A nested array of desirable student outcomes, typically at an aggregated, institutional level; may include such metrics as course passing, curricular progression, degree attainment, time to graduation, etc.
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“Solve the Big Problems”: Leading Through Strategic Innovation in Blended Teaching and Learning
Kelvin Thompson (University of Central Florida, USA), Rohan Jowallah (University of Central Florida, USA), and Thomas B. Cavanagh (University of Central Florida, USA)
Copyright: © 2019
|Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7769-0.ch002
Abstract
Blended learning remains at the top of higher education/technology issues lists despite having been in practice on college and university campuses for 20 years. However, a review of blended learning research literature suggests that innovation in blended learning models has been lacking. This chapter positions innovation in blended learning as a leadership challenge, not merely for the niche concerns of learning technology professionals but as a strategy to fulfill the higher education mission of student success. The chapter authors assert that, while blended learning's very flexibility often curtails its systemic implementation, when undertaken as an institutional leadership challenge, new configurations of blended learning implemented through cross-institutional partnerships hold great promise.