How to Build a Blended Learning Programme

Posted by The Virtual Training Team on November 22nd, 2019

How to Build a Blended Learning Programme:

Designing and building a Blended Learning programme can be both exciting and daunting at the same time! It is a great opportunity to create a learning solution that delivers behaviour change and successful outcomes for both the learners and their organisation. With this much impact, it’s important to get it right!

So where do you start? Well, certainly not at the beginning, that’s for sure.

Step 1 – Purpose, purpose, purpose

We always begin with the very end. Purpose, purpose, purpose. What is this programme setting out to achieve? What are the outcomes that it needs to deliver for their learners and the organisation? What do your learners need to be thinking, feeling and doing differently as a result of this programme?

For example, are you looking for a behavioural change? An improvement in service? An uplift in sales or better engagement scores? Increased readiness? Better management? The list is endless.
Once you have established what outcome you are looking for, the next question to ask is; how will we know when we have achieved it? Is it something that can be measured in numbers or is it more observational?

Then, also ask, how does the required outcome compare to the reality now? Identifying this is important, because it highlights the gap in your learning that you are looking to meet.

It is key to take the time to establish the purpose/outcome of the programme before planning anything else, as once this is clear, the overall planning of the programme becomes much easier. Every decision you make about what stays in and what is left out becomes clearer and cleaner by asking; does it help us to achieve our purpose? If not, it doesn’t make the final edit.

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