Thinking about blended learning

So I have started reading up on blended learning as an alternative to both online instruction and completely face to face. I have done a great deal of both of these modes of delivery, but I have never really considered (above and beyond having to incorporate online resources into a F2F class, or having an in-person or synchronous web conference in an online class) quite what the differences might be in implementing something intended to be used equally and of equal importance in both . I guess you could say that it never occurred to me to put the chocolate AND the peanut butter together.

 Right now I am working through what pedagogical advantages there are to connecting these two modes. The first I can take from all of the experience that I have in online teaching and learning.

Blended creates:
1. A sense of place. This is so hard to accomplish in an online course.
2. Makes instructor and other students "Real". Suddenly there are real humans with real mannerisms involved.
3. Group work that doesn't suck. Yes, there are real people working on the assignment, and it is so much more difficult to not participate when you can't simply walk away from the computer.
4. Community can be built in a number of different ways. If you have ever been in a strictly online course, you have probably run into someone who you would like to meet in person. Here you can.
5. Allows the instructor to do what they do best in person. Let's face it, some of us are dynamite lecturers in a way that is hard to duplicate on video. Alternately, some of us are better online and should probably stay there most of the time and flip the class during F2F sessions.
6. the Technologies can be a major or minor consideration depending on how they support class objectives.
7. You have more types of tools to build the course with.
8. Students can use resources for self-study that just aren't practical otherwise.
9. It is easier to change content for the online component in reaction to student interests and  understanding.