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^{“In
the future we will not speak of ‘blended’ education anymore, we will only talk of
good education – and it will naturally involve a thoughtful integration of
‘face to face’ and online learning and teaching.”}

From an interview (2021) by Tikvah Breimer with Wiebe Dijkstra, Coordinator Blended Learning Developers at TU/Delft. Collaborated on two Erasmus+ Programmes on Blended Higher Education (EMBED (2017-2020) and DigitelPro (2022). EMBED+ was launched recently (2025), you can find more information on the EMBED+ Newspage.

^{“I always felt ‘blended’ was like something superimposed on us with quite some pressure. But the [StudioBlended] workshop made me realise, that I was confusing ‘hybrid’ and ‘blended’, and i became aware of just how biased I had entered the workshop and I had many eye openers.”}

One of the senior teachers participating in our workshop ‘Blended: reenvisioning face to face time’. See under ‘Client portfolio’

^{“As online learning becomes a more common model for higher education courses, institutions and instructors should investigate the benefits of including both synchronous and asynchronous elements in online learning to maximize the benefits of both these environments.”}
Martin, Polly, Ritzhaupt 2020. From: definition of Online education, pedagogical approaches, DigitelPro University Oberta Catalunya (UOC). Erasmus+ Program DigitelPro.

Are you curious for more? Would you like to get in touch? Feel free to contact our lead directly for any questions or inquiries you may have. tikvah@studioblended.com +31 6 42 47 29 69

EDITORIAL: SETTING THE SCENE

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Where does this design angle come in?
Blended may come in at a bit a later stage of the (re)design stages of a course, training or (master)degree.

A good way to scope your knowledge domain is with a Development Journey.

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BLENDED

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MEDIA MENTIONS

The paper below featured in a qualitative Dutch newspaper, NRC Handelsblad, under ‘NRC Future Affairs’ on June 19, 2021.

Breimer, Tikvah, Browne, Nigel & Bart Slob 2021 ‘Envisioning blended higher education in post-lockdown Europe: Reflections on experience, needs and risks through a pedagogical lens.’ Conference on the Future of Europe. Find it open access here.

OUR FINITE SET OF DESIGN ANGLES

Technical resilience
Big ideas
Paradigm shifts/decade strong
Simplicity and decluttering
Human resilience
Modular
Innovative and deep pedagogy
Assesment / evaluation
Time dimension
Evidence-based design
Financial health and resilience by (re)design
Multi- Inter- and transdisciplinary
Flexibilisation and personalisation
Blended

REFERENCES

Den Heijer, A.C. (2021). Campus of the future: Managing a matter of solid, liquid and gas. Technical University Delft (TU/D) Research. Available: https://research.tudelft.nl/en/publications/campus-of-the-future-managing-a-matter-of-solid-liquid-and-gas (Accessed: October 27, 2025).

Ferro, M.R., (2025) ‘Are we killing Erasmus to Save Money?’ Blogpost. Available: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-killing-erasmus-save-money-magda-resende-ferro-6ryuf/?trackingId=Z4jQOYOcZwtumL0Tzgp%2F3A%3D%3D (Accessed: October 27, 2025).

Buhl-Wiggers, J., Kjærgaard, A., and Munk, K. (2022). ‘How face-to-face activities impact the success of Blended Learning Publication: A scoping review of experimental evidence on face-to-face components of blended learning in higher education’. Studies in Higher Education, pp. 1-23. Available: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03075079.2022.2123911 (Accessed: October 27, 2025).

Bennetot Pruvot, E. and Kupriyanova, V. (2022) ‘Universities, the energy crisis and the cost-cutting trap’ University World News, 10 December. Available: https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=2022120910131842 (Accessed: October 27, 2025).

Surf (2023) ‘Future Campus trend report: A look at the Future of the Campus in 2040’. Available: https://www.surf.nl/files/2023-06/surf_trendrapport-future-campus_web_nl.pdf (Accessed: October 27, 2025).

Surf (2023). ‘The Science Behind Blended Learning. Encouraging a more evidence based approach in higher education.’ Available: https://communities.surf.nl/files/Artikel/download/E-book%20The%20science%20behind%20blended%20learning%202024-gc.pdf (Accessed: October 27, 2025).

Zhao, N., Zhang, X., Noah, J.A., Tiede, M. and Hirsch, J. (2023) ‘Separable processes for live “in-person” and live “zoom-like” faces’. Imaging Neuroscience 1: pp. 1-17. Available: https://direct.mit.edu/imag/article/doi/10.1162/imag_a_00027/117875/Separable-Processes-for-Live-In-Person-and-Live (Accessed: October 27, 2025).

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