International Portal of Teacher Education

Source: Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Volume 22, No. 1, January 2014, p. 57-81.

In this article, the authors discuss what K-12 teachers should know about blended learning environments.
They draw from relevant published research, reports, and book chapters from higher education and K-12.

This review suggests that effective teacher preparation for blended instruction must integrate three broad components—contextual, instructional, and technological—each of which is closely aligned with common instructional design processes familiar to most teachers.