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ICHL 2010: Hybrid Learning pp 205–216Cite as

Enhancing Blended Courses to Facilitate Student Achievement of Learning Outcomes

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Outcome-Based Teaching & Learning (OBTL) and Blended Learning (BL) are widely promoted in higher education of Hong Kong. The use of online resources is one of the key components in OBTL or BL. In this paper, we are going to study how the effective use of online resources in Blended Learning would assist students in achieving specific learning outcomes. In particular, with the facilitation and guidance of teachers and a well-designed course learning mode, most students are able to use relevant online resources effectively and efficiently among the overwhelming information on the web.

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    Nga-Sin Lau, Lui Lam & Bo Zhou

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  1. Caritas Institute of Higher Education, 12 Cain Road, Hong Kong, China

    Philip Tsang

  2. Open University of hong Kong, 30 Good Shepherd Street, Homantin, Hong Kong, China

    Simon K. S. Cheung

  3. School of Continuing and Professional Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China

    Victor S. K. Lee

  4. Knowledge Science & Engineering Institute, School of Education Technology, Beijing Normal University, Xinjiekouwai Ave. 19, 100875, Beijing, China

    Ronghuai Huang

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Lau, NS., Lam, L., Zhou, B. (2010). Enhancing Blended Courses to Facilitate Student Achievement of Learning Outcomes. In: Tsang, P., Cheung, S.K.S., Lee, V.S.K., Huang, R. (eds) Hybrid Learning. ICHL 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6248. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14657-2_19

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