Abstract:

Blended learning is the combination of traditional and distance learning. It constitutes the natural evolution of e-learning through an integrated programme of multiple choices of means, implemented to solve a specific organizational problem using the best possible combination. It mainly resolves the problem of speed, classification and effectiveness and uses electronic education, where and when it is most appropriate, without imposing it when not necessary. The evaluation of blended learning and education is usually carried out as assessment of the framework and history, aims, results, activities and means, in order to draw useful conclusions for the design of new programmes and the guidance of future decisions relevant to the progammes of blended learning. It is actually a periodic review of efficiency, effectiveness, influence, viability and relevance of blended learning's contribution to the broader context ofpredetermined aims. This paper identifies the specific characteristics, the advantages and technologies to support blended learning, and reports a framework for the use of appropriate criteria, pfocedures and methodological approaches for the evaluation of blended learning programmes.