BLENDED LEARNING AND LOCALNESS: THE MEANS AND THE END

Authors

  • Frank Mayadas
  • Anthony G. Picciano

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24059/olj.v11i1.1730

Keywords:

Distance Learning, Online Learning, Blended Learning, Hybrid Learning, Localness, Access, Marketing, Branding

Abstract

Blended learning can be seen as the means to achieving a greater sense of “localness” on the part of colleges and universities. Blended learning has been evolving for several years and while definitions vary from one institution to another, it is defined in this paper essentially as a combination of face-to-face and online learning. Localness is a term used at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as part of a new funding initiative to support academic programs designed to strengthen a college or university connection to its core constituencies. The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship of blended learning and “localness”.

References

Picciano, A. G. Blended Learning: Implications for growth and access. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks 10(3): 2006. http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/jaln/v10n3/index_member.asp.

Miller, G. Blended learning and Sloan-C. Posting to the Official Website of the 2005 Sloan-C Summer Workshop held in Victoria, British Columbia, June 30, 2005.

Laster, S., G. Otte, A. G. Picciano, and S. Sorg. Redefining blended learning. Presentation at the 2005 Sloan-C Workshop on Blended Learning, Chicago, IL, April 18, 2005.

Mayadas, A. G. Blended, ALN, and localness initiative. Unpublished paper. New York: The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2006.

Picciano, A. G. and C. D. Dzuiban (Eds.). Blended Learning: Research Perspectives. Needham. MA: Sloan-C, 2007.

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Published

2019-02-11

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2007)

Section

Empirical Studies

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