Emerging Practice and Research in Blended Learning

BACKGROUND AND DEFINITION OF BLENDED LEARNING Discussion of blending learning (BL) is appearing with increased frequency in both the scholarly literature and the popular press. A 2011 literature search by the author found close to 200 dissertations and hundreds of journal articles on the topic (Halverson, Graham, Spring, & Drysdale, 2012). It has also been identifi ed by the American Society for Training and Development as a top trend in the knowledge delivery industry (Rooney, 2003). Historically, blended learning was predominantly found in corporate and higher education contexts, but its use is now increasingly found in K-12 education (Picciano, Seaman, Shea, & Shaw 2012; Staker et al., 2011). Its use…