Difficulties or hurdles in creating a blended learning environment

 ·         Changing  the mindset of people  -

Convincing  everyone  on the board about  the advantages of blended learning and getting a buy in.

·         Changing the school culture  -

Changing organizational structure, roles and responsibilities of staff and students, introducing  new policies,  changing the school schedule and timings, getting students and teachers attuned to the features of blended learning.

·         Infrastructural constrains -

The size of the school building, number of available rooms, labs, PCs with different browser versions, Internet  speed  and connectivity, resources.

·         Financial constraints-

Maintaining the budget, controlling expenditure on infrastructural changes, cost of learning material and software.

·         Software Constraints-

Getting the right software that aligns with the requirements, quality of the software, flexibility and ease of use.

·         Time Constraints-

Time spent over procuring the right resources, training staff and students.

·         Having an effective team-

It is extremely essential to have a team that believes in the concept of blended learning and is equally confident and motivated  to work ,one that is ready to take up challenges and overcome the obstacles and make it possible.

·         Technical expertise-

Training the teacher and students to use the software, developing basic debugging and problem solving skills.

·         Difficulty measuring results-

Developing an effective evaluation system to validate the software, assess the performance and progress of students