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This course will explore research as it relates to online and blended learning contexts in the digital age. The theoretical perspectives you studied in ED.855.621 Instructional Theory in Online Teaching and Learning have served as the lenses through which researchers have examined online teaching and blended learning contexts. Students will explore an overview of research in this area, social justice issues and inclusive pedagogy relative to online and blended learning environments, conditions of online and blended learning contexts, and engagement in formal and informal learning environments. Trending issues such as virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality scenarios will be examined through empirical research.