Teams notification settings for training

Hi all!

We have been having coversations with our attendees where they are finding issues with Teams for training and notification popups going over the chat section. Some attendees have dealt with this by running Teams in a window but it is not as a

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Live online learning and Emerald Works data

Recently I've been able to partner with Emerald Works (formerly Towards Maturity) to use some of their data to look at virtual classrooms and webinars in a different way. 

Here's the article I wrote: https://emeraldworks.com/resources/blog/l-d-resear

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70:20:10 Webinar Design - towards a 360* fishbowl discussion model

Hello fellow Webinerds - 

Please see my blended learning research at https://abasiel.wordpress.com

I have been doing R&D on webinar design with a focus on a Socratic discussion model. Please see:

https://abasiel.wordpress.com/elearning-r-d/

https://abasi

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Virtual classroom live Q&A - June 2nd

The next Q&A webinar will be on the 2nd of June 12:00 noon UK time.

REGISTER HERE

You can see the first Q&A we ran HERE

Drop your questions down below to make sure they get answered first in the live session.

The recording will be uploaded to Youtube

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Zoom calls causing stress and fatigue

I read this article from the BBC today and thought I must share it here! - https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200421-why-zoom-video-chats-are-so-exhausting

I thought I was the only one who gets tired and stressed dealing with all these video calls

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Online facilitation advice and help - Ask your questions here!

Hi All!

On the 12th of May Jo and I will be running our next live Q&A which will be focusing on facilitation challenges and skills.

You can see the first Q&A we ran HERE and the last one we did HERE!

You can sign up for the next session here --> Sign

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Where to start with virtual delivery?

Recently we have been asked the following a lot:

How I do start my journey with live online learning?

What do I need to do to start facilitating virtually?

How can i convert my face to face sessions into virtual classrooms.

What platform do I need fo

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OLX – Rapidly put your learning online – MOOC from LearningPool

Hi everyone, 

There is a new, free MOOC (massive open online course) all about rapidly putting your learning online. It's great for the time we are currently in with Covid-19 changing our learning and working practices, but it's also been designed to

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How to deal with Zoom bombing and unwanted attendees

Hi all,

Jo and I were presenting a webinar for the eLN and it was Zoom bombed!

Zoom bombing has unfortunately started to get attention as more and more organisations and individuals look for live online virtual solutions.

*EDIT Help links in posts be

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REAL learning in a virtual classroom? Of course it’s possible!

March 2020 has marked a sea change of how organisations and education have met, communicated, presented and taught/trained/facilitated. The lock down/ advice to stay at home, due to the risk of infection from Coronavirus, has meant live online platfo

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Resources to help you start delivering live online learning now

In light of what is going on with the Corona Virus and the high demand for live online learning solutions right now, I thought I would compile a whole bunch of different resources we have to help you start your journey!

I am going to structure the di

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Change of mindset: will online work and learning become the new normal?

In light of recent events around the Cornonovirus, we've seen a lot more people asking about working from home, how to manage that, and of course how to deliver training live online. 

I wrote a blog about this last week, you can read it here: https:/

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