From: The Role of Blended Learning in the World of Technology by Cathy Gonzalez and from this site
“A blended learning approach means that face-to-face learning becomes more effective because the mundane aspects of basic instruction are moved to an e-learning environment, which can be more engaging and interactive. It also means that an organization can have a common on-line orientation program for any number of trainees at any time, allowing all trainees to have the same basic knowledge of concepts, vocabulary, and terminology. When trainees do meet in the classroom with an instructor, the face-to-face class can now focus on higher-level skills since the basics are known by all trainees and were tested by the e-learning orientation module. Instructor-led sessions can now focus on knowledge transfer and behavioral changes and not simply the memorization of acronyms or application-specific jargon.”
