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Conducting Effective Training in a Virtual Classroom

Conducting Effective Training in a Virtual Classroom. Michael Coghlan NewLearning 29/1/10. 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?.

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Conducting Effective Training in a Virtual Classroom

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  1. Conducting Effective Training in a Virtual Classroom Michael CoghlanNewLearning 29/1/10

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

  3. PERSONALISE THE EXPERIENCE

  4. WHO’S ONLINE TODAY?

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

  6. SHOW US WHERE YOU ARE...

  7. Sample Activity activity courtesy of LearningTimes

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

  9. MULTIPLE VENUEPRESENTATIONS(MVPs) CLASSROOM/ F2F VENUE remote students guest lecturer public space

  10. 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)

  11. 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)

  12. 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)

  13. PURPOSE?: • a presentation tool? • a collaboration tool?

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

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

  16. ADVANTAGES/ DISADVANTAGES?

  17. 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/

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

  19. 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

  20. Some Resources: • TRAINING COURSE (March) http://www.learningtimes.net/cstp • Interactivity in Virtual Classrooms http://www.slideshare.net/michaelc/interactivity-in-virtual-classrooms • Moderating Live Synchronous Sessions http://synchfacilitation.wikispaces.com • Finkelstein, Jonathan; Learning in Real Time http://www.learninginrealtime.com/

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

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