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An Epic workshop

Develop an effective blended learning programme

An apple in a glass of water is not a smoothie

Course description

A blended course (centred around a practical, hands-on workshop) that gives a step-by step methodology for designing effective blended programmes, as well as tools to help with the decision-making process and guidance in their use.

Why this course?

Up until now, there has been little practical help available in the often complex decision-making processes that goes into producing an effective blended learning solution. This course provides delegates with a structured, road-tested methodology for defining learning solutions that makes the most effective use of available methods, channels and media.

Who is it for?

Corporate training and development professionals responsible for the design and delivery of learning solutions within their organisation. Individuals on a project team involved in overseeing, commissioning or designing blended learning programmes within organisations.

What will you learn?

At the end of the programme you will be able to:

  • Understand the core principles of designing blended learning solutions
  • Analyse existing courses or future learning needs and assess how more blended approaches can meet your organisation’s particular requirements
  • Identify what methods of learning delivery suit particular subjects, types of learning and different learners
  • Use appropriate criteria and tools to define effective blends for every type of learning requirement (from management skills to systems or process training)
  • Build a business case for a particular blend, assessing the relative cost implications of using different components/channels and calculating the Return on Investment.

Programme Breakdown

  • Practical pre-workshop activities
  • 1 day workshop
  • Post-workshop discussion, and ongoing follow-up with a question and answer facility via the web portal

Workshop venue: Epic head office, Brighton

Our approach

Initial pre-workshop activities will introduce the core principles of blended learning design. We will ask all participants to look for either an existing or future course that could benefit from a more blended approach and bring this along to the workshop.

The workshop will be facilitated by an experienced blended learning practitioner from Epic. It will represent a mix of expert input, case studies and a practical exercise (which will run throughout the day) in which delegates will work together to create the most effective blend for a typical training solution. Throughout the day we will provide frequent opportunities for participants to reflect on their own situation, and design and test a high level blend for the course they brought to the workshop.

Workshop programme

The programme for the day is as follows:

Morning

  • Case studies – blended learning in practice
  • Determining the drivers for your blend
  • Selecting the right components for your blend
  • Defining the blend

Practical case work – working in small groups to create a blend

Own example case work – individuals work out high level blends for their own example course

Lunch

Lunch is inclusive of the fee and provides an informal opportunity for participants to discuss their own examples with the course tutor.

Afternoon

  • Carrying out a risk analysis for your blend
  • Testing your blend against the key drivers
  • Calculating ROI for your blend
  • Presenting a business case for your blend
  • Practical case work – groups assess the potential ROI of the blends that they designed earlier in the day
  • Own example case work – individuals assess the ROI for their own high level blend

After the workshop the Epic facilitator will be available to answer questions and provide some initial e-coaching. Participants can work further on their own example blends and send in the results of their work for feedback from the facilitator.


Dates
Wednesday the 11th of October
Wednesday the 8th of November
Wednesday the 6th of December

Start time: 10am
Finish: 4.30pm


 

Book today! Contact our customer service team on:
tel 01273 728686
fax 01273 821567
or email us

Please read the terms & conditions before booking

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See also:
Arena: blended learning portal
Blended learning consultancy

Tool
Blended learning ROI calculator

Case studies
Kimberly-Clark
Barclays
PRIME: Leadership
ICI

 
Downloads

Corporate brochure: E-Learning at Epic
Data sheets: Epic Consulting, Accessibility Lab, Arena, Blended Learning ROI Calculator (‘The Blender’), Epic P2P, Hosting, Thought Leadership Programme, Testing (x4)
White papers: Blended Learning, Blended Learning in Practice
Survey report: The Future of E-Learning

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