When I think about the future of online and blended learning, I do not imagine just better platforms or smarter tools. I imagine institutions making intentional, courageous design decisions. As someone preparing to lead the development of online learning, my vision is shaped both by my experiences in Sri Lanka and by what I have studied in this program. In Sri Lanka, I witnessed how quickly institutions moved online during times of disruption. Lectures were uploaded, recordings were shared, and LMS platforms became central. But interaction, feedback, and purposeful design were often limited. At the time, it felt like innovation. Now I understand it was mostly digitization. As Ko and Rossen (2017) argue, moving a course online requires more than transferring content; it requires thoughtful instructional design. That realization has fundamentally changed how I think about leadership in online learning. In ten years, I believe online and blended learning will look like integrated ...