Reflections on 12 Weeks of Virtual Training Mastery

Reflections on 12 Weeks of Virtual Training Mastery And so here we are, at the end of our 12 week series into the many aspects of designing for virtual training mastery.    Starting on the basis that fewer than 10% of learners feel the virtual and hybrid sessions they’ve attended exceeded their expectations (Cook & Daly, […]

Virtual Learning Evaluation – No Excellence Without Impact

Virtual Learning Evaluation – No Excellence Without Impact So as we near the end of the #VirtualTrainingMastery series we need to close the loop by looking back at the objectives we set out to ensure we’ve delivered on our promises.  So how do we know if the programme we’ve developed has worked? Historically training evaluation […]

Developing High Performing Cultures: Learning Community Facilitation

Developing High Performing Cultures Through Learning Community Facilitation Having explored the role of transliteracy in virtual training mastery, we’re now delving into one particularly important aspect of this – learning community facilitation.  An essential trait of mature, high performing learning cultures, collaboration is key to creating a modern and personalised learning environment. In research from […]

How transliterate are you?

How transliterate are you? Last week we covered how technology can help us design rich learning experiences – caveated with the note they need to be chosen and used well!  This leads us on nicely on to the need for digital literacy to effectively facilitate our virtual courses.  “COULD DO BETTER…” Whatever our pre-pandemic starting […]

Make Learning Tech Your Ally

Make Learning Tech Your Ally in the Virtual Classroom Last week we looked at the power of using a variety of learning approaches within our sessions. In the virtual environment in particular, learning technology is key to this.  So let me ask you, when you think about learning technology, how do you feel?  Sadly, despite […]

Alternatives to PowerPoint – Mixing up the Learning Experience

Alternatives to PowerPoint – Mixing up the Learning Experience Last week we reviewed the latest research from CIPD on the most important factors for effective learning. It highlighted that meaningful interactions, in various guises, are significantly more successful than lecturing and death by PowerPoint.  Yet for us trainers it can be quite a struggle to […]

Meaningful Activities For Effective Learning

Meaningful Activities For Effective Learning Having spent some time in our last blog outlining how to create trust, relevance and engagement in the virtual classroom, we’re now going to share examples of meaningful engagements. These are activities that create the desired skills, behaviours, competencies and mindsets.  In their research paper ‘Effective Virtual Classrooms, An evidence […]

Getting Learners On Board – Building Engagement through Trust & Relevance

Getting Learners On Board – Building Engagement through Trust & Relevance Welcome back! Last week, we delved into the three core design principles that make virtual learning effective: keeping sessions short, personalising the experience, and embracing activity-led design that develops desired behaviours. We’re now going to add the next layer – which is all around […]

Avoiding Death by PowerPoint – High Impact Learning Design

Avoiding Death by PowerPoint – The Secrets of High Impact Learning So far in this series we’ve outlined the importance of scoping and using a design framework as the foundations of virtual training mastery. We’re now ready to start designing the learning journey! Here are the top three considerations for high impact learning: Contact SyncSkills […]

Learning Frameworks – Tools & Tips

Learning Design Frameworks – Tools & Tips Welcome back to week 3 of our Virtual Training Mastery series around Designing for Impact. Last week we covered how to scope for success – this week we’re moving on to design. Whilst it’s tempting to jump straight into the content and flow of sessions (don’t worry, we […]