BLENDED LEARNING INDICATORS FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION

Engineering education has a vital role to play in realizing the aspirations of the Ministry of Education and Key Shift 9 of the Higher Education Blueprint. With the emergence of Blended Learning (BL) as an indispensable pedagogical approach in Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL), and with the requirement of up to 70% of IHL programs to use BL, the role of engineering education in realizing these aspirations becomes even greater. The issue at play, however, is the lack of guidelines or frameworks in which BL can be incorporated within the engineering education classroom. This study was undertaken with the following aims: (i) to explore out how BL has been envisioned within the IHL’s Engineering programmes, (ii) to investigate the challenges faced in integrating BL within the IHL’s Engineering programmes, (iii) to identify the key dimensions and indicators for BL integration in the Engineering programme and (iv) to develop a BL framework for Engineering programmes at IHLs.