Effective Blended Learning Practices: Evidence-Based Perspectives in ICT-Facilitated Education

Elizabeth Stacey (Deakin University, Australia) and Philippa Gerbic (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)

Publication Status: E-Book and Print Version Available for Purchase

ISBN13: 9781605662961

EISBN13: 9781605662978

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-296-1

Description:

New innovations of online learning within blended environments create a need within academia for research on best practices in teaching.

Effective Blended Learning Practices: Evidence-Based Perspectives in ICT-Facilitated Education provides insight into the practice of blended learning in higher education. This unique book collects new international research into many aspects of blended learning from the perspectives of learners, teachers, designers, and professional and academic developers in various disciplines , learning communities and universities from around the world.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Blended approaches in teacher education
Blended learning and teaching philosophies
Blending collaborative online learning
Campus-based student learning environments
ICT-enhanced blended learning
Learning communities for K-12 teachers
Professional development for blended learning
Reciprocal mentoring
Redesigning initial teacher education
Responses to blended environments
Strategies for blended teaching and learning
Virtual learning and real communities

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This book gives ample evidence of the appropriateness of blended learning in different countries, institutions and settings.

– Robin Mason, Professor of Educational Technology, The Open University, UK

Elizabeth Stacey is an associate professor in the School of Education at Deakin University. She has researched, supervised research students and taught about topics covering a range of interactive communication technologies including online learning via the Internet, computer conferencing and collaborative learning through blended, flexible open and distance education. She has published regularly in international journals of distance education and educational technology.

Philippa Gerbic was an active practitioner and researcher in the e-learning field. She taught undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in teacher education and adult learning at the Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. She completed a substantive investigation into undergraduate student approaches to learning when online discussions are included within a campus based programme. Other research interests included blended environments, the development of online and flexible learning, computer mediated communication, online learning design and student perspectives on learning. She also investigated the role of e-portfolios within a lifelong learning framework and issues regarding their placement within blended environments.

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