structured and unstructured learning, and blending different combinations
of the above.
Sylvestre (2004) goes further to suggest a number of ingredients to
be blended in the process of learning. These ingredients are divided into
three categories which are the synchronized physical formats that include
classroom instruction, on sight training and hands-on worksheets and
exercises; synchronized online formats which involve virtual classrooms,
virtual mentoring, and live web seminars; and non synchronous selfpaced formats which involve web/CD-ROM courseware, recorded live
events and videos, simulations, on demand searchable knowledge portals,
and chat/discussion tools.