Week 1 - benefits of blended learning

This is actually likely to be a post that's under constant development so it may not be appropriate to title it as such ... but it will do for now.

Benefits of Blended Learning (BL)

This list comes directly from the Week 1 - article. 

• for universities - cost cutting, leveraging time when physical expansion is out of the question 
• for faculty / educators - increasing frequency and variety of engagement; transition to fully online teaching
• for students - address access / convenience issues (online 24/7 access) while still offering social & instructional interaction opportunities (classroom) 

.. but I am interested in exploring this a bit further - likely with another blog post. I even welcome my fellow Blendkit2016 classmates to contribute on the following Google form 

Items collected can be found on the following live spreadsheet.

Again, I am amazed that despite working in a Blended Learning environment, there has been very little discussion on these benefits, or any blended learning benefits in general. It's evident that these benefits need to be articulated, made more concrete with example, and then supported.