There is an intuitive appeal to the concept of integrating the strengths of synchronous and asynchronous learning activities
I think it has become a need to demonstrate how synchronous and asynchronous learning activities can improve 21st century education. However, it is necessary to invest more effort in research that allows us to know more about its advantages and disadvantages in ELT.
This principle serves to manage complexity by breaking a lesson into smaller, more palatable parts.
This makes me think of the PIFLE methodology which follows a similar path. It breaks down every unit into well guided tasks which gives students more insights to become self-conscious in their learning process.
Although the goal is for humans to eventually rely on machines, for now it’s machines that must rely on humans
This extract reminds me that controversial question of whether machines will ever replace humans, assuming that we would consider that humans and machines would have the same abilities, but we don't. On the one hand, machines are faster, more accurate and can perform time consuming activities humans would not be able to do. On the other hand, humans have feelings, emotions and are culturaly sensitive. This makes the difference in activities like education where it needs more interaction and it is not about transmiting concepts and memorizing formulas.