Blended learning is often used to describe the blending of electronic and online media with traditional face-to-face methods. To us, that specific definition is limiting and can restrict one’s thinking. Often instructors teach with one primary method for a lecture, every lecture; for 80+% of the content. There might be the occasional other method introduced or used, but it is not the primary vehicle or mechanism for learning. Blended learning in our view is the use of multiple methods seamlessly integrated, each contributing a substantial part of the value equation. The methods may or may not be high-tech, online; that does not matter. The same issues exist for the most part regardless of the specifics.
The blending can be done in parallel, concurrently, or in a sequential pipeline fashion where the learning from one learning experience is leveraged by the next.