“Deliver that training online!” It’s easy for your boss (or their boss) to say that, but successfully converting classroom training to the virtual classroom takes work. It’s just similar enough to trick you into thinking it’s easy. But your traditional learning methodologies need a makeover if they’re going to work in the virtual classroom. Think about the best virtual sessions you have attended – we bet it was more than lecture and uploaded PowerPoints!

This session will explore the six key principles of successfully designing for any virtual classroom platform. The principles of feedback, equipment functionality, instructions, scripting, visual and verbal cues, and time management provide a blueprint for adapting traditional classroom methodologies for live, online instruction. Learn best practices gained from over 20 years’ experience designing, developing, facilitating, and producing online events. These principles will provide the guidance you need to create successful live, online learning experiences.

In this session you will learn:

• The six guiding principles of virtual classroom design
• The benefits and limitations of common virtual classroom tools, including how to compare functionality, speed of set up, and ease of use.
• How to design interactions for your chosen virtual classroom platform
• The logistics behind the scenes and how that affects delivery
• A strategy for implementing design and delivery best practices within your organization

This program covers topics in the Training Design and Development track.

This webinar will cover the following Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs): Results Driven, Leading Change, and Business Acumen.

Melissa Chambers is the Host of TOC’s own webinar series as well as Director of Online Instruction at MSC Consulting. She regularly coach/hosts webinars for The eLearning Guild’s Online Forums, as well as eLearning Industry’s weekly webinars. She has over 20 years’ experience in creative media production, project and change management, online instructional design, and eLearning strategy development, and has been designing, producing, and coaching for synchronous online programs since 2002. She holds a master’s degree in instructional design for online learning, and has spearheaded award-winning programs in eLearning, process improvement, and strategic development.

Chris King, when not wearing his Chief Technologist hat for TOC, promotes learning interventions that actually improve performance and change behaviors. His tools of choice: effective classroom techniques, agile instructional design, the Five Moments of Need™, LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®, and dash of project management discipline. He is fully committed to CEEK’s mission of waking up zombies in the workforce, helping agencies define and pursue organizational wellness. Chris is a Project Management Professional, a Certified ScrumMaster, a certified 5 Moments of Need™ Designer, and a certified facilitator in LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®. He is currently working on with several teams who have a need to refine and modernize their typical approach to L&D.