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108 Exit the Passive Lane: Take Your VC Training to the Engagement Highway!

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Wednesday, October 20

Have you created virtual classroom training that's interactive, yet the participants still don't seem engaged? Interactivity doesn't automatically lead to engagement. Finding new, innovative ways to combine virtual platform tools with instructional activities can be challenging. And because all virtual classroom software programs aren't created equal, we need to be even more strategic in how we choose tools that will keep our learners tuned in to the course content, and not their social media accounts. What if there was a way to combine active and passive tools to engage your learners both physically and cognitively in the virtual classroom?

In this session, you'll start by assessing your own virtual platform's engagement capabilities. Using a Virtual Platform Engagement Assessment checklist, you'll be able to take inventory of the features available in your platform and what they can do. And if you haven't made a decision on which virtual platform to choose, you'll also receive a list of 16 ideal platform engagement features to help you select one. Then you'll learn how to adapt interactions to suit your platform's capabilities. Your journey continues by exploring how to make the virtual environment as learner-centric as possible by implementing well-designed practice activities and interaction to create physical and cognitive engagement. Lastly, you'll learn how to effectively combine active tools (like chat and polls) with passive ones (like content sharing and video streaming) to encourage simultaneous interaction from your learners. In addition, you'll learn when to include strategic opportunities for learners to share consecutively. You'll leave this session with a road map to help you successfully shift from passive to active tools in your virtual sessions so your online "passengers" experience a more exhilarating ride on the engagement superhighway.

In this session, you will learn:

  • How to assess your virtual classroom platform's capabilities to maximize learner engagement
  • Multiple ways to creatively adapt interactions to your virtual platform, given the tools and features you have available
  • How to employ a foolproof formula to create physical and cognitive engagement by implementing well-designed practice opportunities and interaction
  • How to combine active and passive tools to increase purposeful and meaningful interaction in the virtual classroom

Technology discussed in this session:

Adobe Connect, WebEx, Zoom, MS Teams, GoToTraining, Canva for infographics, Vyond for videos, Poll Everywhere for simultaneous interaction

Melissa Grey Satterfield

Director & Master Trainer

Langevin Learning Services

Melissa Grey Satterfield is a recognized leader in the corporate training industry, with more than 20 years of experience in the talent development field. Since 2000, Melissa has brought passion and dynamic presentation skills to Langevin Learning Services as a master trainer. She specializes in the delivery of both instructor-led and virtual classroom training. Her experience has helped to develop Fortune 500 companies in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America. Melissa is an experienced event presenter. She's been welcomed at ATD's TechKnowledge conference and at The Learning Guild's DevLearn and Learning Solutions conferences.

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