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Blended Learning: The Best Option

The document discusses blended learning, which combines different modes of delivery such as classroom training, web-based training, and mobile learning. Blended learning allows for a combination of online and in-person learning, offering flexibility while enhancing individualization. It has become a popular approach for corporations and training companies seeking to balance costs, customization, and learner needs. New technologies will continue expanding blended learning opportunities in both academic and corporate contexts.

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Blended Learning: The Best Option

The document discusses blended learning, which combines different modes of delivery such as classroom training, web-based training, and mobile learning. Blended learning allows for a combination of online and in-person learning, offering flexibility while enhancing individualization. It has become a popular approach for corporations and training companies seeking to balance costs, customization, and learner needs. New technologies will continue expanding blended learning opportunities in both academic and corporate contexts.

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Blended Learning

The Best Option


Different learning problems
require different solutions
Different learning problems
require different solutions

Each learner has a unique learning style & unique requirement.


Different learning problems
require different solutions

Each learner has a unique learning style & unique requirement.


Every problem has unique characteristics
In the pre-digital age, combinations of different
learning contexts were used for teaching
In the pre-digital age, combinations of different
learning contexts were used for teaching

In the 21st century, learning environments


increasingly incorporate ‘e elements’ into varied
instructional contexts
There is a paradigm shift in learning
There is a paradigm shift in learning

Early adopters have experimented with various media


formats & delivery options and realized that…
blended learning works best
THE
BASICS
What is Blended Learning?
What is Blended Learning?

Blended learning is learning that is facilitated by the


effective combination of different modes of delivery,
models of teaching and styles of learning & applying them in an
interactively meaningful learning environment
What comprises Blended Learning?
What comprises Blended Learning?

Classroom Training | Web-based Training | Webinars |


CD-ROM Courses | Video | EPSS Systems |
Simulations | Mobile Learning and much more
There is no fixed formula for the use
of technologies in Blended Learning program
There is no fixed formula for the use
of technologies in Blended Learning program

Variations exist due to the nature of the course content,


the learning objectives and learners’ profiles
It’s all about the right blend
It’s all about the right blend

It depends on analysis of the learners’ requirements,


their level of understanding, competencies at stake,
the nature & location of the audience & resources available
THE
ADVANTAGES
From passive learning to active learning
From passive learning to active learning

The focus of the classroom shifts from a


presentational format to one of active learning.
From passive learning to active learning

The focus of the classroom shifts from a


presentational format to one of active learning.
This involves putting learners in situations which compel them to
read, speak, listen and think
Offers learners the opportunity to be both
together and apart
Offers learners the opportunity to be both
together and apart

The model of blended learning emphasizes bringing


together of the online and face-to-face classroom components
Adds humanness to your teaching
Adds humanness to your teaching

Interactive content enables you to


create high interest, accountability, and real assessment
Enhances individualization,
personalization and relevancy
Enhances individualization,
personalization and relevancy

Lets trainers tailor learning content to the


unique needs of different audience segments
THE
APPLICATIONS
Corporates are moving from Classroom Training
to Blended Learning
Corporates are moving from Classroom Training
to Blended Learning

Due to benefits in costs and savings, optimizing resources,


scale, speed & throughput
According to research done by Bersin & Associates
‘Blended Learning: What Works?’
Blended Learning emerges as a
natural choice for Training Companies

Due to their desire to retain core competencies & balance


market demand - clients’ budgets and time availability.
Blended Learning emerges as a
natural choice for Training Companies

Due to their desire to retain core competencies & balance


market demand - clients’ budgets and time availability.
Gives them the flexibility to customize programs.
Blended Learning emerges as a
natural choice for Training Companies

Due to their desire to retain core competencies & balance


market demand - clients’ budgets and time availability.
Gives them the flexibility to customize programs.
40% of Training Organizations have an LMS*

*Bersin & Associates report


Blended Learning in higher education
is an evolving phenomenon
Blended Learning in higher education
is an evolving phenomenon

Implemented in University of Botswana,


University of Central Florida, University of Salford,
Charles Sturt University etc.
THE
FUTURE
Advances in technology will have an impact on
emerging models of Blended Learning

VIRTUAL WORLD

MOBILE
SOCIAL

TELEPRESENCE AUGMENTED REALITY


Advances in technology will have an impact on
emerging models of Blended Learning

VIRTUAL WORLD

MOBILE
SOCIAL

TELEPRESENCE AUGMENTED REALITY

Dozens of technologies currently emerging will


impact academic learning as well as training environments.
Advances in technology will have an impact on
emerging models of Blended Learning

VIRTUAL WORLD

MOBILE
SOCIAL

TELEPRESENCE AUGMENTED REALITY

Dozens of technologies currently emerging will


impact academic learning as well as training environments.
It will dramatically expand Blended Learning options and opportunities
Any new technology has typically been
co-opted and added to the blend
Any new technology has typically been
co-opted and added to the blend

Any advent of technology hasn’t meant the


elimination of what pedagogical methods existed at the time
Blended Learning is transformational
Blended Learning is transformational

It has changed the way learning is perceived & delivered.


Blended Learning is transformational

It has changed the way learning is perceived & delivered.


It has brought about institutional transformation.
Blended Learning is transformational

It has changed the way learning is perceived & delivered.


It has brought about institutional transformation.
And this is only the beginning
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