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  Michael Cook April 6, 2020 at 10:30am

  Great question Viv. You could write a book on this! I will try to put my top thoughts on where to start with converting face to face materials to live online learning sessions, or virtual classrooms.

  • Go in with the mind-set that you CAN achieve the same results as your F2F session
    
    
  • Design with the learner outcome in mind just like you would do face to face
    
    
  • Try to plan in extra interactions to get digital body language feedback. Live online you miss the quick glance at someone to see if they have a question or need more support, planning in stopping points to get the digital equivalents will help you cement those learning points
    
    
  • Start off small! Use a few tools you are comfortable with and design different activites around them. Whiteboards, polls and chat can be used in a variety of different ways and still fresh

  That is my starting point but as I say there are so many things to consider! I am sure the rest of the Community will have other great ideas!

   
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  Kerry Worthington June 10, 2020 at 1:45pm

  My top tips are:

  • keep it short (60 to 90 mins if possible)
  • build in regular interactions (every 5 mins)
  • use high quality visuals and avoid text heavy slides
  • set some groundrules to share at the start (muting etc)
  • take people through how to interact during the session and be clear how you want them to interact when you ask something
  • practice, practice, practice!

   
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    Jo Cook > Kerry Worthington June 16, 2020 at 4:44pm

    Thanks Kerry, love your tips. Agree with every single one!