Most effective solutions are some type of blended learning

- Humans learn best through blended learning solutions. … Let's take you, for example. … Now, you're learning how to create quality training … in an online course format. … After you complete the course, … you'll probably talk to colleagues about it, … which is a form of social learning. … You'll teach them what you learned in the course, … they'll help you process … what information was the most valuable to you. … As you continue to learn more about the topic, … you'll read blog posts and books, … you'll download resources, … you'll apply what you learned from the course … on an actual project, … which is always where you learn the most. … In the instructional design world, … we call what you just went through, … a blended learning strategy, … which is accessing and processing information … in different formats. … Not so long ago, we tended to stress a single format … for a particular type of training, … new-hire classes that were 100% instructor-led, … software courses that were all online learning. …