Blended Learning: Teachers’ Creativity in the Digital Era
Nowadays the issue of introducing new formats of education and upbringing is highly relevant, which is accounted for by ever-changing social and political situations, social requirements and demands, digitalization and automation of different spheres of life, distance communication. Blended learning, which combines traditional classroom methods with online educational opportunities, is an educational practice which enables one to efficiently meet new challenges. The article presents the authors’ overview of criteria that enable one to assess education effectiveness in different learning environments. The article describes the results of a survey conducted in St. Petersburg secondary schools via online polling of thee groups of senior students (grade 10) aimed at collecting information on students’ preferences of educational practices and education effectiveness. It has been empirically proven that blended learning is more effective than traditional place-based learning and distance learning. The research is relevant, for it entails a comparative analysis of the effectiveness, problems and prospects of distance learning, traditional learning and blended learning. The theoretical and practical significance of the research is accounted for by the fact that the results of the research can be used by secondary school teachers to outline classroom activities in the ever-changing conditions of the modern world.