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Hybrid learning is now the single-greatest trend in education today due to the numerous educational advantages when both traditional classroom learning and e-learning are implemented collectively. This handbook collects emerging research and pedagogies related to the convergence of teaching and learning methods. This significant "Handbook of Research" provides researchers, scholars, students, and professionals access to the latest knowledge related to hybrid learning, discovered and written by an international gathering of e-learning experts. Chapters include: (1) In Love and War (Esyin Chew, David Turner and Norah Jones); (2) Hybridizing Online Learning with External Interactivity (Donna Morrow and Richard Bagnall); (3) Using Metanotation as a Tool for Describing Learning Systems (Philip Barker); (4) a Tabular Approach to Outcome-Based Course Planning and Assessment (Oliver Au); (5) Driver or Drifter? Two Case Studies of the Blended Learning Practices in Higher Education (Esyin Chew and Norah Jones); (6) The Clustering of Large Scale E-Learning Resources (Fei Wu, Wenhua Wang, Hanwang Zhang and Yueting Zhuang); (7) E-Assessment as a Learning Tool (Reggie Kwan, Kenneth Wong, Philip Tsang and Francis Yu); (8) Performance and Agility in Orchestrating Learning Online (Lai Yuen and Eric Tsui); (9) Using Podcasting and Digital Audio in Higher Education (Jogesh Muppala, Sean McMinn, David Rossiter and Gibson Lam); (10) Adaptive Computer Assisted Assessment (Diana Perez-Marin, Ismael Pascual-Nieto and Pilar Rodriguez); (11) Just-in-Time Knowledge and User Interface Design for Effective Hybrid Learning (Michel Desmarais); (12) Eight Educational Considerations for Hybrid Learning (Philip Alberts, Linda Murray and Julia Stephenson); (13) Hybrid Inquiry-Based Learning (Yuen-Yan Chan, Hiu-Fung Lam, Harrison Yang, Kai-Pan Mark and Chi-Hong Leung); (14) Designing Blended Learning Communities (Liping Deng and Allan Yuen); (15) Students Writing Their Own Lectures with a Wiki and the