Capacity Building in the New Era Using Blended E-learning

Abstract

The traditional methods and strategies for educational learning training do not respond to the learning needs of students that are already experienced working in the domain of ICT and that for various reasons and motivations are not able to attend classroom courses. In this environment, the national telecommunication institute (NTI) is experimenting a form of blended E-learning aimed at supporting classroom lessons, during which a network approach to knowledge and some forms of collaboration and cooperation in know-how building are integrated. Experimentation has proposed integration of on-line activities that students are able to carry out on their own, and other activities to be performed in small learning groups, consistent with the class courses envisaged for teacher training. In this paper we present a case study of NTI's capacity building and the E-learning strategies while focusing on the blended E-learning approach. Conclusions and future directions are provided at the end of the paper.