6 Ways to Accelerate Learning in Your Virtual Classroom —- from td.org by Cynthia Clay
Excerpt:
When you move into the virtual classroom, whether as an instructional designer or a trainer, you quickly discover that guidelines for instruction in the traditional classroom may not help as much as you expected. You might have a bevy of questions: Should I use more slides or fewer? Should I present more content or streamline what I have? What about chat? Should I turn it on and let people talk to each other or turn it off so they focus on what I say? Should I put myself on camera throughout the session or just display a photograph at the opening?
How you answer those questions will either expedite or decelerate the learning experience. The following six accelerators make the difference between delivering learning that sticks and learning that’s forgotten by Friday.
- Accelerator #1: Get visual
- Accelerator #2: Tell a story
- Accelerator #3: Establish rapport
- Accelerator #4: Engage continuously
- Accelerator #5: Hit them with a problem
- Accelerator #6: Facilitate learning