The handbook of blended learning : global perspectives, local designs / [edited by] Curtis J. Bonk, Charles R. Graham ; forewords by Jay Cross, Michael G. Moore.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bonk, Curtis Jay.

Graham, Charles Ray, 1942-

Series:

Pfeiffer essential resources for training and HR professionals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Computer-assisted instruction.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Effect of technological innovations on.

Internet in higher education.

Blended learning.

Physical Description:

xxxv, 585 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Pfeiffer, [2006]

Summary:

The Handbook of Blended Learning (HOBLe) offers a comprehensive resource that highlights the most recent practices and trends in blended learning from a global perspective and provides targeted information for specific blended learning situations. The book provides examples of learning options that combine face-to-face instruction with online learning in both the workplace as well as more formal academic settings. Across these environments, The HOBLe focuses on real-world blended learning practices. The authors provide an important resource for the providers of adult learning to better understand the wide range of possibilities available when designing blended learning environments.

The Handbook of Blended Learning provides direction where blended learning may find effective application in online environments with higher education as well as corporate and military training. To address the diversity of readers, The HOBLe 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.

The HOBLe is filled with illustrative and interesting stories, models, and examples that can help foster intelligent decisions regarding blended learning across a wide variety of settings.

Contents:

Part 1 Introduction to Blended Learning 1

1 Blended Learning Systems: Definition, Current Trends, and Future Directions / Charles R. Graham 3

2 The Blended Learning Imperative / Elliott Masie 22

3 Why Blended Learning Hasn't (Yet) Fulfilled Its Promises: Answers to Those Questions That Keep You Up at Night / Jennifer Hofmann 27

4 On Designing Interaction Experiences for the Next Generation of Blended Learning / Ellen D. Wagner 41

Part 2 Corporate Blended Learning Models and Perspectives 57

5 Blending Learning for Business Impact: IBM's Case for Learning Success / Nancy J. Lewis, Peter Z. Orton 61

6 A Learning Ecology Model for Blended Learning from Sun Microsystems / Mike S. Wenger, Chuck Ferguson 76

7 Putting Customers First at Microsoft: Blending Learning Capabilities with Customer Needs / Lutz Ziob, Bob Mosher 92

8 Transformation of Sales Skills Through Knowledge Management and Blended Learning / Alan G. Chute, J. O. David Williams, Burton W. Hancock 105

9 The Cisco Networking Academy: A Model for the Study of Student Success in a Blended Learning Environment / Alan Dennis, Barbara Bichelmeyer, Dan Henry, Hasan Cakir, Ali Korkmaz, Carol Watson, JoAnne Bunnage 120

10 To Blend or Not to Blend: A Look at Community Development via Blended Learning Strategies / Kirsten S. Hanson, Frances A. Clem 136

Part 3 Higher Education Blended Learning Models and Perspectives 151

11 Global Perspectives on Blending Learning: Insight from WebCT and Our Customers in Higher Education / Barbara Ross, Karen Gage 155

12 New Zealand Examples of Blended Learning / Noeline Wright, Ross Dewstow, Mark Topping, Sue Tappenden 169

13 E-College Wales, a Case Study of Blended Learning / Norah Jones 182

14 Blended Learning Enters the Mainstream / Charles Dziuban, Joel Hartman, Frank Juge, Patsy Moskal, Steven Sorg 195

15 Integrated Field Experiences in Online Teacher Education: A Natural Blend? / Thomas Reynolds, Cathleen Greiner 209

Part 4 For-Profit and Online University Perspectives 221

16 Blended Learning at the University of Phoenix / Brian Lindquist 223

17 A Different Perspective on Blended Learning: Asserting the Efficacy of Online Learning at Capella University / Michael Offerman, Christopher Tassava 235

18 Blended Learning Goes Totally Virtual by Design: The Case of a For-Profit, Online University / Pamela S. Pease 245

Part 5 Cases of Blended Learning in Higher Education from Around the World 261

19 Blended Learning in Japan and Its Application in Liberal Arts Education / Insung Jung, Katsuaki Suzuki 267

20 The Emergence of the Cyber-University and Blended Learning in Korea / Okhwa Lee, Yeonwook Im 281

21 Designing Blended Learning Focused on Knowledge Category and Learning Activities: Case Studies from Beijing Normal University / Ronghuai Huang, Yueliang Zhou 296

22 Open Distance Pedagogy: Developing a Learning Mix for the Open University Malaysia / Abtar Kaur, Ansary Ahmed 311

23 Blending On and Off Campus: A Tale of Two Cities / Geraldine Lefoe, John G. Hedberg 325

24 Blended Learning at Canadian Universities: Issues and Practices / Ronald D. Owston, D. Randy Garrison, Kathryn Cook 338

25 Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico: Where Technology Extends the Classroom / Alejandro Acuna Limon 351

26 From Analog to Weblog: The Community College Evolution Toward Blended Learning / Paul A. Elsner 360

27 Virtual TAU: The Study of a Campuswide Implementation of Blended Learning in Tel-Aviv University / Rafi Nachmias, Judith Ram, David Mioduser 374

28 Management Education for the Twenty-First Century / Gilly Salmon, Naomi Lawless 387

29 Blended Learning in Undergraduate Mathematics at the University of Pretoria / Ansie Harding, Johann Engelbrecht, Karen Lazenby, Irene le Roux 400

Part 6 Multinational Blended Learning Perspectives 417

30 The Integration of Learning Technologies into Europe's Education and Training Systems / Jane Massy 419

31 Developing an Understanding of Blended Learning: A Personal Journey Across Africa and the Middle East / Michelle Selinger 432

32 Blended E-learning in the Context of International Development: Global Perspectives, Local Design of e-Courses / Sheila Jagannathan 444

Part 7 Workplace, On-Demand, and Authentic Learning 459

33 Putting Blended Learning to Work / Betty Collis 461

34 Blending Learning and Work: Real-Time Work Flow Learning / Harvey Singh 474

35 On-Demand Learning: How Work-Embedded Learning Is Expanding Enterprise Performance / Nancy DeViney, Nancy J. Lewis 491

36 Creating Authentic Learning Environments Through Blended Learning Approaches / Ron Oliver, Jan Herrington, Thomas C. Reeves 502

Part 8 Future Trends in Blended Learning 517

37 Blended Learning in Military Training / Robert A. Wisher 519

38 Expanding the Boundaries of Blended Learning: Transforming Learning with Mixed and Virtual Reality Technologies / Jamie Reaves Kirkley, Sonny E. Kirkley 533

39 Future Directions of Blended Learning in Higher Education and Workplace Learning Settings / Curtis J. Bonk, Kyong-Jee Kim, Tingting Zeng 550.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0787977586

OCLC:

60776550

Publisher Number:

9780787977580