Blended Learning

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Operating with leaner workforces, organizations are adopting new approaches to professional development initiatives that align to the individual’s workflow and the translate into tangible, measurable business impact.

The economy continues to create uncertainty in commercial and government organizations with sluggish growth, reduced resources and tightening budgets being the order of the day. Even as we await more favorable market conditions, one thing is clear: The makeup of today’s workforce is forever changed. This leaner workforce must have the capability to lead and execute work across cross-functional teams.

People are now the primary investment within organizations. As such, professional development initiatives must keep pace. Learning programs need to be more agile, adaptive and occur as quickly as possible to maximize the productivity of employees and adjust to a tech-savvy, global workforce with different learning styles.

With blended learning, human resource practitioners now have a rangeof delivery modalities to meet various learning styles within the organization. But that is not enough. HR needs to match learning modalities (instructor-led, e-training, virtual, peer-to-peer, mentoring, social media) to desired business outcomes and the skills and behaviors needed on-the-job across a diverse workforce demographic. In this sense, HR is now a true &…

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