Definitions+of+Blended+Learning

=Blending learning has a couple of definitions: =

==Blended learning is used synonymously for hybrid learning. Some also think that it seems to be a new term for digital learning. One must be careful not to think that any learning done online is blended learning. == 

=="Blended learning is any time a student learns at least in part at a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home and at least in part through online delivery with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace." ==

Horn, M.B. & Staker, H. (2011). //The rise of K-12 blended learning.//Retrieved February 21, 2012, from Innosight Institute Web site: http://www.innosightinstitute.org/media-room/publications/education-publications/the-rise-of-k-12-blended-learning/

Blended learning is "learning that combines two modes of instruction, online and face-to-face, but at potentially different points in time."


Barbour, M.,Brown, R., Waters, L.H., Hoey, R., Hunt, J.L., Kennedy, K. et al. (2011) Online and blended learning: A survey of policy and practice from K-12 schools around the world. Retrieved February 23, 2012 from International Association for K-12 Online Learning Web site: http://www.inacol.org/research/bookstore/detail.php?id=31

Blended learning can be either good or bad, can be cost-saving or expensive, and can produce good results or bad ones.
===One challenge for researchers is to determine what model is best for each situation. What type of blended learning is best for what type of student? ===