Clive on Learning

APRIL 20, 2011

In this extended interview, I address a wide range of key questions about blended learning, which I hope will be of interest to just about anyone responsible for learning and development in the workplace. In this first part, I attempt to answer the following questions: What's the case for blended learning?

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Clive on Learning

JANUARY 15, 2015

It’s called More Than Blended Learning (>BL) and, although we’ve been working on the underlying ideas for some ten years now, it launches officially today at Icetank in London’s Covent Garden. >BL Blended solutions combine contrasting learning methods and media in order to maximise effectiveness and efficiency.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Next: Extend the blend along the whole learning journey. blended learning' While face-to-face learning will increasingly become the special case rather than the default, it will still have a valuable role to play. Imagine if you never, ever got to go to a theatre, watch a live band or join the crowd at a football stadium.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 4, 2013

That’s why coaching can play a valuable role in so many blends. blended learning' You can top up on the theory later, as they encounter difficulties and are striving to get better. Next : Use guided discovery to get across the big ideas.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 7, 2013

blended learning' You need to discover the big ideas for yourself, either through hard experience or through a learning activity that has been designed specially to encourage those ‘aha’ moments. Next: Keep a balance between the synchronous and asynchronous.

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Clive on Learning

JUNE 14, 2012

The most notable increases have come in the use of coaching (up from 35% to 47%) and of blended solutions, particularly in the UK. In some areas, such as classroom training and the use of live and self-paced e-learning, there has been little change in the past year.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 1, 2013

blended learning' The client’s responsibility is to articulate their needs. Yours is to help them to meet these needs effectively and efficiently. Next : Focus on performance, not knowledge.

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Clive on Learning

APRIL 28, 2011

Part 5 In the fifth and last part of this interview, I address two final questions: How would you summarise the blended learning design process? What guarantee is there that you'll end up with a solution that is both effective and efficient? Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Complete 43 min interview.

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Clive on Learning

APRIL 21, 2011

In the second part of this interview, I address the following questions: How should someone set about designing a blended solution? What impact does the learning requirement have on your design decisions? What audience characteristics have the biggest impact on your design?

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Clive on Learning

AUGUST 18, 2009

If anything, this is a blended learning manifesto, so I have to be pleased. At the top level, l&td (just trying that one out) professionals are encouraged to 'propose an appropriate blend of education, face-to-face training, experiential learning, e-learning, coaching and mentoring, for each of the employee population programmes'.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 9, 2013

blended learning' So, take each element in your strategy and ask yourself how you can deliver this efficiently and flexibly, without compromising on the intended outcomes. Technology is a tool, not a goal in itself. Next : Recognise that face-to-face learning still has an important part to play.

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Clive on Learning

JULY 11, 2008

In my post So what is blended learning? I put forward the following definition: A blended learning solution mixes social contexts for learning (self-study, one-to-one, small group, larger community) with the aim of increasing learning effectiveness, and/or mixes learning media (face-to-face, online, print, etc.)

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 19, 2008

About blended learning: "It has been in practice a long time but its usage has grown in response to the impact of e-learning." It is this format which put so many people off the idea of blended learning a few years back. " Presumably this is because most blends include some formal e-learning materials.

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Blended learning is no longer a major talking point in learning and development and perhaps that’s not such a bad thing. In the case of blended learning, following it into town came the bandwagon snappily labelled Learning 2.0, Tags: blended learning. laden with musicians trumpeting blogs, wikis and social networks.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 2, 2008

The Xerox case study was an excellent example of a blended solution, with each component in the blend well thought through. The chosen blend consisted of: A communication programme. It was interesting that Assima was able to provide support for much of the blend - the supply of tools, content creation and face-to-face delivery.

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 10, 2007

I sometimes use a series of slides to try and get across what an effective blended solution might look like. When you offer someone a choice of ways in which to undertake a learning activity, you may be doing them a favour by allowing them to express a preference, but you're not providing a blend.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Last night I attended an award ceremony for the UK National Training Awards and was delighted to see one of my blended learning designs for the child development charity Plan International recognised with a national award.

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Clive on Learning

APRIL 27, 2011

Part 4 In the fourth part of this interview, I address the following questions: What choices do you have when it comes to delivering your strategy? Why would you want to conduct a learning activity on a face-to-face basis? What value do offline media have in an online world? Surely online delivery is fast becoming your default choice?

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Clive on Learning

APRIL 26, 2011

Part 3 In the third part of this interview, I address the following questions: What's your next step once you've analysed the situation? How do you begin deciding which methods to use? How do the various social contexts for learning compare? What options do you have in terms of an overall learning strategy?

