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The teaching landscape is rapidly changing, the technological rise of the 21st century and widespread integration of those technologies into our society, combined with access to the internet has integrally changed teaching in just a few years.

The rapidly changing landscapes should be a marker to show that teaching methods need to evolve to keep up with the times and incorporate integrated technologies into the learning modal, these technologies aren’t going to go away, they’ll continue to be integrated into our society and it’s time to embrace them for the advantages they bring.

That is why we are happy to present to you our online course on “How to create a Blended-Learning course from scratch or transform existing material according to the blended learning approach.” This online course will cover all the aspects you need to know and dos so in an interactive fashion.

Who is it for?

This course is for trainers and educators who work in adult education, mainly for educators who work in vocational and educational training and want to implement the Blended-Learning approach to their lessons.

What are the benefits?

We provide you with an online course on Blended Learning that enables you to:

• create a Blended Learning course from scratch
• use existing material and transform it to a Blended Learning course
• start a course with one of the best-known LMS

The training event took place in Sandefjord, Norway, from the 5^th to the 7^th of April, 2022. The participants were trainers and teachers associated with the project partners from France, Norway, Italy, Lithuania and Germany.

What happened during this training?

In the three-day training, vocational education and training teachers were presented with the material developed so far and the associated learning platform. The participating teachers, who come from the countries of the partner organisations, give feedback on these two modules and thus give us an impression of where adjustments still need to be made and what is already working well.

Afterwards, the participants had the opportunity to transform an existing course from practice according to the flipped classroom method and exchange ideas with colleagues from other European countries.

What is it about?

We provide you with a complete handbook on implementing Blended-Learning activities, covering everything from conducting a needs assessment, designing a digital learning course, and developing learning materials to launching the course.

The content of this handbook is based on the findings of the research we did earlier in the project, which you can find under the research tab.

What are the benefits?

With this handbook, we provide you with everything you need to implement Blended-Learning modalities in your lessons successfully. By leading you through the process step by step, you will gather all the necessary knowledge you need to kickstart your eLearning journey.

Who is it for?

This handbook is for trainers and educators who work in adult education, mainly for educators who work in vocational and educational training and want to implement the Blended-Learning approach to their lessons.

What is it about?

This project result provides a broad overview of Blended-Learning as a teaching method. We give an overview of its essentials, helpful tools, characteristics, and, last but not least, the best practices of the five partner countries (France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, and Norway).

It also works as a database of the findings from the research we conducted that lays the foundation for the handbook for implementing the Blended-Learning approach, which is the second project result of the BlendedVET-project.

What is the relevance?

By gathering extensive data, including many concrete examples from all over the EU, we offer the opportunity to learn from organisations that have successfully implemented Blended-Learning into their educational framework. With the pandemic being an enormous factor that led to the development of new teaching approaches, there is a strong push toward eLearning. Now every teacher willing to implement the Blended-Learning approach can profit from these best practices and use the information we provide to successfully transform their lessons according to the Blended-Learning approach. Using these resources, they are set up for future occasions where they find eLearning provides the best learning experience.

Who is it for?

This research database is aimed at trainers and educators who work in adult education, mainly for educators who work in vocational and educational training and want to implement the Blended-Learning approach to their lessons.