{"id":1086,"date":"2024-01-09T13:52:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T13:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepixelcurve.com\/edubin\/lp\/?p=1086"},"modified":"2026-10-22T21:46:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T19:46:30","slug":"what-our-research-says-about-blended-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university\/what-our-research-says-about-blended-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"What Our Research Says About Blended Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1086\" class=\"elementor elementor-1086\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfc562f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bfc562f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed5e29d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed5e29d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60171d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60171d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMany of our students study on a phone. Data is costly and signal drops, so we looked at how well short lessons work on small screens.\n\nThe review found that clear, five minute lessons were finished far more often than long videos.\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.\n\n<cite>Nelson Mandela<\/cite><\/blockquote>\nDr Ayesha Patel and her team now build every online module so it can be downloaded once and read offline.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89124e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"89124e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13f9db8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13f9db8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1fdfe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e1fdfe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tafelberg-university-a-south-african-university-tutor-standing-beside-a-214ef-768x432.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1072\" alt=\"A South African university tutor standing beside a lecture-hall whiteboard, holding an open notebook and a pen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tafelberg-university-a-south-african-university-tutor-standing-beside-a-214ef-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tafelberg-university-a-south-african-university-tutor-standing-beside-a-214ef-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tafelberg-university-a-south-african-university-tutor-standing-beside-a-214ef-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tafelberg-university-a-south-african-university-tutor-standing-beside-a-214ef-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tafelberg-university-a-south-african-university-tutor-standing-beside-a-214ef.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94a5365 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94a5365\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5143ecf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5143ecf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tafelberg-university-close-up-of-a-university-study-desk-with-printed-c-2166f-1024x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1073\" alt=\"Close-up of a university study desk with printed course handouts, highlighters, a laptop edge and a coffee cup\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tafelberg-university-close-up-of-a-university-study-desk-with-printed-c-2166f-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tafelberg-university-close-up-of-a-university-study-desk-with-printed-c-2166f-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tafelberg-university-close-up-of-a-university-study-desk-with-printed-c-2166f-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tafelberg-university-close-up-of-a-university-study-desk-with-printed-c-2166f-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tafelberg-university-close-up-of-a-university-study-desk-with-printed-c-2166f.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-550d9f2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"550d9f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7e21e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7e21e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What the review looked at<\/h4>\n\n<p>We compared lesson length, file size and quiz results across three first-year modules. Students on mobile data told us file size mattered most.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What we changed<\/h4>\n\n<p>Videos are now shorter, notes are plain text and quizzes work offline. Pass rates in these modules rose, and fewer students asked for extensions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of our students study on a phone. Data is costly and signal drops, so we looked at how well short lessons work on small screens. The review found that clear, five minute lessons were finished far more often than long videos. 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