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Next year (probably nearer the end than the start) Onlignment will be publishing More than blended learning , my attempt to build on what I started eight years ago with The Blended Learning Cookbook , based on countless encounters since with workplace learning professionals from around the world. blended learning PIAF'

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Clive on Learning

JANUARY 19, 2006

My topic is 'testing the case for blended learning', an attempt to prove that blended learning is still a valid and even an exciting concept, in spite of the fact that it's no longer the very latest fad (aka informal learning). That's how I saw it with blended learning. Why did I spend time on this little project?

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Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

No Regrets is a tale of love and learning, produced in 2014 to accompany my book More Than Blended Learning. It tells the tale of two young people who meet up in Brighton as they begin training in their new jobs.

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Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

A few weeks back, Nick Shackleton-Jones set out to clarify The Difference between Online learning, E-learning & Blended learning. However, he made the distinction between e-learning and blended learning as essentially ways of delivering courses, whereas online learning was more about learners accessing resources in a more informal way.

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 16, 2013

It is true that, at the time of writing, I am on my way to Lyon to run a workshop on blended learning, but otherwise the connection is tenuous to say the least, as you will see. I have been refining my method for the design of blended solutions for close to ten years now, testing it against hundreds of different real-world problems.

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Clive on Learning

APRIL 11, 2012

For some this failure has become such an obstacle that it threatens the whole basis of blended learning, which will typically mix asynchronous activities (which these trainers would categorise as 'pre-work' and 'post-work') alongside the synchronous (whether bricks-and-mortar classroom or its virtual equivalent).

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Tomorrow, in the final post, I ask you to help me by sharing your own case studies for blended solutions which utilise all these phases. blended learning PIAF' Here''s how an adventure in ideas might look: Again I have attempted to show how, as the intervention progresses, we see the shift from push to pull, from courses to resources.

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Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Table of contents So What is eLearning? Clive Shepherd Getting the Business on Board Laura Overton Build In-House, Buy Off -the-Shelf or Outsource? Clive Shepherd Getting the Business on Board Laura Overton Build In-House, Buy Off -the-Shelf or Outsource? Jane Bozarth Production Processes – Making it Happen!

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Clive on Learning

MARCH 1, 2013

As far as I'm concerned, a well-designed blended programme, although primarily a formal intervention, is very likely to cross boundaries into the other contexts. So, yes, I believe it is possible to cross the boundaries within the context of a formal, blended course.

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Clive on Learning

MAY 4, 2020

Used judiciously and typically as part of a blend, face-to-face learning is capable of adding tremendous value. 4 In the context of a blended solution, live events also act as a milestone to encourage learners to get the self-paced work done. But not for everyday learning, for special occasions.

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Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The best way to satisfy that need is through some sort of formal course, whether that's face-to-face, online or a blend. Blended solutions, whether or not we call them this, are without doubt the strategy of choice among larger employers around the world. Blended solutions do much more than provide variety or choice.

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Clive on Learning

JULY 13, 2012

As a component in a formal blended solution, e.g. to introduce a new course, to explore key topics, to review progress. As a component in a formal blended solution, e.g. to stimulate a discussion or in preparation for a workshop. As an informal developmental activity, e.g. webinars including presentations and discussions.

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Clive on Learning

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Nothing I have suggested here needs to be complex or expensive, although all have to be skilfully blended into a solution, often in combination with live events, whether one-to-one or in groups, face-to-face or online. blended learning' What''s stopping you?

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Clive on Learning

AUGUST 5, 2014

And that''s why I''d break this video up into smaller chunks and blend them in with all sorts of other elements.' My learning experience, watching this video, included (1) theory, (2) examples and non-examples, and (3) demonstration. What it lacked was (4) practice and (5) reflection/discussion.

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 21, 2011

November Profile of a learning architect: Darren Owen Shepherd accused of sensationalist claptrap Beware who's selling informal learning * Blending is a continuum Want to write? Massively scalable training * Face-to-face is for special occasions * Can we dispense with email?

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Clive on Learning

APRIL 16, 2014

My own take on this is that people are not saying ‘I want to learn entirely at my own pace’ but that this is a highly desirable characteristic in a blend. Above all, this list encourages me towards blended solutions that cross the boundary from formal to informal. What technology are staff using for learning?

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Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

I have worked with Hanif on a number of projects, most notably The Blended Learning Cookbook , which Saffron published and which contained a number of examples of Saffron’s innovative blended learning projects.

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Clive on Learning

MARCH 8, 2013

With the increasing awareness of the importance of informal learning, in all its guises, it is not surprising, therefore, that learning professionals should seek to broaden their scope by enriching their blends with coaching, practical work assignments, performance support materials and so on.

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