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Case Study: Engaging Learners in the Synchronous Distance Environment by Kim Bahr & Rebecca Bodrero : Learning Solutions Magazine
Case Study: Engaging Learners in the Synchronous Distance Environment by Kim Bahr & Rebecca Bodrero : Learning Solutions Magazine
Case study in how a F2F training program was adapted for online with Adobe Connect. This includes how they prepared the participants, adapted activities, engaged learners, supported with producers, and blended synchronous with asynchronous.
#casestudies#vILT#synchronous#adobe#elearning
·learningsolutionsmag.com·
Case Study: Engaging Learners in the Synchronous Distance Environment by Kim Bahr & Rebecca Bodrero : Learning Solutions Magazine
The problem with virtual training: instructional design, not distance — Online Collaboration
The problem with virtual training: instructional design, not distance — Online Collaboration
Interview with Janet Clarey responding to an article claiming you shouldn't even bother trying to do new hire orientation training virtually. As expected, Janet provides a thoughtful rebuttal, explaining that the problem with bad virtual training is that it's poorly designed, not that the technology is failing.
#vILT#synchronous#instructionaldesign#elearning
·gigaom.com·
The problem with virtual training: instructional design, not distance — Online Collaboration
Does Teaching Online Really Take More Time? - Faculty Focus | Faculty Focus
Does Teaching Online Really Take More Time? - Faculty Focus | Faculty Focus
According to this survey, rethinking pedagogy for online takes longer than learning technology. Developing online courses does take longer, especially the first time, but as faculty gain experience, they become more efficient.
<p>In Freeman’s research, it appears that it takes an instructor a little longer to figure out what they want to do with the course pedagogically than to become comfortable with the technology. </p> <p>“That’s one of the biggest things, that the technological learning curve is shorter than the pedagogical learning curve,” Freeman says. “The technology’s not the problem. It’s not what’s making people take longer when they teach.” </p>
Freeman was able to demonstrate that, once past the first online course, there is a significant reduction of instructor time. This leads him to believe that much of the complaint of excessive time consumption probably comes from the first-time experience.
Freeman’s data doesn’t challenge the assumption that it takes longer to develop an online course than a face-to-face course. What he has established is that the teaching, as well as the development, become less time consuming, and that that change can come as early as the second or third time out.
#instructionaldesign#highered#teaching#vILT#elearning
·facultyfocus.com·
Does Teaching Online Really Take More Time? - Faculty Focus | Faculty Focus
Zoom breakout workaround
Zoom breakout workaround
Want to let people choose their own breakout rooms in Zoom? Check out this solution. This would probably work best with an audience with at least some prior experience with Zoom (so they don't do anything as co-hosts accidentally), but it wouldn't take too much training to give people enough skill to manage it.
#vILT#zoom#howto
·plpnetwork.com·
Zoom breakout workaround
Learning Development Pricing Calculator - LXD Central
Learning Development Pricing Calculator - LXD Central

I appreciate the detailed breakdowns of time estimates per task in this article. This would be a very helpful way to create a project plan, even if you've never created an ILT or elearning course before.

However, note the caveat about the hourly rate at the bottom. The calculator uses $60 or $65/hour for pricing, but that's what a vendor would pay its own employees. If you're buying from a vendor, the cost is likely much higher. (Although apparently I'm not taking nearly enough profit for myself if vendors are typically pricing at 2.5 times their cost.)

<span style="font-size: 1rem;">How much should you pay for a learning solution? Why does one vendor quote $5,000 and another $20,000? At its core, the price of a learning solution is a very simple equation –&nbsp;</span><strong style="font-size: 1rem;">Rate x Effort = Price.</strong>
For those organizations that buy learning from third-party vendors these prices may seem quite low, and they are. The $65 rate is commensurate with what one of those companies would pay an employee but does not include all of the overheads, cost of sale, and profit that company would typically account for in the price. As a rule of thumb, a custom learning company will price at about 60% gross margin, which in short-hand means you multiple direct costs by 2.5.
#timeestimate#pricing#elearning#vILT#training
·lxdcentral.com·
Learning Development Pricing Calculator - LXD Central