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Most organizations have no choice - they must find a way to utilize blended learning techniques to continue skill development and education of employees, but they must also save on training costs - so blended learning becomes a necessary approach. But...there are ways to do it right and ensure the learning actually takes place. Blending your learning without the right techniques just wastes time and money - the two things you're trying to capture!
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Blended Learning Done Right | |
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This article comes from Chief Learning Officer Magazine, May 2010, and is written by Jeff Snipes
Learning is ubiquitous, and smart companies are using this fact to their advantage when they create and implement blended learning programs that have a real, lasting business impact.
Attention, CLOs everywhere: Your employees are addicted to learning. You want to know who sang that song that just came on the radio? Google it. What's the real story behind that new client? Check out his Facebook page. What's the history behind a potential new customer company? Look it up on Wikipedia.
Today, successful companies are harnessing the power of social media and e-learning while still acknowledging the need for face-to-face interaction through blended learning solutions.
However, unlike the blended learning programs that appeared in the early 2000s and focused on the shimmer of new technologies, today's forward-thinking organizations are using technology as just one weapon - albeit an important one - in their arsenal of learning tools that create lasting change.
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| Three Principles of Blended Learning | |
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I'd like to particularly emphasize Snipes' three principles of blended learning:
1. Real learning and lasting behavioral change do not happen from a one-time training event. Rather, they come from an ongoing learning process of application, practice and reinforcement.
2. Organizations must leverage current technology to quickly scale to leaders across all levels and locations.
3. A highly engaging and personal learning experience is needed to make an impact.
Snipes continues..."In essence, blended learning integrates various learning tools or channels and synchronizes them into a strategic learning program that is delivered over a period of time and is tied to business objectives. Although learning courses are essential to any project's success, they have little impact without a strategic framework."
What blended learning resources are immediately available and will fit within the strategic framework of any organization's learning needs?
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| Resources That Are Immediately Available to You | |
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The Leadership Series ESSENTIALS courses are available in classroom or online formats - your blended learning solution.
Accomplish your blended learning goals by combining online-time-saving-courses, followed by a highly engaging and personal event (Principle #3) in the classroom - then make sure the practice, application and reinforcement actually happen.(Principle #1).
- Coaching Job Skills
- Communicating Up
- Delegating
- Developing Performance Standards and Goals
- Effective Discipline
- Essential Skills of Communication
- Essential Skills of Leadership
- Improving Work Habits
- Managing Complaints
- Providing Performance Feedback
- Resolving Conflicts
- Supporting Change
14. Hiring Winning Talent
15. Developing and Coaching Others
16. Motivating Team Members
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| Take Action | |
The assessment allows you to bridge the gap between current knowledge/skills and knowledge/skills needed in the workplace. By prescribing a custom learning plan for individual employees and leveraging the skills already mastered, the assessment allows you to save both time and money by directing study to only the areas needed.
And let us assist you with your blended learning strategy.
Christine Johnson  President/CEO ALD, Inc. |
