The major highlight of this summer in The Netherlands was the UEFA Women’s Euro Football Tournament. The Dutch team won the championship, creating real hype around women’s football. It reminded me of the pleasant movie ‘Bend It Like Beckham’. The movie is about a daughter who rebels against her parents’ traditionalism and joins a football team (according to some reviews on the Internet Movie Database, even people who are anti-football will enjoy this film).
It’s a small step to this edition of the learning notes, which contains many tips to design Blended Learning, and so, the title ‘Blend It Like Beckham’ emerged. I hope these practical tips will inspire you and really help you to create effective blended learning. But be aware, blended learning is not a goal in itself. It’s a mean to an end. It’s the art of designing the ‘ultimate’ blend that best supports professionals getting their jobs done.
Explore the notes to find out how the virtual classroom, social learning, performance support or ‘awesome apps’ might help you in designing the ultimate blend.
Cheers – Ger
What’s it about?
This e-book explores how to get virtual training as effective as (good) face-to-face training with a focus on five concrete steps.
Why read it?
Where to find it?
Five ways to make virtual training as effective as face-to-face training [E-book]
What’s it about?
Dan Jones gives a great overview of different apps that are very useful and valuable for learning and development (L&D) professionals.
Why read it?
Where to find it?
How to use infographics, videos, web stories and more to support your training program
What’s it about?
‘The Master’ of social learning, Julian Stodd, shares his best insights and experience around social learning.
Why read / watch it?
Where to find it?
Ten tips for designing effective social learning
by @Patti Shank
What’s it about?
This post clarifies some important distinctions between performance support and training, and defines when to use what.
Why read it?
Science of Learning 101: When to build performance support, part 1