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Experience has shown that instructor-led trainings have some advantages that cannot easily be overcome by technology enhanced learning. Direct interaction with an instructor and among the group is often perceived as motivating and more personal. For small groups, in-class trainings can be more cost effective. On-line learning often requires a considerable amount of self-management and progress-...

In this session, the presenters will report survey findings related to the current status and future trends of blended learning in corporate settings across different cultures. Surveyed in this study are 568 practitioners in corporate training or e-learning in various workplace settings from four countries – i.e., Korea, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Findings of this survey...

INTRODUCTION More efficient, flexible training models are needed in medical education. Information technology offers the tools to design and develop effective and more efficient training. The aims of this thesis were: 1) Compare the effectiveness of blended versus classroom training for the acquisition of knowledge; 2) Investigate the effectiveness and critical design features of serious games ...

E-learning can be much more than just self-paced learning. To enhance motivation and sustainability of learning, trainers or course providers usually set up target group specific arrangements of various learning conducive elements. They combine self-learning phases with synchronous or asynchronous online collaboration and cooperation, as well as with face-to-face training sessions. This mix of ...

This paper explores a case of teacher professional development in Botswana, where a blended learning solution was attempted. The analysis of the implementation environment reveals deficiencies in policy, schools (workplaces), and training providers. The paper concludes with three recommendations: 1) Schools should support on-going teacher learning in the workplace and should manage ICT resource...

BACKGROUND Blended learning environments - involving both face-to-face and remote interactions - make it easier to adapt learning programs to constraints such as residents' location and low teacher-student ratio. Social networking sites (SNS) such as Facebook®, while not originally intended to be used as learning environments, may be adapted for the distance-learning part of training programs. ...

The ‘‘perfect’’ orchestration of training participants, IT and process design is one of the ongoing challenges within blended learning service research and practice. Blended learning services (BLS) offer a great variety of options to design learning processes, overcoming many shortcomings of pure e-learning services and providing better scalability and more advantages for learners than pure fac...