The selected articles broadly cover topics on hybrid learning and continuing education, including computer supported collaborative learning, experiences in hybrid learning, pedagogical and psychological issues, e-learning and mobile learning, open education resources and open online courses, and issues in hybrid learning and continuing education.

The Re-invention of the Academy: How Technologically Mediated Learning Will – And Will Not – Transform Advanced Education.- Getting Japanese Students to Engage in an Online Discussion Forum.- A Case Review on the Implementation of Intelligent Tutoring Systems on Mobile Devices.- Research on the Process of Collaborative Meaning Making in CSCL.- Research on Application of Collaborative Knowledge Building in Blended Language Classroom Teaching.- Study on Training Model and Platform for Clinical Medical Skills.- An Exploratory Study on Instructors’ Agreement on the Correctness of Computer Program Outputs.- The Design and Performance Evaluation of Hybrid School-Based Training.- Alternative Assessment: Developing e-Portfolio for Final Year Project.- Structure and Practice of “Four in One” Hybrid-Practice Teaching Mode.- Developing an Indicator System of ICT in Education: From Conceptual Model to Items Extraction.- Data-Driven Learning and Learner Interviews in a Japanese Context.- Exploring the Influence of Social Ties and Perceived Privacy on Trust in a SocialMedia Learning Community.- Making the Right Connections: Challenges for the Educator and Learner.- An Exploration of Student Satisfaction in Online Accounting Courses.- Improving Self-efficacy for Electronic Portfolio Development.- Exploring the Effectiveness of Hybrid Learning in Accounting Information Systems - An Empirical Study.- Altering Study Habits with Email Reminders.- Interactive Sensory Program for Affective Learning (InSPAL): An Innovative Learning Program Combining Interactive Media and Virtual Reality for Severely Intellectually Disabled Students.- How Online and Hybrid Programs Can Be Used to Reform Curricula: Applications to Graduate Business Education.- An Integrated Approach to Developing Visual Literacy.- Generating E-book System Using Cloud Computing: A Cognitive Map and Open Forum Approach.- MOOCs: A Learning Journey – Two Continuing Education Practitioners Investigate and Compare cMOOC and xMOOC Learning Models and Experiences.- E-Learning Privacy: Perceptions of East Asian Students.- Students’ Experience and Perception on E-Learning Using Social Networking.- Designing an Intelligent Interactive Tool for Scaffolding Concept Map Construction.- Requirements Framework for Personalized Real-Time Feedback in Interactive Agent-Based E-Learning Systems.- The Trends in Mobile Learning.- Promoting Development and Use of OER: The Case of Open Educational Resources Consortium of Chinese Universities.- Analysis on Instructional Features of Quality Video Open Course.- Student Acceptance of Electronic Schoolbag Systems: An Empirical Study in China.- How Hybrid Is Referred, Inferred and Preferred.- Blended Learning: The View Is Different from Student, Teacher, or Institution Perspective.- MISSED – Studying Students’ Development of Misconceptions in Hybrid Courses.- Overview of Continuing Education in Hong Kong.- Integration of Placement in Higher Education to Provide Holistic Education.- Hybrid Learning Trends in Continuing Education for Working Professionals.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Hybrid Learning, ICHL 2013, held in Toronto, ON, Canada, in August 2013. The 35 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The selected articles broadly cover topics on hybrid learning and continuing education, including computer supported collaborative learning, experiences in hybrid learning, pedagogical and psychological issues, e-learning and mobile learning, open education resources and open online courses, and issues in hybrid learning and continuing education.

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