Blended Learning Teacher

How do the roles of teacher and student change in the blended classroom? Blended classrooms, requires changes from both the students and teachers. It will not be possible to teach today's students with yesterday's teaching methods. Yesterday's methods basically use the teacher as the center, assuming the teacher had all the answer, having the knowledge. Students were sitting in rows listening to the teacher and asking questions expecting that the teacher knew all the answers. Today, the first thing that we are changing in our classrooms is the layout, we want students to collaborate with one another, to have discussions. The teacher is not the only one source with the knowledge, but more like the facilitator for the students to look for answers and find it themselves. Students will have the responsibility of going online and searching for answer, also learning at their own pace. Teacher will monitor and provide the opportunities for students to share their findings.