BLENDED AND HYBRID TEACHING: DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF IMPLEMENTATION AT A UNIVERSITY

Abstract

Hybrid teaching, which is often wrongly associated with blended teaching, is considered to be an innovative format of teaching in the context of active use of digital resources in the field of education. In order to implement researched teaching formats in practice successfully, it is strongly necessary to identify differences between hybrid and blended teaching that will make it possible to use their advantages appropriately in pedagogical process. The authors clarified content characteristics of these concepts thereby demonstrating clear difference between these teaching formats. The research determined the main distinguishing markers. A comparison of blended and hybrid teaching was carried out on the basis of the identified markers, which made it possible to identify their distinctive features. The results of the study can be useful for university teachers in choosing the most appropriate form of teaching and its further successful implementation in educational process.