By Leah Villanueva, Daily Diamondback
As one of his final acts as university provost, Nariman Farvardin has called on professors to develop new hybrid courses that aim to spice up traditional lecture classes with a dash of creativity and technological innovation. Known as “blended learning courses,” these new classes seek to combine the face-to-face, in-classroom experience with online interactions between faculty and students. By utilizing information technology tools — such as simulations, visualizations and interactive media — officials said the concept will evolve and enhance large lecture-style classes with low success rates.
http://www.diamondbackonline.com/news/provost-pushes-creation-of-new-blended-classes-1.2017957
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