VIVES university of applied sciences aims at creating connected curricula that forge a link between thinking and learning in such a way that what is learned is presented in a meaningful, authentic manner (Perkins, 1993). VIVES wants to prepare its students for tomorrow's professions by developing student-centred learning environments in which students become active, self-managing and cooperative learners. The European Commission's Education and Training 2020 Strategy (ET2020) (European Commission, 2013) recognises the need to improve the quality and relevance of teaching and learning in higher education, to modernise and digitise educational systems. There is the need to design future-looking, digitally rich, flexible courses, mobile-ready and attuned to students' expectations for engaging, professionally related learning experiences. In VIVES, we therefore stimulate a blended learning approach, which we define as the integration of on and off-campus learning activities and a learning goal-oriented use of educational technology. Our primary focus is on the enhancement of teaching and learning with a didactical focus on student centred learning. Technology supports the enhancement of this goal. Upgrading conventional face-to-face approaches towards more blended, online and distance learning formats is recognized as a dauntingly challenging task for lecturers, educational advisors and learning technologists (Ellis & Goodyear, 2009).
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