More Blended Learning (MBL) that Focused on Learners as the Center in the Next Normal Era: Applying Concepts from Theory to Practice
Keywords:
Blended learning, More blended learning, Learner’s personal factorsAbstract
Blended Learning has been used more widely after the COVID-19 crisis. it is a combination of learning in the classroom and learning outside the classroom. in one subject, teachers will use a variety of teaching methods. The main goal is to enable students to achieve their learning goals. And in this article, it was also found that there are four important personal factors of learners that directly affect their success in learning with this method. the author abbreviates it as M O R E (which has the same sound as the English word More-More, which is translated into Thai as More/than etc.) By the M O R E factors mentioned in this article, M means Moral, O means Open Mind, R means Responsible and E Means Enjoy. Moral (M): moral factor, Open Mind (O): open-minded factor, Responsible (R): responsibility factor and Enjoy (E): enjoyment factor. These are the personal factors of the learner (Learner’s personal factors) that are important to the success of blended learning. and giving importance to these characteristics of learners also shows that it is truly consistent with the learner-centered concept that not only focuses on the individual but also focuses on the internal characteristics of the learner, too. and when the word MORE is integrated with blended learning to serve as a guideline for organizing learning in the New Normal era, where the education system has learned many important lessons from the COVID-19 crisis. thus, the concept of MORE Blended Learning: MBL was born.
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