Blended Learning Development Evolves

Many of us are hard at work developing blended learning programs. To date, these programs consist of existing classroom workshops, existing online e-learning courses, and referenceware. The results are significant, but we know more can be accomplished. How can we get more value from blended learning programs? How can they have a greater impact on business outcomes and company performance?

More powerful results are accomplished when learning developers create a fully blended learning program from the beginning. These fully blended learning programs include:

• e-Learning courses that help learners build knowledge
• Classroom workshops that help learners develop skills
• Workplace activities which learners use to put new skills into practice

Seamless design and integration of these three elements is the key to increasing value and impact on business success.

Each program starts with a highly interactive e-learning course that provides the base level of information that learners need before going forward. This course features video scenarios, interactive quizzes, online glossaries, clear navigation and full search capabilities.

Classroom workshops include exercises, role plays, and short video clips. Workshops are minimally or fully customized to infuse client situations and scenarios as elements of the learning event.

Workplace activities occur after the workshop, and are used to implement practice activities in real-life situations. Program managers can monitor progress after assigning activities.

Fully blended learning programs are available in these subject areas:

• Leadership and Teamwork
• Facilitating Team Communication
• Essential Customer Service (coming soon)