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"Blended Learning", also refered to as "Hybrid Learning" combines traditional face-to-face classrooom instruction with online learning. EDUCAUSE has a wide range of resources on this expansive topic in various formats. Including the new EDUCAUSE E-Book " Game Changers: Education and Information Technologies" which is a collection of chapters and case studies contributed by college and university presidents, provosts, faculty, and other stakeholders. Institutions are finding new ways of achieving higher education’s mission without being crippled by constraints or overpowered by greater expectations.

The following chapters from the book specifically address blended learning models.

Western Governors University
Robert W. Mendenhall
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University of Phoenix
William (Bill) Pepicello
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The Postmodality Era: How "Online Learning" Is Becoming "Learning"
Thomas B. Cavanagh
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Blended Learning and New Education Logistics in Northern Sweden
Anders Norberg
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Scaling Up: Four Ideas to Increase College Completion
Vernon C. Smith
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Building Blocks for College Completion: Blended Learning, NGLC, December 2012. This report provides suggestions for future development and adoption of blended learning, included as primer questions and a resource list, which are based on grantees’ work in progress.
The Blended Learning Toolkit: A DIY Resource for Blended Learning Instructors and Designers, ELI Web Seminar, January 2012. This seminar provided a brief overview of the Blended Learning Toolkit before guiding participants on a tour and a discussion of each set of faculty resources. It also includes a brief summary of lessons learned in conducting an open, online course based on the BlendKit Course materials will also be shared.
Evaluating the Implementation of Blended Learning Models in Large Enrollment Courses, ELI Annaul Meeting, February 2011. This presentation expands on design, development, and implementation of blended learning models, with details on ways in which the face-to-face and online sections of the courses were integrated.
“Blended Learning: A Report on the ELI Focus Session” ELI White Paper, November 2010. This white paper is a synthesis of the key ideas, themes, and concepts that emerged from those sessions. The paper also includes links to supporting focus session materials, recordings, and resources
“7 Things You Should Know About the HyFlex Course Model”, ELI 7 Things You Should Know, November 2010. HyFlex is a course design model that presents the components of hybrid learning in a flexible course structure that gives students the option of attending sessions in the classroom, participating online, or doing both. Students can change their mode of attendance weekly or by topic, according to need or preference.

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Onboarding CIOs and other Executive Level IT Staff: March 18, 2013 | A session at the Midwest Regional Conference
CIOs come and go but the staff lives on. How do you ensure your new CIO is ready to lead on Day 1? A new CIO needs to learn not only the what, but also the why and how of the organizati…
Interview and Interactive Q&A Session with General Session Speaker Elizabeth Coleman, Bennington College: March 13, 2013
Join us for an exclusive interview and take advantage of this unique opportunity to engage in dialogue with the general session speaker who will comment on and discuss her presentation from the f…
Headless Leadership: Unconferences and Other Spontaneous Disruptions in Your Workplace: March 12, 2013 | A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference
What happens when a small group of progressive thinkers picks a broad theme (mobile, the cloud) and decides to assemble an unknown group of fellow employees to talk about an ill-defined number of u…
Changing the Culture of an IT Organization, Whirlwind Style: March 12, 2013 | A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference
Yale's IT organization is in transformation mode. The journey, over the past 18 months has covered everything: a major reorganization; a top to bottom and side-to-side implementation of ITIL…
Cultivating a Culture of Creativity and Innovation: Learning from Jazz Improvisation - Sponsored by Acquia: March 12, 2013 | A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference
Today's world involves change at an unprecedented pace. Managing creativity and innovation is becoming the most important responsibility for leaders in this new century. Leaders must build thi…
Improvisation and Innovation: Rhetoric and Reality - Sponsored by Tuition Management Systems: March 13, 2013 | A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference
We are unlikely to achieve the kind of institutional agility we desire—openness to new ideas, responsiveness to a changing world—if we persist in addressing questions of innovation, improvisati…
Lessons Learned: The Least Favorite Part of Projects: March 19, 2013 | A session at the Midwest Regional Conference
Continuous improvement and data-driven decision making are important parts of IT in higher education. Lessons learned after a project can play a key role in gathering that data and finding ways t…
Creating a Reflective and Change-Oriented IT Culture Using a Bit O' Science: March 18, 2013 | A session at the Midwest Regional Conference
Please join us in an interactive discussion exploring how and why services are designed, deployed, and retired in IT. The speaker will share the journey of a newly formed Portfolio Management Offic…
Macro Analytics: Getting in the Game: March 19, 2013 | A session at the Midwest Regional Conference
This session will focus on macro analytics, or using expectations to bring about change. This simple-to-apply yet difficult-to-master concept will help attendees gain an understanding of how analyt…
Doing IT: The Reflective Practitioner - Sponsored by SNtial Technologies: March 20, 2013 | A session at the Midwest Regional Conference
Disruption. Uncertainty. Volatility. The higher ed IT organization is buffeted daily by external forces beyond our control and internally by accelerating expectations for cheaper, faster, and bette…

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