Lightbulb Moment2024-03-19T09:46:22Zhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/feed/allWill AI help virtual classrooms?https://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/will-ai-help-virtual-classrooms2023-05-02T14:59:46.000Z2023-05-02T14:59:46.000ZJo Cookhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/JoCook<div><p>There’s a LOT of discussion at the moment about artificial intelligence, from clever text chat with ChatGPT, images with Midjourney and much more.</p>
<p>Can AI help with the virtual classroom? I asked ChatGPT, and this is what it said:</p>
<p><em>Here are some ways that AI is likely to impact the future of live training events in the virtual classroom:</em></p>
<p><em>Adaptive learning: AI can help create personalized and adaptive learning experiences for each learner during a live training event in the virtual classroom. This can be achieved by analyzing learners' behaviors, preferences, and performance, and adapting the content and delivery to meet their needs.</em></p>
<p><em>Intelligent chatbots: AI-powered chatbots can be integrated into virtual classrooms to answer learners' questions and provide real-time support. These chatbots can use natural language processing to understand learners' queries and provide accurate and relevant responses.</em></p>
<p><em>Real-time feedback and assessment: AI can provide real-time feedback and assessment during a live training event in the virtual classroom. For instance, an AI-powered system can analyze learners' responses to quizzes and provide immediate feedback.</em></p>
<p><em>Personalized coaching: AI can provide personalized coaching to learners during a live training event in the virtual classroom. This can be achieved by analyzing learners' performance and behavior, and providing feedback and guidance in real-time.</em></p>
<p><em>Speech recognition: AI-powered speech recognition can be used to transcribe live training events in the virtual classroom, making it easier for learners to review and refer back to the content covered during the session.</em></p>
<p><span style="font-size:8pt;"><em>Here are some references that explore the impact of AI on live training events in the virtual classroom:</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:8pt;"><em>"How AI is revolutionizing virtual classrooms": This article from eLearning Industry explores the potential of AI to create personalized and engaging experiences during live training events in the virtual classroom.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:8pt;"><em>"AI in virtual classrooms: creating a personalized learning experience": This article from Microsoft Azure explores how AI can be used to create a more personalized and effective learning experience during live training events in the virtual classroom.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:8pt;"><em>"The role of AI in virtual classrooms": This article from EdTech Magazine discusses how AI is being used in virtual classrooms to improve engagement and learning outcomes.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:8pt;"><em>"How AI is transforming corporate training": This article from Forbes explores how AI is being used in corporate training, including live training events in the virtual classroom.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:8pt;"><em>"Artificial Intelligence in Education: Promise and Implications": This report from the RAND Corporation discusses the potential of AI in education, including live training events in the virtual classroom, and explores the ethical and social implications of its use.</em></span></p>
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<p>Before I share my own thoughts, what are the plus points you can see here, and what are the drawbacks?</p></div>Virtual design in a post-pandemic worldhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/virtual-design-in-a-post-pandemic-world2023-04-18T15:01:01.000Z2023-04-18T15:01:01.000ZMichael Cookhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/MichaelCook<div><p>Hi all!</p>
<p>Jo and I recently chatted a whole ton about how we changed our content during covid and especially now going forward. We identified that the whole virtual learning landscape had shifted with many learners in different positions.</p>
<p>This got me thinking about if any of you in the Lightbulb Community had to re-design content during or now in the post pandemic world?</p>
<p>Perhaps you don’t take as long explaining the tools? Maybe you have more advanced activities because yourself and the attendees are more accustomed to the technology. Are you still trying to adapt face-to-face sessions into live online sessions?</p>
<p>We would love to hear your thoughts because design is such an interesting topic especially right now! Also, we might do a podcast in the future about this and would love to include your comments.</p>
<p>Below is a podcast where Jo and I talk about our own design journey from 2020 and into 2023 with massive changes in our philosophy, to get you into a creative and reflective mindset!</p>
