Blended learning [electronic resource] : across the disciplines, across the academy / edited by Francine S. Glazer ; foreword by James Rhem.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Glazer, Francine S.

Series:

New pedagogies and practices for teaching in higher education series.

New pedagogies and practices for teaching in higher education series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Computer-assisted instruction.

Education, Higher.

Internet in higher education.

Blended learning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sterling, Va. : Stylus Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book constitutes a practical introduction to blended learning, illustrated by implementations across a broad spectrum of disciplines. It enables faculty unfamiliar with this mode to address the core challenge of blended learning - which is to link the activities in each medium so that they reinforce each other to create a single, unified, course - and offers models they can adapt. This book takes two findings as its point of departure. First, that online learning, and blended learning in particular - when they incorporate active-learning strategies, including opportunities for reflection a

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Blended Learning in the Culinary Arts: Tradition Meets Technology; 2 Baby Steps to Blended: Introduction of a Blended Unit to a Conventional Course; 3 Teaching a Survey Course in Anthropology; 4 Combining Tradition With Technology: Redesigning a Literature Course; 5 Blended, With a Twist; 6 Concluding Thoughts on This Volume; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

"Published in association with the National Teaching and Learning Forum."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-000-98004-9

1-000-97482-0

1-003-44328-1

1-57922-720-1

OCLC:

781636175