I read a press release on the CLO site this morning about how some states have set requirements for sexual harassment training.  The article says that "...sexual harassment training has become mandatory at many companies. In fact, California, Maine and Connecticut now require all managers in companies with 50 or more employees to attend a certified sexual harassment training course by the end of the calendar year."

The rest of the piece was a promo for the providers - Parachute, a HR-risk management company.  What I found interesting was that they are going to use Webex.  That would imply to me that the training is PowerPoint via conferencing.  But they go on to say the session includes "...an award-winning TV-style docudrama that highlights real-world examples. ...All program materials, including video docudrama and companion handbook, can be customized to support a company's exact harassment policy."

So, I'm thinking that they are mailing video tapes and handbooks to the students.  Doesn't that seem like a contradiction in how to approach online learning?  Is that "blended learning?"

Why couldn't the video and handbook be broken into learning objects that are accessed in a self-paced e-Learning course?  The live synchronous sessions wouldn't need to change.  Couldn't the live lecture reference the e-Learning materials and the students are reading them in another window?

Or perhaps Webex is now providing the asynchronous e-Learning tools for content delivery.  If anyone knows the answer, I would be grateful for a comment to this story.