Last updated August 2025

Step by Step

from Traditional

to Blended or Online Learning

Climbing such a high mountain is frightening. But step by step, with a little patience, you can conquer it.

This is exactly how we want to transform a traditional course into a blended or online course.

This Course in a Nutshell

You are a teacher used to teaching in a classroom with students in front of you. You want to use the internet with all its learning resources to enrich your teaching. In the near future you may even want to shift the focus of your course to more online activities.

You are familiar with using computers and smartphones and use the internet for your daily work. However you are no internet freak and have neither the time nor the inclination to become one. You just want to take advantage from the technology that is all around us.

This course is for you! We will tackle the challenges of the change process together, step by step, discuss them and decide individually what fits in our context. Our goal is for you to use the digital resources and strategies that fit your context.

We build on proven concepts

For over 20 years, I have accompanied eLearning projects in Europe and Africa. Everywhere it has proven true: Dedicated teachers with professional experience and good knowledge of the local context are key to successful blended or online courses. .

Ernst Elsener Professional experience.pdf

Preliminary considerations

Learning Culture

To what extent are your students used to learning in a self-directed way and taking responsibility for their learning success? If they are still used to following only the teacher's instructions, you need to promote a more learner-centred culture.

Technical Infrastructure

Is access to the internet at our school reliable or only provided in some areas or at limited times?

Do students have access to the internet outside of school (e.g. at home)?

Do students have access to workstations in a Computer Lab?

What percentage of students own and are familiar with using computers or smartphones?

Institutional Support

Does the school management support or encourage the use of digital resources and methods? Does it advocate a vision about teaching an learning with computers?

My Computer Skill Profile

Are you used to working with a computer? If you want to check or improve your ICT-skill-profile, please visit the following website clicking here.

By using this form you can identify your prior knowledge, your needs und learning outcom

Nowadays, many teachers already have some experience with e-learning. Use the form below to see what prior knowledge you already have, how you prioritise the course objectives and what you can learn in this course. If you use the tool again at the end of the course, you will see where you have made progress and where there are still gaps to be found.

Needs Analysis Learning outcome.xlsx

Chapter Review

Ask yourself the following questions and consider what consequences the assessed aspect has for your project.

Preliminary Questions.docx

A long Way to Blended and Online Learning

ernst.elsener@gmail.com

Invitation to use these Resources

Whoever is interested in designing a blended course or to use any element of the course may do so under the creative common license. I hope that the course may be a contribution to spread education also among people with little access to knowledge. I would however appreciate your comments and your feedback. Users and learners can provide me the most valuable information on how to improve the course.

Thank you for joining our efforts and for any feedback!

Ernst Elsener

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