Blackboard Collaborate [webinar] on an iPad. Using Breakout Rooms in Blackboard Collaborate. Application Sharing in Blackboard Collaborate. Blackboard Collaborate, Part 3, The Whiteboard. Blackboard Collaborate Part 2; The Audio & Video, Participants, and Chat panels. Blackboard Collaborate User Overview. How to use Blackboard Collaborate. Virtual Training: Are You Engaging or Boring? by Jacqueline Beck. “It tends to be very foggy when you are training in the cloud, but remember, if you know your content, and design your training with user engagement and frequent interactivity, you will be sure to attain great results with virtual training from the cloud.” Cloud-based virtual training allows instructors to deliver content without being present in a classroom with the students. In virtual training, when you can’t see the participants, how do you compensate for the environment? The answer is to engage learners through the pace of your presentation, skillful use of your voice, and thoughtful employment of the features of your conferencing platform.
Here are a few tips for clearing away the fog and holding a successful virtual training session from the clouds. Use pace to engage the learner Engaging the learner is the single most important design criterion for successful distance learning via virtual classrooms. Keep it moving Do not build your content with a few slides that only contain text. Learning Through Virtual Classroom. Atasi Mohanty Madanmohan Samanta Introduction In the recent era of globalization, technological advancement has increased dramatically in every sphere including mainstream education. These advances have introduced new educational nomenclature i.e. “virtual education”, “virtual classroom”, “virtual Universities”, “on line Courses”, “electronic” and “cyberspace institution” etc. Virtual learning, environments are hugely diverse in size, capability and services offered and can cater for individuals ranging in attainment, ages, and special needs.
Characteristics of Virtual CLASSROOM LEARNING Virtual classroom also needs equivalent equipment and tools in the form of network-based software application to allow a group of instructors and students to carry out the learning process. Basically, there are four principles to be kept in mind for successful teaching in the virtual classroom such as dealing with i) media richness, ii) timely responsiveness, iii) organization and iv) interaction.
Merits. The New Virtual Classroom: Evidence-Based Guidelines for Synchronous e-Learning > Learning and the New Virtual Classroom > Harnessing Learning Processes in the Virtual Classroom. Cheney USD 268. Four Steps to Effective Virtual Classroom Training by Ruth Clark. Hundreds of research studies have compared learning in a classroom to learning from various forms of electronic distance media. Luckily you don’t need to look for all of those individual studies. Here are the important findings, distilled into one article. With tools like Elluminate, Centra, and Live Meeting, realizing the full potential of effective distance learning is a matter of leveraging online visual, auditory, and interactive features in ways that promote learning. Many organizations are turning to the virtual classroom as the centerpiece of their blended learning strategy in order to save costs and reduce inefficiencies associated with traditional classroom venues.
But like any technology, virtual classroom tools are only as good as the ways in which they are used. In this article, I’ll summarize my four step model for exploiting the features of synchronous e-Learning tools in ways proven to maximize their learning potential. SIDEBAR What is an Effect Size? Step 1 — Define. Clark Training & Consulting. Common Features of a Virtual Classroom Software Program. Let's review the common features available in most virtual classroom software programs. We'll briefly discuss each tool, its common uses for virtual training, and any unique characteristics to be mindful of when using it.
This is not an exhaustive list of all features - just the ones regularly used in virtual training. You should double check with your software program to discover which features it has, what is unique about the tool in that program, and if any software updates have changed its functionality since this book was written. Sharing documents Sharing documents is one of the most commonly used features in a virtual class. The trainer uploads a file into a viewing window and all participants can see it. Source: Adobe product screenshot reprinted with permission from Adobe Systems Incorporated Common uses: Almost all virtual training classes use document sharing to display Microsoft Office PowerPoint slides. Chat Annotate Also learn how the eraser works. Whiteboard Polling. EQM0848.