1.2.1 Transferring your training from F2F to virtual classroom

The virtual classroom is getting more common during these last years. What emerged in the early 2000’s is now growing up, with specific, reliable platforms and a wider impact.

Virtual classrooms are online, synchronous environment, where learners join a group with a live facilitator. This replaces a face to face training room, in a school, office building or conference centre. It does not refer to the world of self-paced e-learning, where learners work individually. More and more organizations are testing and gradually including virtual classroom sessions into their training program.

The development of the virtual classroom represents an important change: there is and will always be a place for face to face training. Training departments are creating blended programmes to create a more complete training paradigm.   Virtual classroom can be equally, or even more effective, than certain F2F lessons. 

Virtual classroom learning is distinctly different from face to face learning and this e-book presents a 5 step o verview of the design process.

Many people still see virtual classroom training as second option. They choose it to save travel cost and travel time. However, gradually the virtual classroom will be discovered as a training tool with its own merits, even outperforming the F2F setting at times. With a digital generation growing up, the comparison F2F – virtual will become less relevant.