“Solve the Big Problems”: Leading Through Strategic Innovation in Blended Teaching and Learning

Kelvin Thompson, Rohan Jowallah, Thomas B. Cavanagh

Source Title: Technology Leadership for Innovation in Higher Education

ISBN13: 9781522577690|ISBN10: 1522577696|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522586104|EISBN13: 9781522577706

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7769-0.ch002

MLA

Thompson, Kelvin, et al. "“Solve the Big Problems”: Leading Through Strategic Innovation in Blended Teaching and Learning." Technology Leadership for Innovation in Higher Education, edited by Yufeng Qian and Guiyou Huang, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 26-48. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7769-0.ch002

APA

Thompson, K., Jowallah, R., & Cavanagh, T. B. (2019). “Solve the Big Problems”: Leading Through Strategic Innovation in Blended Teaching and Learning. In Y. Qian & G. Huang (Eds.), Technology Leadership for Innovation in Higher Education (pp. 26-48). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7769-0.ch002

Chicago

Thompson, Kelvin, Rohan Jowallah, and Thomas B. Cavanagh. "“Solve the Big Problems”: Leading Through Strategic Innovation in Blended Teaching and Learning." In Technology Leadership for Innovation in Higher Education, edited by Yufeng Qian and Guiyou Huang, 26-48. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7769-0.ch002

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Abstract

Blended learning remains at the top of higher education/technology issues lists despite having been in practice on college and university campuses for 20 years. However, a review of blended learning research literature suggests that innovation in blended learning models has been lacking. This chapter positions innovation in blended learning as a leadership challenge, not merely for the niche concerns of learning technology professionals but as a strategy to fulfill the higher education mission of student success. The chapter authors assert that, while blended learning's very flexibility often curtails its systemic implementation, when undertaken as an institutional leadership challenge, new configurations of blended learning implemented through cross-institutional partnerships hold great promise.