Technology-Enabled Education Innovation: The Hybrid Teaching-Learning Process

Abstract

Hybrid teaching-learning unlocked the potential to shape the world of education through disruptive innovation, emerging as an innovative, resilient, and viable model of the teaching-learning process. The model meets the evolving needs of teachers and students by providing wider accessibility, better engagement levels, and opportunities for a sustainable and flexible learning model. Playing the role of change-agent and catalyst in enabling transformation in every sector especially in education, the proliferation of technology in the teaching-learning process has brought tremendous changes into the teaching-learning activities. Technology-enabled hybrid learning approaches have resulted in a transformation from the traditional chalk-and-talk methodology towards experience-based learning, leading to ‘improved academic achievement’ and ‘enhanced industry-readiness’. Made feasible through artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality, augmented reality, and other immersive learning techniques, a heterogeneous combination of technologies is essential for effective implementation. There is a high degree of involvement of audio-video technologies, collaborative software, interactive whiteboards, and wireless presentation displays which could vary based on the requirement and budget. Hybrid learning approaches have leveraged AI, helping teachers ascertain learning capabilities of students and provide feedback in a convenient manner. A hybrid teaching-learning model facilitates upskilling and reskilling in a flexible mode. Elements needing consideration in a hybrid teaching-learning model include experiential learning, experimental learning, assessment-related transformation, elevated levels of creative thinking, and potential for improved employability. This chapter focuses on various enablers that drive the hybrid teaching-learning process, and the role of technology as an important pillar in educational transformation, introducing a technology-enabled framework for a systematic and sustainable solution.

Citation

Meenakumari, J., N., R. and Ramakrishnan, S. (2024), "Technology-Enabled Education Innovation: The Hybrid Teaching-Learning Process", Hack-Polay, D., Lock, D., Caputo, A., Lokhande, M. and Salunkhe, U. (Ed.) Global Higher Education Practices in Times of Crisis: Questions for Sustainability and Digitalization, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 183-198. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83797-052-020241012