Blended learning needs one learning record across two modes

Blended learning is more than putting videos next to an attendance screen. The platform needs a single course/enrollment model that can accept evidence from classroom sessions and online activities, while preserving the different rules of each mode and calculating progress from explicit completion criteria.

Separate content, sessions, participation, and evidence

  • Course structure defines modules/outcomes; delivery instances define dates, classrooms, and instructors.
  • Online activities produce events such as viewed, submitted, graded, or completed.
  • Classroom sessions produce attendance and instructor-confirmed participation evidence.
  • Progress should derive from required outcomes, not simply time spent or login count.
  • Offline work may sync later, so events need stable IDs and conflict rules.

Online and classroom paths converge on progress

Classroom and online evidence enter through different adapters but update the same enrollment/outcome record.

Diagram

Two delivery modes, one learning progress model

Classroom and online evidence enter through different adapters but update the same enrollment/outcome record.

A course with weekly classroom and online work

Blended-learning mismatches to avoid

Platform checklist

  • Unify identity and enrollment across modes.
  • Define evidence types and completion rules.
  • Keep scheduled delivery separate from reusable course content.
  • Design offline/event sync with stable IDs and conflict policy.
  • Explain progress to learners in terms of requirements satisfied.