EduNews Magazine March 2015 | Page 9

Pros and cons Proponents see hybrid learning as a way of personalising learning and boosting student engagement while narrowing the “digital divide”. Done right, it can save much time and the pace at which it is carried out allows each student to work according to his particular needs –whether it be in a group or alone, on practice problems or projects, online or offline. It can also completely redefine the delivery of traditional lessons, in that teachers can use online media to send notes and study material that students go over at home, leaving classroom time free for hands-on work whe ɔ