Wednesday FGDLA 1:30-2:10 Instructional Media Selection: Implications for Blended Learning (Part 1) Jolly Holden, Associate Professor, American InterContinental University The concept and application of blended learning is not a new phenomenon and has been used successfully for decades by distance learning practitioners. However, with the emergence of new web-based collaborative tools, there has been more of a focus on integrating collaborative tools and other instructional media to compliment the traditional classroom in meeting learning objectives while maintaining efficiency of content distribution. Consequently, this session will focus on integrating e-learning 2.0 tools and other instructional media to meet learning objectives. Additionally, this session will introduce the concept of elasticity (integration of instructional media with instructional strategies) and synchronicity (integration of learning environments) based upon a tri-component model of blended learning. [View Author Bio] Back