loved Carmen's really interesting webinar about how you can capture your audience's attention during online webinars and in virtual classrooms. As virtual presenters, we don't have the luxury of body language and beautiful facial expressions. Tags: facilitation elearning guild virtual classroom webinar training techniques online forums These are liveblogged notes from the ELearning Guild online forum on Building Effective Interactivity. If you're not a member yet, please enrol -- the benefits are tremendous. Carmen Taran : Managing Partner at Rexi Media. MORE >>

Virtual Classrooms) play a part. The entry barrier into the domain of virtual classrooms is almost nil. If you're a learning professional, I strongly recommend joining one of the eLearning Guild online forums to experience how powerful the virtual classroom experience is. The anatomy of a virtual classroom Most virtual classroom features are pretty standard. If you have the money and the time to build a virtual world , then why not? Here are a few things I feel contribute to the success of a virtual classroom session. MORE >>

You’re sitting in a classroom watching a presentation – which started late to allow the “stragglers” to show up – when about 10 minutes in it dawns on you… What am I doing here? Despite my obvious predilection for e-learning, I am actually a fan of the traditional classroom. However the traditional classroom has plenty of downsides too. modernised version of the traditional classroom is the virtual classroom. Of course, the virtual classroom also has its fair share of downsides too. And you know what? MORE >>

When you move from instructor-led interventions in the classroom to self-paced content accessed online, you are making two major changes at once: not only are you shifting the medium (from face-to-face to online) you are making an even more substantial change to the method (from instructor-led to self-paced learning). So, a better strategy for increasing the use of online learning could look like this: Introduce web conferencing as a way to top and tail what are substantially classroom-based interventions. Tags: virtual classrooms web conferencing blended learning MORE >>

virtual classroom for instance does not immediately translate to a more open, pedagogically sound teaching, on more then one occasion virtual classrooms have resulted in ex-cathedra lessons, where the only benefit for the learner is that you do not get caught sleeping. Conversation analysis explored how participants with varied face-to-face teaching experiences - but limited or no online experience - transitioned to becoming effective teachers in virtual classrooms. pedagogy virtual classroom CIDER changein public! MORE >>