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 |88 pages

Evaluation

chapter |18 pages

To Be or Not to Be

Student and Faculty Perceptions of Engagement in a Blended Bachelor of Education Program

chapter |9 pages

Trial and Error

Iteratively Improving Research on Blended Learning

chapter |9 pages

Practice Makes Perfect?

Assessing the Effectiveness of Online Practice Exams in Blended Learning Biology Classes

part |53 pages

Faculty Issues

chapter |13 pages

Growing Your Own Blended Faculty

A Review of Current Faculty Development Practices in Traditional, Not-for-Profit Higher Education Institutions

chapter |9 pages

Choice Does Matter

Faculty Lessons Learned Teaching Adults in a Blended Program

part |36 pages

Studying Non-traditional Learners

chapter |14 pages

Educating Warrior Diplomats

Blended and Unconventional Learning for Special Operations Forces

part |35 pages

International Perspectives

chapter |17 pages

“Are you Working in the Kitchen?”

European Perspectives on Blended Learning

chapter |16 pages

Out of Hours

Online and Blended Learning Workload in Australian Universities

part |53 pages

Blended Learning in K—12 Environments