ACTIVITY THEORY: FUNDAMENTALS FOR STUDY AND DESIGN OF BLENDED LEARNING

Abstract

The objective is to explore activity theory as a suitable interdisciplinary theoretical framework, where to place the social, pedagogical and technological elements of blended learning in higher education and considering the adoption and effectiveness of blended learning, constituting the new normality, in the current context of presence and intensive use of digital technologies in education. It concludes on the international validity of the theory of activity and its permanent transformation and historical evolution from its origins to the present day, it allows to transcend the individual character towards a collective character, adequately representing the social, technological and historical-cultural elements present throughout the formative activity.

ACTIVITY THEORY; BLENDED LEARNING; HIGHER EDUCATION; TECHNOLOGY