Blended Education – Blended Models Emerge
Author: Dr. Donna J. Skinner, Education and Sales Consultant for K12, Inc. K12 is the largest provider of school online accredited curriculum and support services. K12 has over 10,000 students enrolled in 100 countries.
What is blended learning? Blended learning is a formal education program in which a student learns in part through online delivery of instruction and content, with some element of student control over time, place, path and place in a supervised brick-and-mortar location –a school. The most common models that have emerged can be categorized into the following model: Rotation, Flex, Self-Blended and Enhanced Virtual.
The Self Blended model combines online learning and brick-and-mortar education. In this model, students take one or more courses online (off site) with an online teacher and also maintain brick-and-mortar education (on site.) The Enriched Virtual model students divide their learning between brick-and-mortar and online methods. Within each course, students split their time between both learning methods. Author: Dr. Donna J. Skinner, Education and Sales Consultant for K12, Inc. K12 is the largest provider of school online accredited curriculum and support services. K12 has over 10,000 students enrolled in 100 countries. Contact Donna at: dskinner@k12.com