TD Magazine Article
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Wed Oct 01 2003
The article resents information on blended learning. The term blended learning has been the most overused buzzword in the learning industry over the past couple of years, but it has, in fact, always been the way that training has been provided. Technically speaking, any combination of delivery methods is a blended learning solution, such as an instructor-led session coupled with take-home workbooks. For most organizations, a robust blended approach should maximize the ROI potential of a complete curriculum. To prove that, a Thomson NETg study published earlier this year found that a structured curriculum of blended learning will generate a 30 percent increase in performance accuracy and a 41 percent increase in performance speed over single-method delivery options. In addition to that, the article presents six best practices for deploying learning. Some of them are, create a structured core curriculum of learning activities transferred via different delivery methods, support an environment in which people can learn in small chunks, and others.
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ELEARNING October 2003
ELEARNING October 2003