The document discusses alternative methods for delivering in-service training to Extension employees, including videotape, satellite transmission, videoconferencing, and streaming. It outlines the responsibilities, production processes, pros, and cons of each method. Live interactive methods like videoconferencing allow participation from multiple sites but have limitations on the number of sites. Recorded methods like videotapes and streamed presentations can be duplicated and delivered more widely. The document encourages modifying current training delivery to make better use of available methods and technology support.
Getting the most out of the Virtual Classrooms and Video Assignments D2L Barry
Presenter: Randolph Streich, D2L
At Holland College in Charlottetown, PEI on May 31, 2019.
D2L Connection: Atlantic Provinces is your opportunity to connect with peers and D2L staff, exchange product feedback, share effective practices, and network with other Learning Professionals.
Technology has provided us with great opportunities to connect in faster and more efficient ways. Using webinars, online learning, and conference tools allow organizations to reach more people, cut costs, and increase information efficiency. How do we increase the quality of these experiences? What are best practices for keeping virtual participants engaged? What are some of the best platforms to launch these experiences? This workshop will share tools, techniques, and best practices to be a dynamic virtual presenter and ensure that your team or group receives and retains the critical information.
Learning Objective: Increase technical capacity to use online learning tools
At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
a. List tips to create dynamic presentations
b. Identify interactive tools and techniques to engage participants
c. Explore how to follow up and survey participants
d. Identify when to use different types of meetings and online learning approaches
Getting the most out of the Virtual Classrooms and Video Assignments D2L Barry
Presenter: Randolph Streich, D2L
At Holland College in Charlottetown, PEI on May 31, 2019.
D2L Connection: Atlantic Provinces is your opportunity to connect with peers and D2L staff, exchange product feedback, share effective practices, and network with other Learning Professionals.
Technology has provided us with great opportunities to connect in faster and more efficient ways. Using webinars, online learning, and conference tools allow organizations to reach more people, cut costs, and increase information efficiency. How do we increase the quality of these experiences? What are best practices for keeping virtual participants engaged? What are some of the best platforms to launch these experiences? This workshop will share tools, techniques, and best practices to be a dynamic virtual presenter and ensure that your team or group receives and retains the critical information.
Learning Objective: Increase technical capacity to use online learning tools
At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
a. List tips to create dynamic presentations
b. Identify interactive tools and techniques to engage participants
c. Explore how to follow up and survey participants
d. Identify when to use different types of meetings and online learning approaches
These slides were shared with participants who attended one of the breakout sessions at the 2002 Syllabus Conference in California. Information was presented at the session regarding how to narrate and stream PowerPoint slides.
Learning Materials: Presentations and VideoStaci Trekles
A workshop on designing excellent learning materials, including presentations and video, using various available technology tools. Focusing on QM Standards 4, 6, and 8.
Benefits of using digital media for trainingZak Mensah
This presentation is for an NCRM event on 10th November 2009. The audience are interested in supporting their research method sharing using e-learning with digital media.
Tools for Designing Distance Learning InstructionMarsha J. Chan
Differences between live and online classrooms require instructors to adapt familiar tools and adopt new ones to create a learning environment in cyberspace. The presenter will describe one module in an online certification course for college faculty that examines technology tools to design and teach a web-based distance learning course.
Producing Webinars For Nonprofits & LibrariesTechSoup
This online seminar was recorded and can be accessed by clicking on the link to the right. You'll also see a link to the PowerPoint presentation. If you have additional questions about graphic design software, please post them to our Software Forum.
Producing Webinars For Nonprofits & LibrariesTechSoup
This online seminar was recorded and can be accessed by clicking on the link to the right. You'll also see a link to the PowerPoint presentation. If you have additional questions about graphic design software, please post them to our Software Forum.
Accessibility : This session will focus on ways to deliver in-service training (training targeted to Extension employees), so the forms of delivery discussed today may not be appropriate for program delivery to local external clients. And, not all forms discussed today will be available to all counties even for in-service training. Personal contacts : In-service training at a distance does not preclude personal contacts. You may have to be more creative in managing those contacts. Production capacity : With cooperation and collaboration between our units and you, we will determine the most efficient way to produce the training package. Production work is not always completed in-house. It varies by project. Development time : also varies by project.
Videotape : These pre-recorded presentations are most useful when you want to show: 1. A process or procedure (Handwashing 1-2-3, How to Plant Pine Seedlings), 2. Fine details (Fire Ant Eradication), 3. Time (seasons, growth, building). Satellite : A live simultaneous presentation to multiple sites is most useful when you need to get a message to several groups of people (the more groups, the less expensive the program) at the same time. Every county has downlink capability. Live broadcasts can be recorded for future review. Videoconference : now refers to live face-to-face interaction through the Internet. This is currently most useful when you have a few groups you wish to address simultaneously. Two-way interaction includes video and audio. Streaming : This is live simultaneous presentation through the Internet. The feedback side of interaction is limited to telephone or e-mail. Live streams can be archived on the web site for future review.
A videotape production can be very simple or very complex, depending on the topic and the specialist. We’re glad to help you determine what and how to produce a videotape. Bear in mind that a videotape can be used as a “stand alone” piece or it can be used as part of an instructional package that includes other media elements.
Given the number of production staff members we have, it is imperative that a team approach is used on productions.
Videotape is most effective when it is used to show motion. Research also shows that audiences (regardless of location or timing) can absorb a limited amount of information in a given time frame. Bearing that in mind, a short videotape or a long videotape that is “chunked” is more effective than long tapes. Videotapes can be reviewed as many times as the tape is available. However, under many circumstances, viewers have no opportunity for immediate feedback with the specialist.
A satellite production can be very simple or very complex, depending on the topic and the specialist. We’re glad to help you determine how to produce a satellite conference. Bear in mind that other media elements can be included in a satellite production. You can: pre-record segments with experts; b-roll footage that serve as examples; slides; PowerPoint slides. You can also bring real objects to the studio for demonstration.
As subject matter specialists, you make the satellite conference effective. As in videotape production, we must work together to make the satellite conference an actuality.
Satellite conferences are most useful and cost effective when you need to simultaneously send a message to many sites, particularly if the message is sent regionally or even nationally. All Alabama county offices have downlink capability. The medium is more cost effective if the message is live--other methods may be more cost effective if the entire message has been pre-recorded. It can be expensive to use this technology. The satellite companies sell the satellite time, so deadlines (especially end-times) are not always flexible. Two-way interaction is limited to telephone, e-mail and fax.
In-service training should be accessible to the intended audience. We can ensure that by designing the training/workshop/session so that it is accessible. Accessible through appropriate media and accessible through the methods used to present content. Audience considerations: 1. Level of prior experience 2. Age and education 3. Motivation for attendance 4. Preferred learning style Importance of accommodating learning styles depends on how important you consider your content. If it’s important that the audience process and internalize your information, then you will want to make it easier for all members of your audience.