ABSTRACT

This is the second in the Routledge series on Essentials of

Online Learning. The first book, Essentials of Online Course

Design: A Standards-Based Guide, walked you through the

process of creating a purely online course. While many of the

principles in that book apply to the online portions of a

blended course, the overall approach in developing a course

that is partly online and partly onsite is quite different because

it requires:

each mode; l a design strategy that focuses on learning outcomes, not

technology; l interweaving of activities between modes to diminish

“distance” and engage students in a developing

community.