Colleges blend Web, classroom - Lori Yount, Wichita Eagle

Butler Community College student Steven Lee had never taken an online class before, so he thought a "blended" learning class with half the work in a classroom and half on the computer would be a way to try online learning. The blended English class saves him almost an hour round-trip drive to campus every other week. "It's one extra day I can make money," Lee said. "And it saves gas."