Technology SIG March 2013 Program: Easing the Transfer to a Virtual Classroom Environment

Is your organization shifting to virtual classroom training? With employees and offices increasingly spread across the globe, virtual classrooms help us maintain interactive classroom experiences on the web. Nevertheless, moving from a traditional classroom to a virtual classroom is not an easy switch. Your team must take a new perspective on the audience, logistics, training environment, and instructional design to deliver a meaningful class.

Your speaker, Allison Kenien, comes from a team at Webucator, a global provider of business and technical training. Webucator has been delivering instructor-led online classes since 2005. Allison has experience with both the logistics and delivery of instructor-led online classes, and will share best practices. Come prepared to share your own virtual learning experiences, or to talk about your company’s plan for transitioning to virtual classrooms.

Takeaways:

ü  Learn to identify possible technical problems that arise in virtual classrooms and explain ways to prevent or remedy the problems.

ü  Learn to develop a profile of the audience taking the instructor-led online class and identify specific actions that need to be taken in order to ensure the audience has a productive experience on the day of class.

ü  Learn to apply appropriate interactive virtual classroom exercises based on the audience, content, and available technical environment.