THE SYNERGISTIC CYCLE OF MICRO-BLENDED LEARNING INCORPORTED IN RUSSIAN TERTIARY EDUCATION TO GENERATE MORE INFORMAL LEARNING

• Main Authors: Eva Tigranovna Minasyan, Venera Olegovna Midova
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Science and Innovation Center Publishing House 2017-11-01
• Series: Sovremennye Issledovaniâ Socialʹnyh Problem
• Subjects: микро-смешанное обучение; синергетический цикл; неформальное обучение; аудиовизуальная гипермедиа; веб-расширенная программа
• Online Access: http://journal-s.org/index.php/sisp/article/view/10239

E-learning with its diverse forms and wide-ranging applications has gone forward changing globally teaching and learning strategies in tertiary education. Technology-enhanced learning has progressed both from enhancements of innovative technologies, amendments in educational sphere and integration of international designs in learning environment. Purpose: The article analyses the interaction of blended learning models aiming to promote the most effective curriculum design to serve the learners’ requirements, their life experiences and the opportunities and limitations of the particular learning setting. The subject of the study is to get the insight of the newly emerged catchword micro-blended learning, which is abundantly used in educational sphere with its interwoven constituent parts. Methodology: The research is based on empirical studies conducted by contemporary scholars, comparative analyses of diverse modes of teaching and learning and practical implications of micro-blended learning strategies. Results: The study outcomes imply that technological enhancements and inconsistencies in scholastic environment dictate the emergence and evolvement of blended learning styles which pursue the goal to increase the insufficient language practice through informal self-study. The authors assume that the synergistic cycle of micro blended learning applied in the design of in-company produced textbooks suits directly the requirements of undergraduate and postgraduate learners. Practical implications: The research findings can be helpfully applied in educational sphere for designing and introducing e-learning schemes.