REPORT ON BLENDED LEARNING SEMINAR

A Student-Led Seminar upon blended learning was conducted at Ziauddin University Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery (ZUFONAM) on Thursday, 17th March 2022, by the student of MSN-II Hina Murad under supervision of Mr. Jonathan Johnson (Senior Nursing Lecturer), Ms. Anila Allana (Assistant Professor) and Ms. Tania Shaikh (Senior Nursing Lecturer. In the seminar, MSN-I students and faculty members of ZUFONAM participated. An online application Ahaslides used to keep the students engaged during the session. The purpose of this seminar is to give awareness regarding Blended learning. Blended learning is the combination of online learning with face-to-face learning. It has been used widely since the outbreak of COVID-19. In the seminar, various models of Blended Learning were explained which include the face-to-face driver model, enriched virtual model, rotation models, flex model, flipped model, project-based learning, and gamification. Participants actively participated in the seminar and shared their thoughts about the advantages and challenges of Blended Learning. They are multiple benefits of Blended Learning; some of them are time-effective cost-saving, and engagement. They said that the challenges associated with Blended Learning are; access to the internet, lack of resources, and electricity access. The participants and faculty members shared their views after the seminar and appreciated the efforts. They said that it was a very knowledgeable and interactive session in which they have learned a lot and will incorporate the Blended Learning Models in their teaching and learning.