by School CIO
Innosight Institute today released the report “Classifying K-12 blended learning,” which defines the emerging phenomenon of mixing online learning into brick-and-mortar schools. According to the report, blended learning is defined as a formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through online delivery of content and instruction with some element of student control over time, place, path and pace, and at least in part at a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home. Innosight is a non-profit think tank co-founded by Professor Clayton Christensen of Harvard Business School. The white paper is co-authored by Innosight Institute Senior Education Research Fellow Heather Staker and Executive Director of Education Michael B. Horn. It identifies the four models of blended learning and provides working examples from schools including KIPP LA Empower Academy, Rocketship Education and Carpe Diem. It also identifies several new sub-models, including the Flipped Classroom and Station Rotation.
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