Thinking Outside of the Box: Blended Learning as an Alternative to Traditional Learning

Defense Date

6-19-2007

Graduation Date

Summer 1-1-2007

Availability

Campus Only

Submission Type

dissertation

Degree Name

EdD

Department

Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program for Education Leaders (IDPEL)

School

School of Education

Committee Chair

Robert B. Bartos

Committee Member

James W. Scott

Committee Member

Peggy E. Hockersmith

Keywords

Blended Learning, Charter Schools, Non-Traditional Learning, Online Learning

Abstract

This study examined the ways public schools are redistributing existing resources and changing policies to continue student academic achievement through non-traditional teaching methods and the satisfaction of these non-traditional methods. Salient points in history of reform, technology innovations, satisfaction of charter schools, "blended leaning," and cost-effectiveness of programming were used to justify and to support the need for a study that addressed how the non-traditional organizational, educational and structural tenets of a "Blended Learning Curriculum" within a charter school can affect learning of students by investigating cost-effectiveness and satisfaction, as compared to the same "blended learning curriculum being used in a traditional school setting.

Format

PDF

Language

English

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