How long should a virtual classroom session be? Half an hour, all day? How many people, six? 15? It's a challenge to know what is right. Often people ask me how many people should be in a virtual classroom. I recommend as few people as possible and the Lightbulb Moment virtual classroom courses I run... Continue Reading →
A lot of us know about how to plan, design and deliver a face to face training session. But what about a virtual classroom session? Here's a quick overview that might give you some ideas: Always teach the basic tools people need to interact, one at a time, as you need them. Usually this is... Continue Reading →
I'm interested in how people communicate and connect when they aren't face to face or even communicating in real time, perhaps through an asynchronous forum or community such as Slack or Yammer. Lori Niles-Hoffman, who is a Data Driven Learning Strategist, has experienced "the seismic shift from classroom to digital" in her career and... Continue Reading →
**UPDATE** This document has been updated as of May 2020 to reflect my refreshed design. This is a free Lightbulb Moment resource - a blank facilitator guide, session plan, lesson plan (or whatever name you want to use!) that you may wish to use as a starting point for your live online sessions, virtual classrooms... Continue Reading →
I asked a survey question about what makes us passionate about our job in the field of learning and development and got some great answers some time ago. So I decided to repeat the survey, ask a few more questions, and see what difference a global pandemic might have made too! If you want to... Continue Reading →
In the last year and a half, pretty much the whole working world went virtual during the Coronavirus pandemic. Whether it was meetings or conferences, the use of Zoom, Teams and so on sky rocketed, “Zoom fatigue” became a thing and we often felt the disconnect when were previously used to so much face-to-face contact.... Continue Reading →
By anyone’s measure, 2020 was quite the year for digital learning! In early 2020, as lockdowns started, more and more of us went live online. The eLearning Guild survey in March 2020 found that 86% of respondents had at least one or more events moving to an online format. We’ve all seen the stats about... Continue Reading →
An interaction is about two or more people communication. It’s all about a response from or discussion with attendees. In live online learning sessions this would be via the platform you are using to connect (Zoom, Webex, Teams, Connect etc) and using the tools available to you. This could be a closed question with a... Continue Reading →
A few podcasts and interviews I've done this year, along with my 2020 work during the Covid-19 pandemic, has allowed me some reflection on my vision, values and passion - as an individual, a professional and a business-person. In 2019 I asked people via social media what makes them passionate about L&D, and wrote a... Continue Reading →
I'm attending, and have been attending, lots of live online virtual conferences and seminars this year, as so many others have. What I'm finding especially frustrating today is that so many speakers aren't adapting to what live online sessions offer. I'm in sessions where it's just listening to people, there's an empty, lonely chat window... Continue Reading →
