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Navigating E-Learning And Blended Learning For Pre-Service Teachers: Redesigning For Engagement, Access And Efficiency, Philemon Chigeza, Kelsey Halbert

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Nebulous combinations of face-to-face and online learning are increasingly common across Australian higher education contexts. This paper reports on part of a redesign project of an undergraduate education subject at a regional university. The aim of the redesign was to enhance e-learning and blended learning environments. An approach that maps the evaluation research activities to the design and development cycle of e-learning tools and learning tasks was adopted (Phillips et al., 2012). The research took a participatory format involving ongoing reflective exchange with pre-service teachers with the aim of transforming practice. The article presents the context of e-learning, blended learning …