Blended Learning Solutions in Higher Education

<p><i>Blended Learning Solutions in Higher Education</i> explores the origins empirical foundations and implementation of blended learning in colleges and universities. Since emerging as a third-way solution to traditional and virtual higher education models blended learning has become a predominant learning modality in an era of rapid technological proliferation. Offering an alternative to longstanding yet flawed methodologies and assumptions about its validity this book conceptualizes blended learning as a complex social practice mediated by knowledge institutional rules policies and norms as well as material factors such as technology and physical spaces. The book’s original MIRACLE framework offers a research-grounded highly practical guide to blended learning design improvement and long-term efficacy. From demystified history and heuristics to digitized platforms and course content to reimagined governance and regulations these insights provide a thoughtful exemplar of blended learning’s challenges and affordances along with a firm basis for integrating face-to-face and online learning teaching and assessment innovatively and creatively.</p>