Norman Vaughan

Department of Education
Mount Royal University, Calgary
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Plenary Presentation

Blended Learning in Higher Education: Promises and Pitfalls

There is both optimism and confusion regarding blended learning in higher education.  There have been promises made that a blended approach can improve the quality of the learning experience for both students and faculty members.  Yet, there is anxiety about the change and challenges that such an approach will have on post-secondary institutions.  These issues will be debated and discussed in this plenary session through the use of a series of case studies.  The goal being to help participants develop or reinforce their own strategies for creating blended learning environments that foster student engagement and success.

Biography

Norman Vaughan

Department of Education, Faculty of Teaching and Learning
Mount Royal University, Calgary
Alberta, Canada

An educator and researcher with interests in blended learning, faculty development and K to 12 schooling, Dr. Norm Vaughan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education, Faculty of Teaching and Learning at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta.  He recently co-authored the book Blended Learning in Higher Education (Jossey-Bass, 2008) and has published a series of articles on blended learning and faculty development.  Norm is the Co-founder of the Blended Online Design Network (BOLD), a member of the Community of Inquiry Research Group, the Associate Editor of the International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning and he is on the Editorial Boards of the International Journal of Excellence in e-Learning, Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, the Journal on Centres for Teaching & Learning,  the Learning Communities Journal, and the Journal of Information Fluency.