Diving into the Blended Learning Pool: One University’s Experience

Abstract

This is a study of the experiences of a private university in preparing their faculty for teaching blended and online courses. A three-day workshop was conducted in a blended format in January 2014 to train faculty to teach in these formats during the following summer semester. Participants completed a survey after the workshop and after teaching the courses. The purpose of the survey was to examine the effectiveness of the workshop components. The results are discussed in this paper, along with an examination of the university’s other efforts to incorporate blended and online learning successfully into their curriculum.