Blended Learning
Also known as التعلم المدمج
Definition
Blended learning combines digital and face-to-face delivery in one designed program, assigning each element to the mode that suits it: knowledge acquisition through self-paced content beforehand, practice, discussion and coaching in the live session. Each part is planned around what the others cover.
The live session and the digital work have to depend on each other. Knowledge that can be studied alone goes into the self-paced part; the session is reserved for practice, discussion and coaching on what people already studied.
Most blends that fail do so at the pre-work. When live sessions proceed as though nobody completed the preparation, the digital component becomes optional in practice and the program turns into ordinary classroom training with extra cost. Designing the session so it cannot run without the pre-work keeps the blend intact.