Using Blended Learning Model for Large Group Teaching in Medical Education
Malahat Nikravan Mofrad1*Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract: Moving away from lecture-based classes and delegating some learning responsibilities to students is one of the new strategies proposed in teaching/learning process. The present study aiming to design, implement and evaluate the blended learning model for large group teaching is conducted through presenting a model based on combining face to face learning with distance learning (through creating virtual classrooms). The selected groupconsisted of medical students.This was a semi-empirical study in which the validity of blended learning model for large groupteaching was first designed and discussed by experts of educational sciences; this model was experimentally implemented and finally evaluated and modified from different aspects. In this study, six tools were used to assess the overall pattern. Generally, the results of qualitative evaluation of virtual and face to face learning indicated that this model succeeded in achieving active learning criteria in medical education large group teaching.
Keywords: Blended Learning Model; Large Group Teaching; Active Learning Back to TOC