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There's this myth in the brick and mortar schools that somehow the onset of online K-12 learning will be the death of face-to-face (F2F) interaction. However this isn't so -- or at least in the interest of the future of rigor in education, it shouldn't be.

US Dept of Education Evaluation of Evidence-Based-Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies

Chapter 4 compares Blended to Online Learning

This article speaks to the ideas of blended learning in terms of preparing students for the real world, be it learning on demand or taking online / blended courses in the future.

The purpose of this document is for teachers to develop understandings and strategies to facilitate learning in a blended environment. This document will assist teachers in blending Quality Teaching practices with contemporary ICTs and appropriate hardware to maximise student educational outcomes. 42 page .pdf on blended learning

Innosight Institute defines blended learning as: a formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through online delivery of content and instruction with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace and at least in part at a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home.

Direct link to the Blackboard / K-12 article (.pdf) about Blended Learning including the Blended Learning Continuum as well as benefits of providing a blended learning experience.

eSN Special Report: Blended learning on the rise Combining the best elements of face-to-face and online instruction, these six schools have adopted various blended learning models successfully. Here's how It's a typical weekday, and Leah Rogers is greeting students as they arrive at school.

Sal Khan talks about how multimedia and approaches incorporating technology with traditional teaching can enhance student learning. The message is not to replace one with the other, but rather for the two to work in cohort in order to provide the best learning opportunities for students. He discusses the importance of real world application of learning.

This site is a wiki book dedicated to providing insight regarding blended learning in the K-12 setting including common approaches, value of implementing a blended model, etc.

Paper by Aleksej Heinze, a.heinze@salford.ac.uk and Chris Procter, c.t.procter@salford.ac.uk