Best Practices For Delivering Virtual Classroom Training Especially for TelePresence or Video Wall.

1. “Using TelePresence / Video Wall”
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2. Explain the virtual classroom
concept
Deliver and use the technology
efficiently and effectively
Engage learners at all participated
states
At the end of this session, you should be able to:

4. What is Virtual
Classroom?
Online
Learning
Environment
Web-based
Through a portal
Software-based
Synchronous
instruction
A virtual classroom is an online classroom that allows
participants to communicate with one another, view
presentations or videos, interact with other participants, and
engage with resources in work groups.
Video
Conferen
cing

5. TelePresence Features

6. Advanced Virtual Training
With virtual cadavers, students essentially
flip through collated slices of a body.
Credit: Nanyang Technological University
A cardiologist at a hospital in Sonora, Mexico
engages in a pre-op consultation with a patient
and her doctor located 400 miles away in La Paz,
Baja California. (Flickr photo)
Virtual Medicine Extends Care Anywhere
Virtual cadavers gives traditional medical
training more options
Ex:
Virtual Training
Medical
SOURCE:
http://www.intelfreepress.com/news/virtual-medicine-extends-
care-anywhere/202
http://techpageone.dell.com/industries2/education/virtual-
cadavers-revolutionize-medical-school/#.U_2D8Urjb5M

7. Immersive Technology
Virtual Reality for Army Training - Soldiers execute a mission
in the Dismounted Soldier Training System, a state-of-the-
art training that combines gaming and virtual technology.
Soldiers can train together in real-time using the DSTS as
commanders watch and supervise.
Ex:
Virtual Training
Army
Immersive technology refers
to technology that blurs the
line between the physical
world and digital or
simulated world, thereby
creating a sense of
immersion.

8. The Benefits…
Easy and fast to set up.
Gets new hires trained faster and
productive sooner.
Learn from everywhere,
anytime, anywhere.
Train from the field with minimal
disruption to productivity.ƒƒ
Reduce travel-related hassles and
improve quality of work.

10. Before you start teaching, it is essential that you
get to know the surroundings in which you will
be working. Some suggestions for becoming
familiar with the equipment are:
Attend an introductory session;
Book a time to visit the room with a
technician or experienced user;
Sit in on a teaching session;
Book a practice session, ask someone to
observe you and give feedback.
Getting Familiar with Video Conferencing

11. Communication -
Clear voice and
instructions.
Increase eye contact
(all states involved)
and body language.
Convey the presence
of an individual.
Remote facilitator.

12. Hold and answer all
questions during
Q&A session.
Ask all states and
frequently get them
involved in all
activities
Design suitable
activities that all
participants can get
involve.
Don’t forget! You
have participants that
is not in front of you.
Don’t
ignore me
Remember! This
is a virtual
classroom

14. What ANNOYS About PowerPoint Presentations?

15. Present Content
To enhance the
learners’
understanding and to
engage them with the
course/topic.
Why?

16. Frogs typically lay their eggs in water. The eggs hatch into aquatic larvae,
called tadpoles, that have tails and internal gills. They have highly
specialized rasping mouth parts suitable for herbivorous, omnivorous or
planktivorous diets. The life cycle is completed when they metamorphose
into adults. A few species deposit eggs on land or bypass the tadpole
stage. Adult frogs generally have a carnivorous diet consisting of small
invertebrates, but omnivorous species exist and a few feed on fruit. Frogs
are extremely efficient at converting what they eat into body mass, which
makes them an important food source for predators. Frogs are a keystone
group in the food web dynamics of many of the world's ecosystems.
Life cycle of a frogA
B
Ah-ha!
Instructional
Design helps
the learners
to understand
better.

17. Contrast Background & Text Colors
Use contrasting background and text colors for
improved readability.
Contrast Contrast

18. Can you read this? Can you read this?
Can you read this?
Can you read this?
Can you read this?
Can you read this?
Can you read this?
Can you read this?
Can you read this? Can you read this?
Bad Contrast vs. Good Contrast

19. Use sans-serif font and use the same font through out the
course.
Increase
Readability
Example:
Verdana
Impact
Arial
Calibri
Font Type

20. Avoid Busy Templates!
• Avoid distracting, busy templates!
 Avoid distracting, busy templates!
 Audience will tend to focus on
background picture, rather than what
you are saying

21. Font size = 32 title , 24 body text
Lowercase lettering for body text – easy to read
Background – Avoid busy, hot, florescent colors
Use keywords – Simplify paragraph and elaborate during class
Convert text to diagram/table/chart where applicable
Add video/game/quiz at every 10-15 minutes of presentation
Present engaging content

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