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The Handbook of Blended Learning
Global Perspectives, Local Designs
"Learn from successful blended applications that deal with a broad range of educational and training contexts through innovative methods." "The landscape of blended learning is intriguing, exciting, and perilous. Thank you, Curt and Charles, for assembling this wonderful group of thought leaders and pioneers, organizing their provocative outputs, providing a functional prologue and epilogue, and developing this comprehensive handbook." "Invaluable for any educator seeking to understand the design, implementation, and study of next-generation learning experiences." "Filled with insight and lessons learned from some of the most experienced online and in-person educators in the workplace and higher education!"
--Michael W. Allen, author, Michael Allen’s Guide to e-Learning, and CEO, Allen Interactions Inc.
--Sivasailam “Thiagi” Thiagarajan, president, Thiagi Group, and author, Design Your Own Games and Training Activities
--Chris Dede, Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies, Harvard Graduate School of Education
--Zane L. Berge, associate professor, University of Michigan Business College
Curtis J. Bonk (Author), Charles R. Graham (Author), Jay Cross (Foreword by), Michael G. Moore (Foreword by)
9780787977580, Wiley
Hardback, published 3 March 2006
640 pages
24.4 x 18.5 x 3.8 cm, 1.134 kg
"…the most thorough book on blended learning on the market today." (Educational Pathways, June 13, 2006)
This comprehensive resource highlights the most recent practices and trends in blended learning from a global perspective and provides targeted information for specific blended learning situations. You'll find examples of learning options that combine face-to-face instruction with online learning in the workplace, more formal academic settings, and the military. Across these environments, the book focuses on real-world practices and includes contributors from a broad range of fields including trainers, consultants, professors, university presidents, distance-learning center directors, learning strategists and evangelists, general managers of learning, CEOs, chancellors, deans, and directors of global talent and organizational development. This diversity and breadth will help you understand the wide range of possibilities available when designing blended learning environments. Order your copy today!
Forewords xvii Preface and Acknowledgments xxxi Part One: Introduction to Blended Learning 1 1 Blended Learning Systems: Definition, Current Trends, and Future Directions 3 2 The Blended Learning Imperative 22 3 Why Blended Learning Hasn’t (Yet) Fulfilled Its Promises: Answers to Those Questions That Keep You Up at Night 27 4 On Designing Interaction Experiences for the Next Generation of Blended Learning 41 Part Two: Corporate Blended Learning Models and Perspectives 57 5 Blending Learning for Business Impact: IBM’s Case for Learning Success 61 6 A Learning Ecology Model for Blended Learning from Sun Microsystems 76 7 Putting Customers First at Microsoft: Blending Learning Capabilities with Customer Needs 92 8 Transformation of Sales Skills Through Knowledge Management and Blended Learning 105 9 The Cisco Networking Academy: A Model for the Study of Student Success in a Blended Learning Environment 120 10 To Blend or Not to Blend: A Look at Community Development via Blended Learning Strategies 136 Part Three: Higher Education Blended Learning Models and Perspectives 151 11 Global Perspectives on Blending Learning: Insight from WebCT and Our Customers in Higher Education 155 12 New Zealand Examples of Blended Learning 169 13 E-College Wales, a Case Study of Blended Learning 182 14 Blended Learning Enters the Mainstream 195 15 Integrated Field Experiences in Online Teacher Education: A Natural Blend? 209 Part Four: For-Profit and Online University Perspectives 221 16 Blended Learning at the University of Phoenix 223 17 A Different Perspective on Blended Learning: Asserting the Efficacy of Online Learning at Capella University 235 18 Blended Learning Goes Totally Virtual by Design: The Case of a For-Profit, Online University 245 Part Five: Cases of Blended Learning In Higher Education From Around the World 261 19 Blended Learning in Japan and Its Application in Liberal Arts Education 267 20 The Emergence of the Cyber-University and Blended Learning in Korea 281 21 Designing Blended Learning Focused on Knowledge Category and Learning Activities: Case Studies from Beijing Normal University 296 22 Open Distance Pedagogy: Developing a Learning Mix for the Open University Malaysia 311 23 Blending On and Off Campus: A Tale of Two Cities 325 24 Blended Learning at Canadian Universities: Issues and Practices 338 25 Tecnológico de Monterrey in México: Where Technology Extends the Classroom 351 26 From Analog to Weblog: The Community College Evolution Toward Blended Learning 360 27 Virtual TAU: The Study of a Campuswide Implementation of Blended Learning in Tel-Aviv University 374 28 Management Education for the Twenty-First Century 387 29 Blended Learning in Undergraduate Mathematics at the University of Pretoria 400 Part Six: Multinational Blended Learning Perspectives 417 30 The Integration of Learning Technologies into Europe’s Education and Training Systems 419 31 Developing an Understanding of Blended Learning: A Personal Journey Across Africa and the Middle East 432 32 Blended E-learning in the Context of International Development: Global Perspectives, Local Design of e-Courses 444 Part Seven: Workplace, On-Demand, and Authentic Learning 459 33 Putting Blended Learning to Work 461 34 Blending Learning and Work: Real-Time Work Flow Learning 474 35 On-Demand Learning: How Work-Embedded Learning Is Expanding Enterprise Performance 491 36 Creating Authentic Learning Environments Through Blended Learning Approaches 502 Part Eight: Future Trends in Blended Learning 517 37 Blended Learning in Military Training 519 38 Expanding the Boundaries of Blended Learning: Transforming Learning with Mixed and Virtual Reality Technologies 533 39 Future Directions of Blended Learning in Higher Education and Workplace Learning Settings 550 Name Index 569 Subject Index 575
Jay Cross, Michael G. Moore
Curtis J. Bonk, Charles R. Graham
Charles R. Graham
Elliott Masie
Jennifer Hofmann
Ellen D. Wagner
Nancy J. Lewis, Peter Z. Orton
Mike S. Wenger, Chuck Ferguson
Lutz Ziob, Bob Mosher
Alan G. Chute, J. O. David Williams, Burton W. Hancock
Alan Dennis, Barbara Bichelmeyer, Dan Henry, Hasan Cakir, Ali Korkmaz, Carol Watson, JoAnne Bunnage
Kirsten S. Hanson, Frances A. Clem
Barbara Ross, Karen Gage
Noeline Wright, Ross Dewstow, Mark Topping, Sue Tappenden
Norah Jones
Charles Dziuban, Joel Hartman, Frank Juge, Patsy Moskal, Steven Sorg
Thomas Reynolds, Cathleen Greiner
Brian Lindquist
Michael Offerman, Christopher Tassava
Pamela S. Pease
Insung Jung, Katsuaki Suzuki
Okhwa Lee, Yeonwook Im
Ronghuai Huang, Yueliang Zhou
Abtar Kaur, Ansary Ahmed
Geraldine Lefoe, John G. Hedberg
Ronald D. Owston, D. Randy Garrison, Kathryn Cook
Alejandro Acuña Limón
Paul A. Elsner
Rafi Nachmias, Judith Ram, David Mioduser
Gilly Salmon, Naomi Lawless
Ansie Harding, Johann Engelbrecht, Karen Lazenby, Irene le Roux
Jane Massy
Michelle Selinger
Sheila Jagannathan
Betty Collis
Harvey Singh
Nancy DeViney, Nancy J. Lewis
Ron Oliver, Jan Herrington, Thomas C. Reeves
Robert A. Wisher
Jamie Reaves Kirkley, Sonny E. Kirkley
Curtis J. Bonk, Kyong-Jee Kim, Tingting Zeng
Subject Areas: Business & management [KJ]
