In this presentation we will share the experiences of turning a regular real estate finance course into a blended learning format. Starting with constructive alignment, the course was revisited from the learning objectives, teaching method and assessment. The choice to blend this course was made in order to improve and optimize the following aspects: allow for personalized learning; activate student self-learning to acquire calculation skills; integrate peer-learning and peer-assessing; and pave the way for novel ways of assessment. Another important reason to blend the course was to re-balance the lecturer/student time inputs. Blending your education comes with extra development time upfront but should be off-set against future efficiency. A team of 3 (all presenters) was involved in the preparatory work – drawing from and including the student perspective. We will share the experiences of the development of the course and to some extent implementation (which is on- going at the time of conference). Lastly, we will share our insights on which Learning Management System and what tools we used.

ERES Education Seminar 2021 "Blended Learning: Lessons from Covid". Paper session 3 on "Blended learning"