Sounds like we are on the same page, Elizabeth. I love your 
daughter's reaction!

That is not to say that everyone is better able to learn in blended 
environments, but I would say that most can and certainly should be 
offered the chance when possible. Leecy

At 12:27 PM 5/10/2007, you wrote:


>I tend to use the second of your definitions, Leecy--

>two settings: online and on land, perhaps because it is the one

>commonly used by the communities of practice I belong to.

>

>I think teachers are sometimes surprised to find that they are

>using blended learning in that sense already:

>they answer questions via email, they post a Web page with

>class information, and so on. It's just a short step to making

>lectures available via podcast, eh?

>

>And I also agree with your "prejudice"--teachers have

>much more contact with students in an online setting than

>on a campus. It's counter intuitive but true!

>

>My daughter-in-law is taking a blended Masters degree

>program at SJSU in California--she hates the boredom of

>8-hour sessions at the end of the semester when oral

>presentations are given "live." They would be much more

>exciting in an interactive video or Internet

>  conference, I suspect.

>

>--Elizabeth Hanson-Smith

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