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132 John Tan and Michael KohI felt that he did the movement correctly until the impactphase. He had good height from the board take-off phase,giving him good linear and rotational momentum whichenabled him to get into a good preflight phase in which heapproached the vaulting table at quite a steep angle.However, upon impact, his hands were bent, and remainedbent even as his body was at the vertical. It can also be seenthat his shoulders have gone past his hands while contact isstill being made with the vaulting table, thus constitutingrolling.Student B: I agree with Student A that the subject has a good techniqueduring the takeoff phase. He has ensured that the impact is arelatively short one to enable him to produce sufficient forceto get to the preflight phase ... Personally. I also agree that thetakeoff, prelight, impact, postflight and landing are clearlyvisible in the video. However, it would be more accurate tojudge the overall vault had the hurdle step and the run upbeen shown.Typically, such discussions demonstrated critical and reflective thought asa result of collaborative effort. These discussions were extended to the faceto-facepractical sessions so that hands-on practice could be used to reinforcethe understanding of concepts and to enable learners to apply themin authentic situations.Response to the edearning ApproachTrainee teachers completed the online cum practical (hybrid) gymnasticsmodule over 9 weeks. For the online module, access was via a passwordprotectedwebsite through a learning management system known asBlackboard a . For the discussion forum, they are assigned into groups offour with each person taking leadership in initiating and ending a specificforum. Four topics are presented for discussion. At the end of each module,they are asked to complete a 10-item attitude survey questionnaire. Thesurvey questions were aimed at obtaining feedback on aspects of the onlinemodule using a five-point Likert Scale (1-strongly disagree; 5-stronglyagree). These aspects were: adequacy of coverage, perception of knowledgegained and reaction to module design.