When it comes to education, I am pretty much a fan of hybrid everything. I think integrating new things tends to work far better than making drastic transitions. It also avoids the flip-flopping so common in educational practice. It seems there are advantages and disadvantages to nearly any practice I can think of so it makes sense to engage students with a variety of experiences.
Blended learning appeals to me (I am still waiting for the data). It spends some time in individualization and some time in group experiences. It spends some time on direct instruction and some on learner exploration.
Here is a site dedicated to the process of moving to a blended educational environment (PDFs). Take a look.
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