Live online learning is no longer just a “hot trend”—it is a training delivery method that is here to stay. The ability to interact with people all over the world in real time has become a critical success factor for training and education. While the technology has reached an early stage of maturation, best practices on how to utilize the technology have not been established. Trainers are faced with a new set of challenges: How do you actively engage participants who are in remote locations? How do you minimize their feeling of isolation? How do you effectively utilize the collaboration tools available in the virtual classroom? This. | hriffer Essential resources for training and HR professionals The SYNCHRONOUS TRAINER S SURVIVAL GUIDE Facilitating Successful Live and Online Courses Meetings and Events JENNIFER HOFMANN About This Book Why Is This Topic Important Live online learning is no longer just a hot trend it is a training delivery method that is here to stay. The ability to interact with people all over the world in real time has become a critical success factor for training and education. While the technology has reached an early stage of maturation best practices on how to utilize the technology have not been established. Trainers are faced with a new set of challenges How do you actively engage participants who are in remote locations How do you minimize their feeling of isolation How do you effectively utilize the collaboration tools available in the virtual classroom This book provides practical real life tips and techniques to assist trainers in delivering successful synchronous events. What Can You Achieve with This Book Let s face it almost ALL synchronous trainers are new to the medium. And after organizations spend tens of thousands of dollars on technology they want synchronous events up and running in a short period of time. Using the tips techniques and resources discussed in this book the length of time to mastery can be drastically reduced. The practical guid-ance will help trainers feel good about the medium because it provides information that they can use immediately to make synchronous events successful. How Is This Book Organized The book is divided into seven chapters. After introducing the concepts technologies and collaboration tools associated with the synchronous classroom the author addresses such topics as synchronous facilitation team-teaching communicating at a distance technology management instructional materials for the synchronous environment working with synchronous participants and the differences between training events and other types of synchronous .
