UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

Blended learning intentionally integrates face-to-face teaching with online components in a planned way. Students may attend classroom sessions for discussions and activities while also completing online modules, quizzes or forums. This design seeks to exploit the strengths of both modes. The stem’s description of combining classroom sessions with online activities matches blended learning.

Option A:
Virtual learning typically refers to fully online instruction where there may be no face-to-face meetings at all. It does not capture the combination described.

Option B:
Blended learning allows flexibility, increased access to resources and more varied interaction patterns. Because the stem explicitly mentions systematic combination of face-to-face and online activities, blended is the appropriate term.

Option C:
Correspondence learning is an older distance mode based on exchange of printed materials through mail and does not necessarily include face-to-face sessions.

Option D:
Remedial learning targets students with difficulties to help them reach expected levels; it can be delivered in various modes but is not defined by the mix of online and face-to-face instruction noted in the question.