Share Paper: Blended is Better and We Can Prove it

1. Don Nance, Wichita State University, United States

Abstract: This best practices presentation reports the results of moving from a reliance on traditional face to face training events to a blended model of asynchronous online courses and a reduced amount of face to face training. The training was developed and delivered to community-based providers of Medicaid mental health services to children and families spread among 26 community mental health centers in the state of Kansas, USA. The results showed the blended model was superior for accessibility, content mastery, elapsed time to completion of training requirements and cost saving. Implementation strategies that added to the success of the blended model ...