Converting a Face-to-Face Course to a Blended Learning Format

Distance education, also known as online education, offers many benefits to both trainers and learners. Often, training facilitators are interested in taking advantage of these many benefits by incorporating aspects of distance education into their face-to-face training sessions. This method of training – a combination of face-to-face training and online training – is referred to as a blended learning format. 

A blended learning format allows facilitators to take advantage of the benefits of face-to-face learning and online learning. One approach to designing a blended approach that includes both in-class learning and online learning is called the flipped classroom model. The flipped classroom model provides a reliable blueprint to help you design your new blended learning program.

Some of the important things to consider when converting a traditional face-to-face course into a blended learning format include:

• What exactly is a blended learning format?
• What are the best strategies for converting a face-to-face course into a blended format?
• How much of the course should be in the classroom and how much should be online?
• What activities should stay in the classroom?
• What activities should go online?
• How does the role of the course facilitator change when moving from a face-to-face format to a blended one?
• How can a facilitator encourage students to communicate effectively online?

The attached guide provides tips, strategies, and recommendations for how a new level of effective training can be achieved by combining best practices and models of training to make the most of a blended training format.

Converting Face-to-Face Training to Blended Learning