HR Definitions

Blended Learning/Flexible Learning Delivery



What is it?
We are all unique individuals with our own unique learning styles. Some people are visual learners, others are text-based learners, and others still appreciate experiential learning. Blended Learning incorporates various learning delivery mechanisms to target those specific learning styles.

Blended Learning combines the best elements of traditional face-to-face training and online learning to produce Online Learning Curricula that deliver sustainable changes in behaviour. The goal being to provide not just a 'text-book online' but rather a complete learning experience.

How can it be used?
Select from Curricula authored specifically for our Online Campus platform by leading practitioners and experts in various fields of Workplace Performance and Personal Development from around the globe.

Use these learning programs within your organisation or, if you are a HR Consultant, become an accredited facilitator to deliver one or more of the programs offered by "the Bench".

Train your own inhouse facilitators to manage the personal interface or select an accredited consultant to deliver the programs for your organisation.

Best Practice
Each curriculum should include a number of modules designed using the following activity types. The complexity and scope of the topic will dictate the correct number and mix of activity types.

Assessment/Profiling (Online)

Link 360 degree questionnaires or Psychometric assessments directly to the learning. Benchmark performance prior to learning and test for learning and knowledge transfer at program end.


Goal Setting (Online)

Students are asked to set learning goals based on their Profile or on the curriculum content.


CFL (Online)

Deliver theory and information online to ensure consistency of message. Incorporate Case Study Material, interactive questioning and testing of knowledge transfer - all online.


Assignments (Offline as an individual)

Ensure the learning is translated back to the individual's workplace.


Projects (Offline as an individual)

Interpret the learning in terms of real world experience, or compare how 'we do it' to how 'others do it'.


Discussion Groups (Offline as part of a group)

Foster shared learning with self managed, or facilitated, workplace centred learning groups.


Training Days (Offline as part of a group)

Practice skills and understanding in the risk free environment of the real classroom. Accredited facilitators ensure the learning is directed, focused and on-track.


At "the Bench" Learning is a process, not an event

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