Blended Learning as a New Normal in Young Children

Abstract

Blended learning is one of the popular instructional models in the digital era where technology play role of unlimitedly connecting information, knowledge, and skills to students. Blended learning is mixed up between face-to-face learning and online learning. Additionally, the situation of covid-19 pandemic is speeding up society to use digital technology as new normal. The new normal in education, then, is blended learning that face-to-face and online learning is mixed up for learning activities as normal. Online learning could provide appropriate learning for students during covid-19 pandemic. Literatures suggested that blended learning was usually organized in higher education that learners had self-regulation for online learning. Interestingly, blended learning could foster learners to get high achievement. And most of them were satisfied with blended learning. However, it is challenging to provide blended learning in early childhood because young children have difficulty regulating themselves for online learning. Blended learning in early childhood, therefore, probably is mixed with playing and learning activities related to their ages. This idea of mixing up is important because early childhood students need to do activities for executive function.