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Institutionalizing Blended And Distance Learning In Language Teaching At A Research University, Martine Rheaume
Institutionalizing Blended And Distance Learning In Language Teaching At A Research University, Martine Rheaume
The Dissertation in Practice at Western University
Higher education institutions (HEIs) are increasingly exploring innovative strategies to adapt to the 21st century changing institutional context and to respond to the students’ needs and expectations. Given that technology in all its forms is ubiquitous in Education, one of HEIs’ strategical responses is the implementation of blended learning (BL) and distance learning (DL) as new pedagogies in all faculties. This organizational improvement plan (OIP) examines how a language department, part of the Faculty of Arts in a large research-focused University, can integrate BL and DL in language teaching. As this change is a significant departure from the current …