Secondary students would benefit from a hybrid program (part online and part face-to-face) because this is reflective of how students will operate in the working world. Students must get familiar with doing their work in an online environment and then sharing this work in face-to-face meetings. We have not reached a point in our technological development where human interaction has been totally eliminated, but we are at a point where the use of technology has become an integral element of the working environment. A blended learning environment will allow students to get needed experience in preparation for working within technologically interdependent working groups. According to Hoffman (2011) “With the expansion of the global workforce, and the continuous shifting of global economic factors, the time for blended learning has arrived” (p.10). More and more secondary schools around the country are making the shift to a blended learning environment because students today are coming to the classroom with pre-skills in technology and blended learning can offer a flexible and customized education to students.
Hofmann, J. (2011). Top 10 challenges of blended learning. Training, 48(2), 12-13.
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