Effective training in virtual classrooms (reprise)

Conducting Effective Training in a Virtual Classroom Michael Coghlan NewLearning 7/5/10

TODAY’S AGENDA
Introductions
Tour of the tools
What makes a good online trainer?
Possible applications
Visit(s) from remote guests
Questions

PERSONALISE THE EXPERIENCE

WHO’S ONLINE TODAY?

Welcome to our Elluminate Session
While you are waiting please type your name beside a chair by using the text tool ‘A’.

SHOW US WHERE YOU ARE...

Sample Activity activity courtesy of LearningTimes

MULTIPLE VENUE PRESENTATIONS (MVPs) remote students guest lecturer CLASSROOM/ F2F VENUE public space

Quiz – Multiple Choice
Are you:
A) In your office?
B) In a computer suite?
C) At home?
D) Other?

MVPs: Implications
Participants can be in a variety of locations:
F2f classroom, lecture theatre
PC suite
Office (at work)
Home office/study
Other (café, beach)

Participants can:
Participate in 2 way voice chat
Participate in 2 way text chat
Use the whiteboard (compose text, draw pictures, upload images)
View slides and URLs
Take part in polls
Work in groups
Share applications
Stream live video (webcam)

Presenters can:
Do all the things a participant can do PLUS
Upload content
Make participants presenters
Create new screens
Display URLs
Create polls and quizzes
Create break out rooms
Share applications
Show videos
Stream live video (webcam)

PURPOSE?:
a presentation tool?
a collaboration tool?

What kinds of synchronous activities can you use in virtual classrooms?
TEACHING/TRAINING
‘ straight lecture’
Guest lecturers
Oral presentations
Group work
One on one (eg pronunciation)
OTHER
Office hours
Social: student - student

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Attend online conferences, seminars, workshops
Meetings (much more cost effective than teleconferencing)

ADVANTAGES/ DISADVANTAGES?

Skills of the Live Online Presenter
Golden Rule : 6-8 minutes talking at a stretch maximum
Intersperse presentations with questions, polls, other speakers (from the floor), whiteboard activity
Decide how to handle text chat – will you monitor/respond? Or ignore it? Dip in and out of it?
Consider working with a producer/co-presenter
More at http://users.chariot.net.au/~michaelc/fll/blog.htm#skills
Image from http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewblank/3919454433/sizes/s/

HOW MIGHT WEB CONFERENCING /VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS BE USED IN YOUR WORK PLACE?

SOME OF THE BETTER KNOWN WEB CONFERENCING TOOLS
Proprietary: (costs very ‘flexible’; somewhere in the vicinity of $1000/yr/user)
Elluminate (offers free Vroom for 3 users)
Centra
Adobe Connect
WebEx
Free:
Wiziq
DimDim
Vyew
Big Button (open source)

Some Resources:
TRAINING COURSE: (June)
Certified Synchronous Training Professional – GippsTAFE in conjunction with LearningTimes https://oe.gippstafe.vic.edu.au/CSTPP/AboutCSTPP.html
OTHER:
Interactivity in Virtual Classrooms
http://www.slideshare.net/michaelc/interactivity-in-virtual-classrooms
Moderating Live Synchronous Sessions
http://synchfacilitation.wikispaces.com
Book: Finkelstein, Jonathan; Learning in Real Time http://www.learninginrealtime.com/
LearnCentral http://www.learncentral.org/ - regular free professional development sessions

Thank you! Contact Michael Coghlan e: michaelc@chariot.net.au

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