The “balance of face-to-face, online and blended delivery is not the key [determinant] of teaching quality”, according to a review of blended learning that prompted the Office for Students to say it has identified approaches of potential “regulatory concern”.
The blended learning review, commissioned by the Office for Students after the turn to online teaching in the pandemic and led by Susan Orr, pro vice-chancellor for education at De Montfort University, published its report on 19 October, saying that it found examples of “high quality” blended learning approaches as well as “pockets” of poor-quality online provision.
The OfS said of the review’s recommendations: “In response, the OfS has identified approaches to blended learning that could cause regulatory concerns in relation to the OfS’s quality and consumer protection requirements.”