<p><a href="https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/lightbulbmomentvirtualclassroom/id/26466111" target="_blank">Episode 52 - Designing for now and the future</a></p></div>Teams for very very large webinarshttps://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/teams-for-very-very-large-webinars2023-04-18T14:32:10.000Z2023-04-18T14:32:10.000ZBettie Tibbleshttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/BettieTibbles<div><p>Hello everyone,</p><p>One of my clients wants to use Teams for a very large event (around 5,000 or more people). It's a short webinar, but with a lot of people, and I've been asked for support. However I'm not knowledgable on producing for very large Teams events.</p><p>Does anyone have any advice please?</p><p>Thank you,<br />Bettie</p></div>Microsoft Teams - big updates!https://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/microsoft-teams-big-updates2023-03-29T09:24:15.000Z2023-03-29T09:24:15.000ZJo Cookhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/JoCook<div><p>There have been some big Teams updates announced by Microsoft this week! </p>
<p>A lot of tehcnical under the hood changes to improve speed, new design for making the interface easier to use, easier to work across different accounts and Meetings will have an upgrade to make it easier to see people's webcams and reactions.</p>
<p>All good stuff and you can read more here:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2023/03/27/welcome-to-the-new-era-of-microsoft-teams/" target="_blank">https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2023/03/27/welcome-to-the-new-era-of-microsoft-teams/</a></p>
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<p>What are you most excited about?</p></div>Best practice for getting someone to answer a question?https://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/best-practice-for-getting-someone-to-answer-a-question2023-03-29T08:43:24.000Z2023-03-29T08:43:24.000ZAngela Greenhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/AngelaGreen<div><p>hi everyone,</p><p>what is the best practice when you want a learner to get involved in a virtual session more? I want to ask them to unmute to answer a question or get them using chat a bit more. But i don't want to put them off!! </p><p>Any advice please?</p></div>Using AI to 'maintain' eye contact on a video conference or webcam recording - with Nvidia Broadcasthttps://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/using-ai-to-maintain-eye-contact-on-a-video-conference-or-webcam2023-01-24T14:44:43.000Z2023-01-24T14:44:43.000ZJo Cookhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/JoCook<div><p>A common question we get is one about maintaining eye contact with the webcam when facilitating live online learning. Now Nvidia have their application that uses artificial intelligence in order to do that for you. Yes, you can look away, but the software edits your eye movement to still be looking down the lens at your audience. </p>
<p><a href="https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/broadcasting/broadcast-app/" target="_blank"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10948444854,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10948444854?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a></p>
<p><em>What's it good for?</em></p>
<p>Social connection and being able to check chat or your notes without people feeling you are ignoring them. </p>
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<p><em>What's it bad for?</em></p>
<p>Developing the skill yourself in the firstplace, and what deepfake is next?</p>
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<p>This is still in beta, it's not yet been programmed for all of the different types of eyes, lighting and so on, but it's a really interesting development. </p>
<p>Read more about this here: <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/news/testing-nvidia-broadcast-eye-contact" target="_blank">https://www.tomshardware.com/news/testing-nvidia-broadcast-eye-contact</a></p>
<p>And read about the Microsoft one too: <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/22/21334622/microsoft-eye-contact-surface-pro-x-video-chat-ai-correction-feature-rolling-out" target="_blank">https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/22/21334622/microsoft-eye-contact-surface-pro-x-video-chat-ai-correction-feature-rolling-out</a></p>
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<p><strong>Over to you</strong></p>
<p>What do you think: useful tool or scary use of technology?</p></div>Google Meethttps://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/google-meet2023-01-02T14:43:33.000Z2023-01-02T14:43:33.000ZCath Addishttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/catherineaddis<div><p>HI Lightbulbers - Happy New Year!