Sloan-C Blended Learning Research Perspectives

Sloan-C's long-running collection of effective practices has produced a number of EPs related to blended learning. That section of Sloan-C's main web site (www.sloan-c.org) is currently undergoing a redesign to add more collaborative and interactive tools that will hopefully help you to access the information you need. During the process, we collected a list of EPs related to blended learning. We will notify everyone when the new site is ready to visit, but in the meantime, here is a list of EPs on the current EP site that may interest you:

In this 2004 paper, Stephen Laster of Babson College (now at Harvard Business School) shares thoughts on defining blended learning.

Following is the introduction to the paper, read the attached for the remainder:

INTRODUCTION

This past summer I had the pleasure of participating in the Sloan-C Online Research Workshop. Working with a large group of energetic educators, we were able to examine the issues of student satisfaction, learning effectiveness, blended environments, and transformative assessment. I facilitated the conversation around blended learning in which a productive exchange of ideas took place.

In this 2003 paper, Stephen Laster of Babson College (now at Harvard Business School) shares their experience of using model-driven design in delivering blended programs.

Following is the introduction to the paper, read the attached for the remainder:

INTRODUCTION

Blended teaching and learning in an integrated curriculum creates opportunities for learning that are not
found in a traditional discipline-specific, pure classroom model. These opportunities include:

Blended Learning – What Is It and Where Might It Take Us? - February 2003 – A featured 3-page article in the Sloan-C View authored by Richard Voos of Babson College. The article provides some general definitions, as well as many examples of blended programs.  It also asks some key questions concerning blended learning:

This is a collection of recent papers from Sloan-C's Popular Journal for Asynchronous Learning Network that have mentioned Blended Learning:

Volume 10, Issue 2 (May, 2006) - Business Models for Online Education - George Lorenzo, Educational Pathways - One of the Business Models discussed in this paper is the University of Central Florida's approach to Blended Learning