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Martin, Polly, Ritzhaupt 2020. From: definition of Online education, pedagogical approaches, DigitelPro University Oberta Catalunya (UOC). Erasmus+ Program DigitelPro

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AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
See Tikvah Breimer (MSc MAEd MSc)

KEYWORDS
Higher Education, Constructive Alignment, Modular, Technical, Educational Design.

LICENCE
This work is licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.

HOW TO CITE
Breimer, T. (2026) Bichronous. STUDIOBLENDED. Available: LINK (follows)

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

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Technical resilience
Guiding question
Big ideas
Paradigm shifts/decade strong
Simplicity and decluttering
Human resilience
Green
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
Bichronous

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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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