Hybrid Teaching Model to Persuade Different Dimensions of Felder-Silverman Learning Style Model

Abstract

The student learning and listening style always changes generation by generation. It is a need and challenge for the teacher to keep the class environment active for the entire session. In this busy and competitive era, to cope-up with the student’s skill sets and mindset, the teaching-learning should happen efficiently within the time bound. The available infrastructure should be well synchronized along with the current generation, educational type, topic and situation etc. The observation in the class room as well in the as student evaluations strongly proven that when new technologies are adopted in teaching modalities like remote class room, virtual class room, google class room and even a power point presentation always some section of learners not actively participated in the learning process. The reaching out of all section of students if only traditional class room technique where used is also not good for all the learners. The goal of a teacher is to map the course design to the student skill set along with the cost and time efficient teaching methodologies. This could be done by adopting the technology bounded teaching skills. The Silverman Learning Style model gave us a room to think about the different levels and capacities of student learnings. It means that when different types of modalities adopted for the particular topic there will be a greater possibility of imbalance in the learning at the receiving end. The proposed hybrid model expects to address all the types of learners in the Silverman Learning Style Model. It will ensure a balanced traditional and technology learning happens within the available infrastructure efficiently managed with time. The efficiency of this model enables the students to perfectly undergo with the basic conceptual learning and feel the power of technology in the teaching.