Blended Learning [1797] Home : Annual Conference 2017

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Thu, Sep 7 2017, 10:45am – 12:00pm

Authors: B. Mairead Pratschke

Room: Harold Wilson (2)

Theme: Moving from the practical to the ‘publishable’

Type: 20-minute session

Description

Blended learning is still an under-researched area in the world of online learning. As recently as July 2013, in a special edition of The Internet and Higher Education entitled “Blended learning policy and implementation,” the editors concluded that further research on blended learning policy and implementation is needed. They asked “why blended learning, despite its many inherent advantages, has not been scaled up successfully in many institutions” and pointed to two prerequisites for successful scaling up of blended learning: “The need for alignment of goals at all levels of the academy from senior administration through to students as well as the necessity for an advocate at the early stages of implementation.”

Imperial College Business School has that advocate. The School launched its Executive MBA (EMBA) programme in early 2017, a blended delivery programme based its successful and fully online Global MBA. This paper will examine some of the institutional and policy issues raised in the issue, looking at the EMBA case. The presentation will focus on the challenges and rewards of creating and delivering a blended learning programme from a number of perspectives, including institutional buy-in, faculty reluctance, and student satisfaction.

Sources consulted:

The Internet and Higher Education, Volume 18, Pages 1-68 (July 2013): Blended Learning in Higher Education: Policy and Implementation Issues. Edited by Ron Owsten, Walter Archer, Randy Garrison and Norman Vaughan

Patsy Moskal, Charles Dziuban, Joel Hartman, “Blended learning: A dangerous idea?” (pp. 15-23) in The Internet and Higher Education, Volume 18, Pages 1-68 (July 2013): Blended Learning in Higher Education: Policy and Implementation Issues. Edited by Ron Owsten, Walter Archer, Randy Garrison and Norman Vaughan

Katerina Bohle Carbonell, Amber Dailey-Hebert, Wim Gijselaers, “Unleashing the creative potential of faculty to create blended learning” (pp. 29-37) in The Internet and Higher Education, Volume 18, Pages 1-68 (July 2013): Blended Learning in Higher Education: Policy and Implementation Issues. Edited by Ron Owsten, Walter Archer, Randy Garrison and Norman Vaughan

Ron Owston, Dennis York, Susan Murtha, “Student perceptions and achievement in a university blended learning strategic initiative” (pp. 38-46) in The Internet and Higher Education, Volume 18, Pages 1-68 (July 2013): Blended Learning in Higher Education: Policy and Implementation Issues. Edited by Ron Owsten, Walter Archer, Randy Garrison and Norman Vaughan

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