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

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.

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