BLENDED TEACHING:
POTENTIALS AND LIMITATIONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION AT IFPE
Blended teaching; Personalization of teaching; Digital technologies; Institute
Federal of Pernambuco.
The pandemic resulting from Covid-19 accelerated and highlighted the need to incorporate the
digital technologies in the teaching-learning process. This conclusion is not unprecedented, having
considering that several educators (VALENTE, 2015; HORN; STAKER, 2015; MORAN; BACICH,
2018) and studies (WISE, 2014; Instituto Península, 2021) already pointed to blended learning as the
biggest educational trend for this century.
Blended teaching goes against the traditional pedagogical model, considering that
considers that there are different ways of learning and teaching, that is, it is not limited to a
single mode, time and space. From this perspective, it anchors principles of personalization of the
teaching, student protagonism, flexibility, meaningful learning through
real problem solving, development of social skills and competences and
emotional.
However, as every paradigm shift has its challenges, the application of blended learning,
although it was in an emergency way, it exposed difficulties that need to be faced and
overcome, among them, the lack of technological infrastructure and the gap in teacher training
to deal with digital teaching tools. Considering the time frame of the crisis
pandemic, the general objective of this study is to evaluate the potential and limitations related
to the application of hybrid education, in higher education, at Campus Recife, at IFPE.
Regarding the methodological design, it has a qualitative approach, of an applied nature;
being characterized as field research, considering that interviews will be carried out
semi-structured (teachers and students) and application of a closed questionnaire (students); and
also fits as a case study, since it will be known and investigated the
perceptions about the functioning of blended learning in a delimited and real context (GIL,
2017; RICHARDSON, 2017).
From the collection and analysis of these data, an action plan will be prepared with a view to
point out the positive actions adopted, as well as suggest strategies that enable the
implementation of blended learning. Finally, it is expected that the results of this research
contribute to reflection and improvement of the teaching-learning process in that
institution and in others that are similar to the experiences described in this work.