Blended Learning

The research explored in this volume, spanning engagement, pedagogical practice, and learning outcomes will ensure that blended learning is well understood and of high quality. Diana Oblinger, President and CEO, EDUCAUSE The thoughtful essays in this book highlight the myriad choices as well as challenges that instructors and learners face each day as they utilize web-based tools. Curt Bonk, President of CourseShare, LLC, and Professor of Instructional Systems Technology, Indiana University A most important contribution to the scholarship of teaching and learning with technology. A. Frank Mayadas, President Emeritus, The Sloan Consortium Provides invaluable insights into the continued development of blended learning. Dr. Randy Garrison, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Calgary, and Co-author of Blended Learning in Higher Education "Will serve as an important reference and guide in the years ahead." Malcolm Brown, Director, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative "Describes the impact of different implementations of blended learning on the learner, the instructor, and the institutionlaying the foundation for the new norm in education." Phillip D. Long, Professor, University of Queensland "A diverse set of voices whose research areas and insightful conclusions will be of crucial help in designing blended learning for an increasingly blended world." Gardner Campbell, Ph.D., Director, Center for Innovation in Learning, Virginia Tech

Anthony G. Picciano is a Professor and Executive Officer in the PhD Program in Urban Education at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). Charles D. Dziuban is Director of the Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness at the University of Central Florida. Charles R. Graham is a Professor of Instructional Psychology & Technology at Brigham Young University. He also currently serves as the Associate Dean for the David O. McKay School of Education.

Preface Chapter 1: Introduction to Blended Learning: Research Perspectives II Anthony Picciano Section I: Blended Learning Models and Scale Chapter 2: Developing Models and Theory for Blended Learning Research Charles R. Graham, Curtis R. Henrie, Andrew S. Gibbons Chapter 3: Scaling Blended Learning Evaluation Beyond the University Patsy D. Moskal, Thomas B. Cavanagh Chapter 4: Investigating Informal Blending at the University of Illinois Springfield William Bloemer, Karen Swan Section II: Evaluation Chapter 5: SCOPe-ing out Interactions in Blended Environments Susan J. Wegmann, Kelvin Thompson Chapter 6: Student Perspectives on Blended Learning Through the Lens of Social, Teaching and Cognitive Presence Janelle DeCarrico Voegele Chapter 7: To be or not to be: Student and Faculty Perceptions of Engagement in a Blended Bachelor of Education Program Norman Vaughan, Allana LeBlanc, Jim Zimmer, Irene Naested, Jodi Nickel, Stefan Sikora, Gladys Sterenberg, Kevin OConnor Chapter 8: A Five-Year Study of Sustaining Blended Learning Initiatives to Enhance Academic Engagement in Computer and Information Sciences Campus Courses Laurie P. Dringus, Amon B. Seagull Chapter 9: Trial and Error: Iteratively Improving Research on Blended Learning D. Christopher Brooks, Jodi R. Sandfort Chapter 10: Practice Makes Perfect? Assessing the Effectiveness of Online Practice Exams in Blended Learning Biology Classes J. D. Walker, D. Christopher Brooks, Kyle Hammond, Bruce A. Fall, Richard W. Peifer, Rogene Schnell, Janet L. Schottel Section III: Faculty Issues Chapter 11: Implementation of Blended Learning for the Improvement of Student Learning Jeannette E. Riley, Catherine Gardner, Sarah Cosgrove, Neal Olitsky, Caitlin ONeil, Chan Du Chapter 12: The Impact of Instructional Development and Training for Blended Teaching on Course Effectiveness Tanya M. Joosten, Dylan Barth, Lindsey Harness, Nicole L. Weber Chapter 13: Growing Your Own Blended Faculty: A Review of Current Faculty Development Practices in Traditional, Not-for-Profit Higher Education Institutions Amy P. Ginsberg, Elizabeth Ciabocchi Chapter 14: Choice Does Matter: Faculty Lessons Learned Teaching Adults in a Blended Program Karen Skibba Section IV: Studying Non-Traditional Learners Chapter 15: Variation in Adult Learners Experiences of Blended Learning in Higher Education Paige McDonald Chapter 16: Educating Warrior diplomats: Blended and Unconventional Learning for Special Operations Forces Katherine M. Tyler, Kent C. Dolasky Section V: International Perspectives Chapter 17: Are you working in the kitchen? - European Perspectives on Blended Learning Anders Norberg, Isa Jahnke Chapter 18: Out of Hours: Online and Blended Learning Workload in Australian Universities Yoni Ryan, Belinda Tynan, Andrea Lamont-Mills Section VI: Blended Learning in K-12 Environments Chapter 19: Blended Learning in the K-12 Education Sector Heather Staker, Michael B. Horn Chapter 20: Blended Learning in New York City: The iLearnNYC Program Anne-Marie Hoxie, Jennifer Stillman, Kara Chesal Chapter 21: Blending it All Together Charles D. Dziuban, Joel L. Hartman, George L. Mehaffy