When using webinars and virtual classrooms, a natural area to focus on is the technology platform. People need time to learn how to show slides and whiteboards, to unmute microphones and more. After that a facilitator can move on to focus on the skills of just how to deliver an amazing live online session. ATD’s... Continue Reading →
For many people delivering a webinar or virtual classroom is something not done on a regular basis. Therefore it can be hard to stay confident with the tools and your own delivery skills, especially if you are a subject matter expert rather than a full-time trainer. In this blog I look at some ways you... 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 →
The practice of facilitating in a virtual environment is unique in so many ways. When planning a piece of virtual learning, one of the key challenges is that it can appear incredibly abstract. If you’ve never designed a piece of e-learning, webinar content or other virtual learning solutions, it can be helpful to pick a... Continue Reading →
"Making the most of your live online session" was the presentation I delivered at Learning Technologies Conference Summer Forum 2017. These are the tweets that covered my session about webinars and the virtual classroom. https://twitter.com/LightbulbJo/status/873176096585469952 Ady Howes had a 360 degree camera and recorded the session. I'll update this page when we have a video link!... 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 was invited to the Charity Learning Consortium's March Member's Seminar and facilitated a session about live online learning, or virtual classroom's. I titled the session "friend or foe" as there can be so much challenge, negativity, mindset or attitude issues when looking towards something new, especially when that involves technology. I haven't got any... Continue Reading →
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 →
