Blended Learning new approch for eLearning driven Teaching

Blended Learning is the new approach for eLearning driven education. eLearning in its original form was not highly popular in education sector, but was very well used in corporate sector. The modifications needed to make eLearning popular in traditional education sector can be adapted by blended learning approach.
When I say blended learning it consist of Face-to-face (F2F), Self learning, Real Time interactive online learning environment (OLE), Work books, Projects and collaborative learning.

F2F - Face to face is all time most favorite mode of teaching and will dominate in future also.

Self Learning - Includes eLearning with Multimedia interactive contents, Video based contents, Documents (Reports, white papers, PDF documents, Drawings, Images, Research papers, Electronic Worksheets, project plans...), eBooks, Knowledge Management Portals just to name a few.

OLE - Online Learning Environment will give the basic feature of real time interactive video. Various applications like WebEx, DimDim, Interwise, BlackBoard and many more will ensure this. The quality of Service and features will depends on the bandwidth and type of classroom (There are various types of online classrooms).

Workbooks - they will be used for knowledge check and ability to pally the concepts learned to apply in specified realistic scenario. Ability to understand and apply will be tested in this mode.

Projects - Very important part of teaching learning process where ability to apply understanding in business or real time application will be tested. Student will go through the entire life cycle of application/product. This cycle will start from conceptualisation till prototype if not beyond that.

Collaborative Learning - This is one of the most preferred learning approach for young learners of current time. This includes Blogs, wiki, Forums, chat rooms, mail groups, Net Meetings, virtual laboratories, virtual group meetings and many more. This can be done in peer-to-peer, one to many and even many-to-many.

I am aware there is lot to know more still lets start with this basic understanding of blended learning approach. The proportion of these methods can very right from 0 % to even 100% depending on Subject Matter, Learners and learning objectives defined.

So it is simple make a right blend of these methods to suit your most effetive delivery and that's it -- its a blended learning model. Is it not simple? Try and see the magic... it works.