Blended Learning Definition:

Setting goals, using analysis, and planning to find the optimal blend for any learning initiative means identifying the key success factors. Blended learning is identifying how the learning audience can achieve mastery and improve business performance. It is a compromise between (1) business and performance objectives, (2) the way groups of learners learn best, (3) the various ways that the material can best be individualized, presented, and learned, (4) the available resources that support learning, training, business, and social activities, and (5) the ways to maximize capabilities for access, interaction, and social relationships.

The goal is to make informed decisions about how to manage and use a palette of available instructional resources to achieve objectives (e.g., business, performance, and instructional objectives) and improve business and individual performance efficiently and cost-effectively.

ANALYSIS AND PLANNING
1. Create a strategic plan to identify Business, Performance, and Instructional Objectives and available resources and system requirements through analysis (e.g., needs, content, technology, performance analysis). Consider measures for ROI, costs, benefits, and performance outcomes.
2. Identify and analyze audience, performance, organization, learning, and system requirements. Consider instruction and learning relationships.
3. Keep a catalog of available resources that support learning and training activities. Consider adapted or individualized presentations and environments.
4. Involve stakeholders in analysis, planning, implementing, testing, and evaluating.
5. Use a reiterative analysis and planning process and implement over improvement cycles.
6. Provide criteria and evaluate the blended learner, performance outcomes, and instructional products, and performance.
7. Local requirements, resources, constraints...
DESIGN SOLUTIONS
Objectives
1. Knowledge Management	Performance Management	Instruction	Career Development	Business Improvement (e.g., Process/ delete)
Personalization
2. Name Recognition	Self-Managed	Segmented	Cognitive-Based	Whole-Person
Taxonomies
3. Terms & Concepts	Demonstration	Practice, Feedback, & Review	Integrated Performance	Troubleshooting
Local Context
4. Home	On-The-Job	Practicum	Classroom/Lab	Collaboration
Audience
5.Self-Directed	Peer-to-Peer	Trainer-Learner	Mentor-Learner	Mgr-Learner
DEVELOPMENT
Asynchronous		Synchronous		Face-to-Face
Email Message Boards, Forums, & Interactive chats Knowledge bases Performance tools EPSS Learning content management system Learning management system Web authoring tools Browsers Ecommerce services Performance tracking system	Articles Books FAQs Simulations CBT CD-ROM Video Video disc Video Streaming Web training Follow-up assignments Tests Pre-Test Surveys Syllabi Participant guides Just-in-time-tools Archived conferences (record and playback)	Audio conferencing Video conferencing Satellite conferencing	Online breakout rooms and labs Virtual classrooms Online conferencing Online discussions	Classroom Labs Meetings Conferences University Tech schools Internships Mentors Peer-to-Peer lunch bag session Subject Matter Experts Support teams Orientation programs Networking & discussion groups
IMPLEMENTATION
Learners	Peers/Mgrs/Execs	Trainers	Resources	Organization
Local Issues			Global Issues
Implementation Plan...
Technology Plan...
Maintenance and Training Plan...
Other Relevant Requirements...
EVALUATION
What do you measure and what are the standards and metrics to achieve objectives over implementation cycles? (e.g., scalability, decreasing travel costs, improved training decisions, and faster dissemination and product development cycles)

Blended Learning Definition

ANALYSIS AND PLANNING

DESIGN SOLUTIONS

DEVELOPMENT

IMPLEMENTATION

EVALUATION