopted Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) and online teaching and learning. Against this backdrop, educators and students were forced to engage differently. Making use of online tools, such as Blackboard brought into being a variation of didactic and autodidactic experiences. The study used a case study design, where a purposive sample of Law students was surveyed to elicit their experiences of blended learning. The findings reveal that the students preferred the online component over face-to-face classes although it was quite clear that they were at a contact teaching university. Recommendations emanating from the findings include the need for curriculum redesign, for a sound blended learning experience. The findings of this study may inform HEIs of similar contexts that are on a mission to design blended learning courses.

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AU  - Nazreen Shaik-Peremanov
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TI  - Blended Teaching and Learning at Higher Education Institutions in South Africa: Law Students’ Experiences
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