One hour concurrent session delivered at the 2016 ATD International Conference in Denver.

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Supercharge
Your Virtual Learning

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Objectives
• Apply seven presentation and interaction tools
creatively to design a compelling virtual
learning experience.
• Incorporate 10 tips into your own virtual
program design.
• Maximize the competencies of
a skilled virtual facilitator in
your next web workshop

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Purpose
What is one word you
would use to describe
your instructor-led virtual
learning?

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Powerful Virtual Learning

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Powerful Virtual Learning
Plan for Interaction
Optimize Learning Transfer
Win Hearts and Minds

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Plan for
Interaction
Powerful Virtual Learning

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• Chat
• Polling
• Annotation
• Short Video
• Emoticons
• Breakout Rooms
• Web Camera
Your Tools

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Interact every two or three minutes.
Tip #1

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InteractionCan you see yourself interacting every 2 – 3
minutes in your virtual classroom?

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Use a variety of interaction tools.
Tip #2

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Emoticons with Chat

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Four-Quadrant Chat

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Poll with Chat

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Break the linear approach to design.
Tip #3

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Linear and Boring
Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Poll Blah Blah Blah Blah
Chat Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Chat Blah Blah Blah
Blah Blah Poll Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Chat

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Brain Rules
“Rule #4: People don’t pay
attention to boring things.”
John Medina

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Multiple Chat Pods

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Design for Your Platform
Chat Annotate Emoticons

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Magic?
“Our designs are
platform agnostic.”

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Breakout Rooms
When
should you
use
breakout
rooms?

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Collaborate on shared problems.
Tip #4

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Powerful Virtual Learning
Optimize
Learning
Transfer

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The Forgetting Curve
People forget 90% of
what they learned within
one week of a class.

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Forget It
If you wanted your learners to forget
everything they learned within 24 hours of
your webinar, what could you do?

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Don’t become a
talking head.
Tip #5

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Brain Rules
“The more visual the
input becomes, the more
likely it is to be
recognized and recalled.” John Medina

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Web conferencing is a
visual medium.

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Drought in California
• Past three years have been the
driest on record.
• The state has a year’s worth of
water left.
• Groundwater levels are at an
all time low.
• Governor Brown imposed
mandatory water restrictions.

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one year of water left

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Short Video

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Talk less.
Experience often.
Apply more.
Tip #6

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Frame key points with
stories.
Tip #7

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Does the response express
empathy?
Well, I guess you’d better
call a plumber.
Don’t worry. Everything
will turn out okay.
You should be grateful. Your
family is safe.
I’m sorry this happened. I can
see why you are upset.

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Brain Rules
“The more personal an example, the more
richly it becomes encoded and the more
readily it is remembered.”
John Medina

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Powerful Virtual Learning
Win
Hearts
and Minds

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Make it friendly and personal.
Tip #8

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Warm it Up
• Use people’s names.
• Build on their comments
to make your key points.
• Praise their contributions.
• Be on camera, if possible.
How can you make the web
classroom friendly and personal?

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Amp up your virtual presence.
Tip #9

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Virtual Presence
The way people represent
themselves in their online
environment
The degree to which a facilitator is
perceived as a “real” person online

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Facilitator On Camera

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Amplifying Virtual Presence
• Reduced ambiguity
• Increased connection
• Reduced conflict
• Reduced multitasking!

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Fun with Web Cameras

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Build a natural arc in your design.
Tip #10

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Opening
What should happen in
the first ten minutes?
Welcome
Inspire
Relate
Build connections
Create context

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Middle
The magic middle:
Provide information
Ask engaging questions
Facilitate discovery
Collaborate

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Climax
Think about the last web
workshop you attended or led?
What happened at the climax?
Dig deeper
Demonstrate application
Move from theory to practice
Reinforce new skills

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Closing
Why should you pay
attention to the ending?
Review
Motivate
Gain commitment to action

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Plan for Action
What will you
do now?
Booth #325

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Attend a Demonstration
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The Virtual Leader’s Advantage:
Getting Results Across Distance
Friday, June 10*
10:00 am Pacific / 1:00 pm Eastern
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* Note: date change

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• Online: www.atdconference.org/attendee
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Learning