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Virtual Training Best Practices – Small Group Activities

When facilitating virtual classrooms, be sure that your small group activities are well planned and clear and concise for virtual participants. First, remember to keep small group activities to no more than 3 – 5 students per group, utilizing online “breakout rooms” for students to gather in to complete the activity. When you develop […]

Virtual Training Best Practices – Facilitating Discussions

Facilitating discussions requires the instructors to be very engaged to enable virtual students to communicate effectively with each other. In a face-to-face classroom setting it is easier to get students involved in a discussion; in a virtual classroom – it takes stronger facilitation skills.

For example, in a face-to-face classroom, an instructor might ask […]

Virtual Training Best Practices – Ground Rules

Treat the Training the Same as if You are Leading a Classroom Workshop

This will be the first in a number of articles on best practices for virtual training which will be shared over the next couple of weeks.

When leading virtual training sessions, treat the training the same as if you are leading […]

Yes! You Must Facilitate Meetings

In order to increase productivity

When a meeting is actively facilitated rather than just keeping it unstructured, the following benefits are realized:

There is active participation and contribution by all attendees Topics of discussion tend to be better balanced – with a focus on both pros and cons There is a likelihood of more creative […]