Blended Teaching Strategy in the Post-COVID-19 Period in Moroccan Universities

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10.2991/978-2-38476-036-7_24How to use a DOI?

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Blended learning; COVID-19; models; distance education; higher education

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on all areas, hence the need to think about a mandatory change on almost all levels including educational practices. In order to limit the spread of the virus, distance education was adopted, but faced several challenges. This experience has shown that although digital technology represents a lever for education, it can in no way replace the interactions between the teacher and his students and between the students themselves. Hence the need to adopt blended learning models to benefit from both the technology and the human dimension of education. This paper aims to describe the blended learning model that was adopted by Moroccan universities for the 2020/2021 academic year. Our research involves three major universities that receive a large number of students each year and already have a solid infrastructure. The experience has shown the potential of blended learning to face the problem of massification affecting Moroccan universities, engage students, and improve learning especially under the sanitary conditions imposed by COVID-19. The study also presents the challenges of blended learning with development perspectives for a successful hybridization in the Moroccan context.

Research Contribution: Improving education requires research in pedagogical practices and innovative solutions such as blended learning/teaching. This research gives an overview on hybridization, which seems an innovative solution to face the challenges of higher education, make education more accessible and increase student satisfaction. Development perspectives were proposed to successfully adopt hybridization to improve education in Morocco.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - S. Boutarti
AU  - L. Daadaoui
AU  - K. Berrada
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/05/16
TI  - Blended Teaching Strategy in the Post-COVID-19 Period in Moroccan Universities
BT  - Proceedings of the Erasmus Scientific Days 2022 (ESD 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 253
EP  - 264
SN  - 2667-128X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-036-7_24
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-036-7_24
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