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Curtis J. Bonk, Ph.D., is professor of instructional systems technology at Indiana University and president of SurveyShare, Inc. He is also a senior research fellow with the Advanced Distributed Learning Lab within the U.S. Department of Defense in Washington, D.C. Bonk has more than one hundred publications in topics related to e-learning, collaborative technologies, and Web-based pedagogy and evaluation.

Charles R. Graham, Ph.D., is assistant professor of instructional psychology and technology at Brigham Young University with an interest in collaborative face-to-face and online learning environments.

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<p><b>THE HANDBOOK OF BLENDED LEARNING</b> <p><i>The Handbook of Blended Learning</i> (HOBLe) offers a comprehensive resource that highlights the most recent practices and trends in blended learning from a global perspective and provides targeted information for specific blended learning situations. The book provides examples of learning options that combine face-to-face instruction with online learning in both the workplace as well as more formal academic settings. Across these environments, <i>The HOBLe</i> focuses on real-world blended learning practices. The authors provide an important resource for the providers of adult learning to better understand the wide range of possibilities available when designing blended learning environments. <p><i>The Handbook of Blended Learning</i> provides direction where blended learning may find effective application in online environments within higher education as well as corporate and military training. To address the diversity of readers, <i>The</i> <i>HOBLe</i> includes contributors from a broad range of fields including trainers, consultants, professors, university presidents, distance-learning center directors, learning strategists and evangelists, general managers of learning, CEOs, chancellors, deans, and directors of global talent and organizational development. <p><i>The HOBLe</i> is filled with illustrative and interesting stories, models, and examples that can help foster intelligent decisions regarding blended learning across a wide variety of settings. <p>"Learn from successful blended applications that deal with a broad range of educational and training contexts through innovative methods."<br> —<b>Michael W. Allen</b>, author, <i>Michael Allen's Guide to e-Learning,</i> and CEO, Allen Interactions Inc. <p>"The landscape of blended learning is intriguing, exciting, and perilous. Thank you, Curt and Charles, for assembling this wonderful group of thought leaders and pioneers, organizing their provocative outputs, providing a functional prologue and epilogue, and developing this comprehensive handbook."<br> —<b>Sivasailam "Thiagi" Thiagarajan</b>, president, Thiagi Group, and author, <i>Design Your Own Games and Training Activities</i> <p>"Invaluable for any educator seeking to understand the design, implementation, and study of next-generation learning experiences."<br> —<b>Chris Dede</b>, Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies, Harvard Graduate School of Education <p>"Filled with insight and lessons learned from some of the most experienced online and in-person educators in the workplace and higher education!"<br> —<b>Zane L. Berge</b>, associate professor, University of Maryland, System Campus