‘You know Ger, we still do most of our training via classroom’ is often what peers tell me. They do so in a way as if they just confessed a crime. But there is no need for ‘classroom-training-shame’. There can be a thousand good reasons to choose for classroom training and classroom training can be great, very engaging and very effective.
Continuing the conversation they often say: ‘every aspect of our daily live and work now has online elements, so we can’t stay behind’. Fair point. Quite often the conversation continues about the practical struggles that professionals face when they want to evolve classroom training to a more blended and online version.
‘You’re not alone’ is one of the things I often tell them. But that doesn’t really help. So I’m glad that I can now offer them and you this episode of the learning notes with practical ‘how-to’ tips to move from classroom to blended or online. And besides the ‘how to’ they also dive into the ‘why’. The why is very important and that’s why I ‘handpicked’ the four resources with that in mind. Good luck with your classroom-to-blended-learning journey!
What’s it about?
Christy describes what needs to be done to convert classroom training to a blended or online design that goes beyond just putting Powerpoint slides online. Sounds familiar?
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Part 1: Convert training to online
Part 2: Convert training design online or blended learning
by Jane Bozarth
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In this post suggests how one can best redesign instead of transfer classroom training to online with some clear examples and practical tips.
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Nuts and bolts: from classroom to online think transform not transfer
by Roy de Vries
What’s it about?
My colleague and ‘rising star’ at aNewSpring Roy de Vries supports learning professionals every day in their journey from classroom towards blended or online learning. He shares his rich experience in this post.
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What’s it about?
Will Talheimer did a great, great job in reviewing tons of (meta)research to find answers on the important question he asked himself. And like always he comes up with some very interesting and useful answers.
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