Blended Learning at APIS
American Prep International has positioned itself as the trend-setting e-learning elementary school in Thailand, following a “blended model” of teaching and learning.
Parents, and others, often ask: “What does all of this mean?” “How is American Prep International different from other schools?”
The infographic below gives a short overview of what “blended learning” is as defined by various well known educational scholars of our time.
The infographic will be followed by some comments about blended learning at American Prep International today.
What is Blended Learning?
Blended Learning at APIS
At American Prep we follow the “enriched virtual model ” of blended learning as described in the infographic above. In practice this means that:
- At American Prep International, middle school students all have their own laptops.
- Each student has on his/her laptop the e-learning textbooks for the year.
- Teachers make use of either Moodle or Edmodo to structure their course materials and lessons.
- In short, it boils down to a situation where the specific lessons and teaching materials are loaded (lesson by lesson) on to the student’s laptop (using either of the programs mentioned above).
- Often students are expected to access these lessons at home and go through them for the next day. At school the teacher then spends class time discussing and applying the principles prepared at home!
- This is the essence of “blended teaching and learning” at APIS.
- This form of teaching is supplemented by a wide variety of e-learning techniques and digital resources.
At APIS we are proud of the fact that we are a trend-setter in Thailand with this way of teaching!