New Report on Blended Learning posted for comment

We recently posted a pre-publication review draft of a new survey report we will be releasing soon in the 'Contributed Resources' section of this web site. Feedback is welcome and encouraged! See the note from Jeff Seaman below that was posted on the Sloan-C listserv earlier today:

A pre-publication review draft of a new report on blended learning has been posted to the www.blendedteaching.org site at:

http://www.blendedteaching.org/special_report_blending_in

The report (Blending In: The Extent and Promise of Blended Education in the United States) is based on several years of data collected for the annual Sloan surveys of online learning as well as a special analysis of consumer preference data collected by Eduventures.

The intent from the very beginning of the Sloan surveys was to track both online and blended enrollments. However, it quickly became apparent that schools did not have nearly as good numbers for their blended enrollments as they did for their online classes, so we stopped collecting and reporting these figures. We have, however, continued to collect Chief Academic Office opinions towards blended learning as well as some numeric data (e.g., which types of programs are offered online and which types are offered as blended).

The report is our first attempt at pulling the various pieces of our survey data on blended instruction together in a single place. We as especially interested in any feedback on 1) how we can make this report better, and 2) what we should be asking about blended learning in upcoming surveys.

Our current plan is to review all comments over the next few weeks before creating a final revision of the report for release. We invite you to download the report and let us know what you think.

Thanks.

-jeff

I. Elaine Allen

Associate Professor of Statistics & Entrepreneurship

Co-Director, Babson Survey Research Group

Babson College

Jeff Seaman

Chief Information Officer, Survey Director

The Sloan Consortium

Olin and Babson Colleges

Co-Director, Babson Survey Research Group

Babson College