ABSTRACT

Blended learning, which combines the strength of face-to-face and technology-enhanced learning, is increasingly being seen as one of the most important vehicles for education reform today.   Blended learning allows both teacher and learner access to radically increased possibilities for understanding how we transmit and receive information, how we interact with others in educational settings, how we build knowledge, and how we assess what we have taught or learned. 

Blended Learning: Research Perspectives, Volume 2 provides readers with the most current, in-depth collection of research perspectives on this vital subject, addressing institutional issues, design and adoption issues, and learning issues, as well as an informed meditation on future trends and research in the field.  As governments, foundations, schools, and colleges move forward with plans and investments for vast increases in blended learning environments, a new examination of the existing research on the topic is essential reading for all those involved in this educational transformation.

part |59 pages

Blended Learning Models and Scale

chapter |21 pages

Developing Models and Theory for Blended Learning Research

ByCharles R. Graham, Curtis R. Henrie, Andrew S. Gibbons

chapter |18 pages

Scaling Blended Learning Evaluation Beyond The University

ByPatsy D. Moskal, Thomas B. Cavanagh

part |88 pages

Evaluation

chapter |20 pages

Scope-Ing Out Interactions in Blended Environments

BySusan J. Wegmann, Kelvin Thompson

chapter |18 pages

To Be or Not to Be

Student and Faculty Perceptions of Engagement in a Blended Bachelor of Education Program
ByNorman Vaughan, Allana LeBlanc, Jim Zimmer, Irene Naested, Jodi Nickel, Stefan Sikora, Gladys Sterenberg, Kevin O'Connor

chapter |9 pages

Trial and Error

Iteratively Improving Research on Blended Learning
ByD. Christopher Brooks, Jodi R. Sandfort

chapter |9 pages

Practice Makes Perfect?

Assessing the Effectiveness of Online Practice Exams in Blended Learning Biology Classes
ByJ. D. Walker, D. Christopher Brooks, Kyle Hammond, Bruce A. Fall, Richard W. Peifer, Rogene Schnell, Janet L. Schottel

part |53 pages

Faculty Issues

chapter |12 pages

Implementation of Blended Learning for the Improvement of Student Learning

ByJeannette E. Riley, Catherine Gardner, Sarah Cosgrove, Neal Olitsky, Caitlin O'Neil, Chan Du

chapter |17 pages

The Impact of Instructional Development and Training for Blended Teaching on Course Effectiveness

ByTanya M. Joosten, Dylan Barth, Lindsey Harness, Nicole L. Weber

chapter |13 pages

Growing Your Own Blended Faculty

A Review of Current Faculty Development Practices in Traditional, Not-for-Profit Higher Education Institutions
ByAmy P. Ginsberg, Elizabeth Ciabocchi

chapter |9 pages

Choice Does Matter

Faculty Lessons Learned Teaching Adults in a Blended Program
ByKaren Skibba

part |36 pages

Studying Non-traditional Learners

chapter |14 pages

Educating Warrior Diplomats

Blended and Unconventional Learning for Special Operations Forces
ByKatherine M. Tyler, Kent C. Dolasky

part |35 pages

International Perspectives

chapter |17 pages

“Are you Working in the Kitchen?”

European Perspectives on Blended Learning
ByAnders Norberg, Isa Jahnke

chapter |16 pages

Out of Hours

Online and Blended Learning Workload in Australian Universities
ByYoni Ryan, Belinda Tynan, Andrea Lamont-Mills

part |53 pages

Blended Learning in K—12 Environments

chapter |17 pages

Blended Learning in the K—12 Education Sector

ByHeather Staker, Michael B. Horn

chapter |21 pages

Blended Learning in New York City

The iLearnNYC Program
ByAnne-Marie Hoxie, Jennifer Stillman, Kara Chesal

chapter |13 pages

Blending It All Together

ByCharles D. Dziuban, Joel L. Hartman, George L. Mehaffy