Our first blog post - top tips for delivering virtual training
By Neil Shorney, Director. Time to read: 2 minutes.
I've seen a number of posts on LinkedIn and some Facebook business groups that I'm part of about how to deliver training which was supposed to be delivered in a training room, in an online environment. At Knowledge Bites, this is something we specialise in - our parent brand, Navanter, was one of the pioneers of live e-learning a decade ago.
So, here are my top tips to deliver effective virtual learning - in no particular order and rather hastily compiled in answer to questions from a number of other trainers...
I've seen a number of posts on LinkedIn and some Facebook business groups that I'm part of about how to deliver training which was supposed to be delivered in a training room, in an online environment. At Knowledge Bites, this is something we specialise in - our parent brand, Navanter, was one of the pioneers of live e-learning a decade ago.
So, here are my top tips to deliver effective virtual learning - in no particular order and rather hastily compiled in answer to questions from a number of other trainers...
- Don't run full-day sessions, it's just too long.
- Split a 1-day course into 3-4 shorter sessions, scheduled approx. 1 week apart. In a way, this can improve training impact as they have the opportunity to try a more focussed set of new skills before learning the next one.
- Begin each session with a max 10-minute review of the previous session for continuity.
- Ideally, have everyone remote - it's much better to have all dialling in individually rather than some in a room and some remote. Communication within the group just works better.
- Make full use of the breakout rooms, and dip into each one during exercises as you would circulate in a classroom.
- Use Zoom. I've tried a number of platforms, and Zoom is streets ahead of the competition for virtual training, at a price point that doesn't break the bank.
- Trainer to make notes in a Word doc of key actions and email round after, as you might on a whiteboard in a training room.
- Use ppt slides, and the annotation features to draw on the slides.
- Invest in a pen mouse - one of the best investments I've ever made for virtual training. Mind was about £10 (many years ago) and it's basically a mouse, but shaped more like a pen. They're much easier to use on the virtual whiteboard.
- Don't be scared - it's "safer" than a training room, because no-one can see you if you need to check your notes ;-)
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