Development of a Teacher Training Program to Support the Design of Blended Learning

Abstract

This study developed a teacher training program for university faculty to design blended learning. To obtain guidelines for the development, we analyzed the advantages and challenges of implementing remote teaching for various faculty. As a result, it became clear that the faculty benefited from using online tools. On the other hand, faculty felt difficulties changing their teaching methods, learned the limitations of online classes, and were affected physically and mentally, including their students. Based on this analysis, we developed the "Rebuild Method," which consists of three steps to design blended learning from a teacher's perspective, and the "Class Design Toolkit," which designs and improves blended learning based on the Rebuild Method, as components of a teacher training program. The results of the teacher training program using the toolkit suggested that the toolkit and the teacher training opportunities helped design and improve blended learning.