When you want to facilitate learning and, in particular, the development of skills. The virtual classroom is intended as a technology-assisted options to mimic effective, evidence-based training that occurs in a classroom. Planning is the process of converting your ILT to work effectively in the virtual classroom format. If you’re getting a new one, now or in the future, consider features, cost, and the number of licenses. MORE

An effective online learning marketing plan has three phases. With the continuing need for people to develop new skills for new kinds of jobs, for-profit companies with deep pockets will also get in the game. Introduce an entirely new product, perhaps providing education for the whole person, not just industry-specific skills. Create awareness about the type of skills and expertise that can help them thrive no matter where their career(s) take them. MORE

This has a dramatic impact on the Business of Learning and perceptions around value and cost. How can you improve performance quickly and at low cost? We even made the Big Question one month: New Presenter and Learner Skills and Methods. MORE

How can you improve performance quickly and at low cost? Some training will still be preferred face to face such as when team building or in-person soft skills are important, but 2009 will be the year when we realize that we should be justifying any in-person training. Corrollary: transition to virtual means greater demand for help on effective virtual classroom training and for people who are good at creation effective remote experiences. #6 MORE

High integrity online training costs. In some cases this is leading to low cost and low quality, online learning outcomes as well as giving online training a poor reputation. Whilst examples of industry best practice guidelines for online training do exist, many training providers are either not aware of them or, in some cases, are deliberately not implementing them to cut costs and compete with the lowest cost providers in the market. MORE

You can design training courses that are highly effective at developing skills and competencies. Several decades ago, software companies began offering no-cost access to products for a limited time (or with a limited feature set), hoping to drive more demand for the premium version in the long-run. Here are some of the no/low-cost techniques that work for us. Hand out invitation cards or scan badges to register on-the-spot. MORE

Everyone can use this lockdown period to build their skill set and explore new academic dimensions. This is a multi-lingual online education resource serving in 11 Indian languages and is popular in low-income groups where low-cost educational services are high in demand. Option to upload/scan an image of the question. platform has been granted an IP patent for measuring the effectiveness of an interactive online learning system. MORE