What’s up with… Blended Learning?

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Blended learning is an instructional method that integrates the traditional classroom with innovative technology, but it’s more than just technology-rich instruction. According to the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, blended learning is defined as a formal education program with three key attributes:

• One, students learn, at least in part, through online learning, with some element of control over the time, place, path, and/or pace of their education.
• Two, students are, at least in part, supervised in a brick-and-mortar location away from home.
• And three, the modalities along each student’s learning path within a course or subject are connected to provide an integrated learning experience.

In other words, blended learning is an instructional method that that enables teachers to provide students with a more personalized learning experience. It leverages technology and the Internet as a way to enhance learning and promote understanding, while also putting students in the driver’s seat when it comes to their education.

Source: “Blended Learning Definitions.” Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation. Accessed June 18, 2015. http://www.christenseninstitute.org/blended-learning-definitions-and-models.

This work first appeared on Edgenuity’s blog, Where Learning Clicks, on Feb. 23, 2016.