I work with a lot of different L&D professionals and I always find it interesting when we get to discussing our approaches to knowledge/skills transfer and behaviour change. I'm firmly at the facilitator and coaching end of the scale and I'm surprised how many are still at the instructor end. Any type of L&D intervention... Continue Reading →
Impressions from The Virtual Learning Show #4
Design is everything: five techniques for designing an interactive virtual class Cindy Huggett had some great interaction from the beginning in the chat and with Cindy using polls and a separate chat window to understand our role and find out our burning questions. The five techniques for interactive virtual design: defining great design great openings... Continue Reading →
Impressions from LSG13 Conference – Ensuring true interaction in live online learning
Tweets from this session used #T2S1 Philip Green, Co-founder and Director of Onlignment, opened his session with the Kenneth H. Blanchard quote “none of us is as smart as all of us”, encouraging the audience that we might learn from each other. Phil encouraged some interaction in the room at our tables discussing differences between... Continue Reading →
Virtual Learning Show – Matt Turner interview – #VLS13
I caught up with Matt Turner, Director at Live Time Learning, before he put the final touches to his Virtual Learning Show (VLS) session about why there is sometimes a slow move to the virtual classroom. Matt said that he “really enjoyed last year’s VLS including the useful content, good mix of people and similar set... Continue Reading →
COLF assignment 3
The third Certified Online Learning Facilitator assignment has two parts. One part is to continue practising with online learning tools (e.g. Adobe Connect or Cisco Webex) and developing our final assessment 30 minute online delivery. The other part was a 100 word exploration of how our organisation uses web conferencing facilities and who benefits from them. I've... Continue Reading →
Reflections on virtual classroom articles
This is an assignment for a course I attended and I thought I'd share my key learning points from two articles. Key points from “Making the most of the virtual classroom” by Bob Mosher Here's a PDF to download if the above link is broken: More Death by Slide Deck (Jul 09) Failure is due to... Continue Reading →
Learning Technologies 2013 – I’m facilitating at the Learning eXchange with Training Journal
I’ve blogged previously about the Learning eXchange at the Learning Technologies and Learning Skills Exhibition and how valuable I found them. Training Journal has asked me to facilitate at their sessions - I’m honoured and excited to accept! The Learning eXchanges provide an opportunity for L&D professionals to directly meet the conference speakers to swap... Continue Reading →