"Hybrid Learning: The Perils and Promise of Blending Online and Face-to-Face Instruction in Higher Education" is an in-depth exploration of a new learning mode that could radically change higher education, incorporating emerging trends in technology and multimedia use--including online gaming, social networking, and other Web 2.0 applications--to create engaging and dynamic learning environments. Laying out fundamental challenges facing higher education today, this book shows how hybrid instruction can be designed and implemented to deliver excellent educational value in flexible modes and...