The term blended learning stands traditionally for the blend of offline and online teaching. With the pandemic and the lockdown of university campuses the term has evolved to a combination of synchronous and asynchronous teaching opening for new opportunities in teaching but also demanding new skills and competences for university lectures. In the scope of the presentation the advantages, the challenges and the design principles for facilitating blended learning in higher education teaching are explained and discussed.

Sónia Hetzner holds a diploma in Sociology, Geography, Politics and Biology from the FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg. She has been a senior researcher at the Institute for Innovation in Learning at the FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg since 1999 and is currently team lead manager of the institute. In this capacity she is responsible for the development, management and evaluation of technology enhanced learning and training projects for different target groups. She has managed or contributed to more than 25 National or European projects. She is an E-learning instructional designer, author of self-learning material for different target groups. Besides her management duties she currently specializes in the field of technology enhanced learning & knowledge sharing approaches (user-centred learning environments, Simulations and Serious Games). Here she has a special focus on adult education, science education and education as the driving force for a societal change.