Benefits for Professors

• Positive experience and attitude of their students towards technology-mediated teaching and learning;
• Affinity with different styles of learning;
• Improvement of learning outcomes and increase of the quality of interaction between students and professors;
• Schedule flexibility and more time to reflect in online discussions;
• More dynamic and interactive learning environment which results in a higher level of engagement;
• Highlight on the importance of instructional design for optimal learning outcomes;
• Redesign of teaching and learning approaches in ways that realize increased efficiency and convenience;
• Better ways to address the multiple needs of learners and learning styles;
• Strong pedagogical foundation for engaged and sustained learning.

Benefits for Students

• Collaborative learning: possibility to discuss online and face-to-face with classmates, TAs and Professors;
• Environments more stimulating and dynamic;
• Flexible access to course material (time and place);
• Learn at their own pace;
• Help to overcome the sense of isolation many students feel when doing fully online courses;
• Reduction of costs for students by decreasing travel expenses, etc.;
• Better results: statistics demonstrate that students score higher in blended courses than they do in lecture-based courses, and in fully online courses.