The tech revolution has led many to see a future where students
get their education through a blend of traditional learning in
classrooms and instruction through computer or other tech
device.. Here, John Merrow, veteran education reporter for PBS,
NPR, and dozens of national publications, writes about this key
concerns about blended learning. Merrow is president of Learning
Matters, a non-profit media production company, and his latest
book is The Influence of Teachers . This post was published on
his blog, Taking Note. At a recent meeting of The Philanthropy
Roundtable, a few hundred people were wrapping their heads
around “Blended Learning,” the latest and most promising next
new thing in education. Most in the audience were funders
focused on education, and, judging from their body language and
comments, most were sold on the idea. Quickly, blended learning
is some mix of traditional classroom instruction (which in
itself varies considerably) and instruction mediated by
technology. The latter can be one s