The KNA-MENA training facilities allow people in Marseille to meet with counterparts and colleagues around the world for Courses, Seminars, Meetings, Development Dialogues or Web-based Programs through videoconferencing and high-speed internet, and using blended learning techniques.  Videoconferencing allows people in two or more sites to see, hear and speak with one another, as well as share documents and make presentations, despite being geographically apart. It is a versatile and powerful tool, the only method of electronic communication that comes close to simulating a direct face-to-face situation.
Blended learning involves a mixture of learning activities and delivery modes that suits individual learners. Learning activities may include case studies, research, work-place practice, role-plays, lectures, discussions and projects. Examples of delivery modes include face-to-face and distance learning modes such as video-conferencing, the web, CD-Rom, radio and television. A number of multi-media tools are also available to GDLN users.
See our Story of the Week archive for examples of how the GDLN is linking the world through learning.
With the GDLN, you can:
- Communicate with counterparts and clients quickly and cost-effectively, and connect with development practitioners worldwide for knowledge sharing, meetings, consultation, coordination, and training.
- Bring learning and training activities directly to your team around the world at lower cost, and enable participants to immediately apply new knowledge and skills in their work.
- Leverage GDLN Centers' national and regional networks to mobilize local knowledge and resources and access the very best expertise in any field, anywhere in the world.
- Explore new business opportunities by tapping into GDLN's exceptional association of partners.
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 Resources: - The World Bank Institute's Learning Design Website helps professionals to meet the specific needs of adult learners within the development community around the world, by creating effective learning programs for sustainable development.Â
- The Learning Design Toolbox includes a number of downloadable tools, tips and guidelines that help you plan, design and deliver successful blended learning activities.
- The GDLN Toolkit is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to support GDLN Centers in their day-to-day business and operations.
- Frequently Asked Questions for planning, designing and delivering blended learning activities.
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