This virtual event planning guide-eBook was created with the e-Moderator and e-Facilitator in mind. However, whether you are a novice or professional e-Moderator, e-Facilitator, online educator, consultant, project manager or someone looking to develop your skills as a virtual event planner, this essential guide is for you. Some of the things you will find inside the eBook: • Best practices for moderating virtual classroom or conference room events • Tips about the pre –work involved in planning the virtual event • How to determine your participants’ profile • Guiding questions • The characteristics of virtual classrooms • Examples of virtual classrooms platform providers • How to plan virtual events for the right attendees • And much more...

This virtual event planning guide-eBook was created with the e-Moderator and e-Facilitator in mind. However, whether you are a novice or professional e-Moderator or e-Facilitator, online educator, consultant, project manager or someone looking to develop your skills as a virtual event planner, this essential guide is for you. Some of the things you will find inside the eBook: Best practices for moderating virtual classroom or conference room events Tips about the pre –work involved in planning the virtual event How to determine your participants’ profile Guiding questions The characteristics of virtual classrooms Examples of virtual classrooms platform providers How to plan virtual events for the right attendees And much more...

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Designers and facilitators must adapt their programs and delivery styles to be effective in the new medium that is virtual training. Virtual training gives learning professionals unprecedented flexibility, making it possible to reach participants globally and unite physically dispersed teams. This book goes beyond introducing the technology, to offer trainers proven techniques tailored specifically to engage live online audiences. In Successful Virtual Classroom, you will learn how to: Make the most of virtual classroom features such as content and screen sharing, annotation tools, polls, and breakout rooms Weave chat responses into the discussion Compensate for the absence of body language Monitor feedback Engage individuals with different learning styles Encourage audience contribution Meet the unique needs of global participants Packed with easy-to-use tools, checklists, and worksheets--as well as case studies from?Oracle,?UPS, and more--the book introduces the PREP model for planning, rehearsing, executing, and then conducting a postmortem following the training event. Featuring icebreakers and interactive exercises designed for an online environment, Successful Virtual Classroom helps you create programs that truly drive learner engagement.

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Textbooks are symbols of centuries-old education. They're often outdated as soon as they hit students' desks. Acting "by the textbook" implies compliance and a lack of creativity. It's time to ditch those textbooks--and those textbook assumptions about learning In Ditch That Textbook, teacher and blogger Matt Miller encourages educators to throw out meaningless, pedestrian teaching and learning practices. He empowers them to evolve and improve on old, standard, teaching methods. Ditch That Textbook is a support system, toolbox, and manifesto to help educators free their teaching and revolutionize their classrooms.