Blended learning

What is Blended Learning?

Blended learning is a learning activity combining technology (mediated learning) with traditional classroom delivery. The technology ranges from expensive room-based videoconferencing to more modest solutions such as ordinary desktop Internet browsing, voice mail and conference calls.

Examples of blended learning include workshops, courses or even entire programs that use:

• e-mail or online forums to continue the discussion outside of the classroom
• alternating face-to-face meetings and conference calls
• live television broadcasts to multiple sites
• email reminders and reinforcers to follow up on the content of a training program
• Any other combination of face-to-face learning and technology-mediated learning.

Why to Use Blended Learning?

• Costs are lower than pure face-to-face training
• Higher flexibility for busy adult learners
• More flexible application to different learning styles and capabilities.

How to Get Started

Before launching any blended learning activity, start by assessing the technological readiness and needs of the target group to determine what hardware and software is already in place and what should be added.

Second, inventory your existing technologies. You may be able to deliver content without going beyond what you already have, such as voice mail, conference calling, e-mail, Internet browsing, or video conferencing in the board room or training room.

Third, evaluate current materials and delivery methods with an eye toward adding technology-mediated components. Not every program will need to be modified, but for certain kinds of content and certain needs, technology will definitely improve the learning outcomes.

Then, study the new technologies designed especially for learning.

How can We Help?

Whatever the module topic, participants learn how to learn and how to encourage learning in a continuously changing environment. They learn how to maximize the return on intellectual as well as economic capital. And they learn how to manage the big picture as well as the details.

Most Arber´s learning experience is available fully face-to-face, fully online, or blended. We offer courses in a wide variety of subjects. And, we are experts in converting existing training into a blended or fully online version.

We also manage to convert existing training into programs that utilize technology in the most efficient and effective ways.

Is the Final Product What You Want?

Great effort is devoted to testing, your feedback and subsequent adjustment. The point of testing is to find bugs and errors in a programme prior to release so that they can be fixed. The result is improved quality, and the peace of mind that comes from knowing your programme will match the high expectations of your users.

Epicentre tests all types of e-learning, websites and CD ROMs for:

• usability
• compatibility
• functionality
• interoperability
• navigation
• content
• accessibility We

This is the most efficient way how to make sure you got 100% quality.