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Various emerging technologies have transformed education in the past decades. Blended-learning combining the strengths of both traditional face-to-face teaching approaches and online learning activities enhances the effectiveness of teaching and learning. Taking English Public Speaking Course as a case in point, the paper introduces the design of a blended-learning model which adopts Rain Classroom, a smart teaching tool to facilitate effective teaching and learning. A blended learning model as such demonstrates a new approach to training public speaking skills by improving students’ learning autonomy, enhancing interactions and fostering a learning community.
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The work was substantially supported by Anhui Provincial Education Commission (Project No. SK2017A0049) and The National Social Science Fund of China (Project No. 19BYY125).
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Pan, C., Min, X., Mu, Y. (2021). Designing Rain Classroom-Based Blended Learning Model for English Public Speaking Course. In: Pang, C., et al. Learning Technologies and Systems. SETE ICWL 2020 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12511. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66906-5_43
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