The Clayton Christensen Institute, formerly Innosight Institute, has published three papers
describing the rise of K−12 blended learning—that is, formal education programs that combine
online learning and brick-and-mortar schools.1
This fourth paper is the first to analyze blended
learning through the lens of disruptive innovation theory to help people anticipate and plan for
the likely effects of blended learning on the classrooms of today and schools of tomorrow. The
paper includes the following sections: