Hybrid Education
COVID-19 caused significant deficits, but it was also met with an unprecedented period of creativity and innovation in how we educate amidst incredible constraints. Around the world, across sectors, geographies, and philosophies, different entities made breakthroughs in how we can educate and make learning possible despite these circumstances.
A study was conducted on the topic of hybrid education, its models, and the requirements for its implementation to ensure the continuity of the educational process during crises. It also examined student preparedness and the availability of the necessary infrastructure to support its adoption. The study concluded that hybrid education, using online learning, contributes to developing students' intellectual abilities and transforming them from information recipients to content creators. Its success depends on the instructor's ability to use interactive digital technologies to diversify information dissemination methods, thus ensuring the quality of higher education, education, and vocational training.
In the same context, and from 2003 to 2025, the UNESCO Avicenna Virtual Campus Network has carried out several projects on hybrid education. These projects provided an immediate solution during the COVID crisis and beyond for the development of hybrid learning in countries that benefited from the implementation of UNESCO's Avicenna Concept, in the Mediterranean, Central Asia, Africa, and the Arab States.
Examples of projects implemented in four regions:
https://www.ibe.unesco.org/en/articles/hybrid-education-learning-and-assessment-reader
https://www.ibe.unesco.org/en/articles/hybrid-education-learning-and-assessment-reader