"Blended learning or hybrid learning, also known as technology-mediated instruction, web-enhanced instruction, or mixed-mode instruction, is an approach to education that combines online educational materials and opportunities for interaction online with physical place-based classroom methods."
Blended learning combines both online and traditional classroom teaching methods to deliver instruction. This allows instructors to tailor their teaching to the specific learning needs of each student and optimize time spent in the classroom.
"Blended learning requires the physical presence of both teacher and student."
"Blended learning requires the physical presence of both teacher and student, with some elements of student control over time, place, path, or pace."
"While students still attend brick-and-mortar schools with a teacher present, face-to-face classroom practices are combined with computer-mediated activities regarding content and delivery."
"It is also used in professional development and training settings."
"Some reports have claimed that a lack of consensus on a hard definition of blended learning has led to difficulties in research on its effectiveness."
"A well-cited 2013 study broadly defined blended learning as a mixture of online and in-person delivery where the online portion effectively replaces some of the face-to-face contact time rather than supplementing it."
"This report also found that all of these evidence-based studies concluded that student achievement was higher in blended learning experiences when compared to either fully online or fully face-to-face learning experiences."
""Blended learning" is sometimes used in the same breath as "personalized learning" and differentiated instruction."