</p><p>Having very happily been using Zoom as a trainer for the last two years I am being thrown into the world of Google Meet. From what I can tell, it's not as interactive - there's no annotate function, for example, and it seems harder to see your participants. Is that your experience or am I missing something? Any tips very welcome! Thanks Cath</p></div>Tips to Get Yourself Motivated to Study - Even When You're Not Motivated to Studyhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/tips-to-get-yourself-motivated-to-study-even-when-you-re-not-moti2022-12-28T22:33:30.000Z2022-12-28T22:33:30.000ZIrene Mitchellhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/IreneMitchell<div><p>If you're looking for a little motivation to get you through those long hours of studying, you've come to the right place. There are some tricks of the trade to help you stay focused, so you'll be able to complete your tasks and keep your grades up. Taking a few minutes to implement a few of these tips may be the key to getting you to study, even when you don't want to.</p><p>The first thing you should do is write down your reasons for studying. For instance, you may have a career goal in mind. Another reason may be to have some fun with it. Whatever the reason, you should make sure you write it down so you can refer to it every time you feel the urge to procrastinate.</p><p>In addition to writing down your goals, you should also post them where you can see them daily. Make sure you have a reward system for reaching those goals. This can be something small like candy or a movie ticket. You can also gamify studying to make it fun, or you can find a tutor or study buddy to help you along the way.</p><p>The next thing you should do is make a plan. Plan your study time and schedule some study breaks. Take a walk, drink some water, and even eat a balanced meal. Doing things that get your body moving can boost your brainpower and break you out of your studying funk.</p><p>The best way to find best way to motivate yourself is to set reasonable goals. Instead of trying to study everything at once, break it up into small chunks and work toward each one. Having a specific reward for each completed task can also be a good motivator.</p><p>There are plenty of other ways to find the best way to motivate yourself, but these tips should give you a good start. Of course, you'll have to do the hard work, but the rewards will be well worth it.</p><p>Finally, the best way to find the best way to motivate you is to have a good accountability partner. An accountability partner can be someone else, like a teacher or friend, or tutor from <a href="https://thesisgeek.com/writers.php" target="_blank">https://thesisgeek.com/writers.php</a>, to check in with you about your progress. Also, set a deadline and see if you can meet it. Having a deadline can motivate you to get to work on time. Keeping your promises is another important incentive.</p><p>While these are just a few tips to get you motivated to study, the real secret to being successful at it is to treat it as a necessary part of life. When you feel overwhelmed, you may want to take a step back, and consider what you're truly interested in. Once you've found your interest, you can focus on the rest of the work. And when you've reached the end of your to-do list, you'll be rewarded for your hard work. Remember that you are responsible for your own learning and that you have the power to make yourself study!</p></div>Early participation in online learning activities is significantly correlated with student final performancehttps://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/early-participation-in-online-learning-activities-is-significantl2022-12-06T10:06:18.000Z2022-12-06T10:06:18.000ZAngela Greenhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/AngelaGreen<div><p>Hi everyone</p><p>Found this research article - Does the early bird catch the worm? A large-scale examination of the effects of early participation in online learning</p><p><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01587919.2022.2088476?journalCode=cdie20" target="_blank">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01587919.2022.2088476?journalCode=cdie20</a></p><p> </p><p>It's more about online courses as a whole but i thought that we could apply that to virtual too!</p></div>Case study: rethinking hybrid conferenceshttps://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/case-study-rethinking-hybrid-conferences2022-12-01T10:26:45.000Z2022-12-01T10:26:45.000ZJo Cookhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/JoCook<div><p>What do you think about hybrid events? Avoid them at all costs, or they are the way of the future?</p>
<p>Laura Overton and I had to decide our stance last year when we were asked to desgin and host a hybrid conference together. Some of the hybrid events we had attended were just live streams of all the action happening elsewhere, and we wanted to make sure that we had a really connected event. </p>
<p>We've written a case study on how we designed the hybrid conference from scratch, unifying the audiences and getting amazing feedback.</p>
<p>You can <a href="https://lightbulbmoment.info/journey-into-rethinking-hybrid-conferences/" target="_blank">download the report for free</a>:</p>
<p><a href="https://lightbulbmoment.info/journey-into-rethinking-hybrid-conferences/" target="_blank"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10896724476,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="250" alt="10896724476?profile=RESIZE_400x" /></a></p>
<p>Let us know your questions and comments about hybrid and the experience we shared in this case study!</p></div>make counting exercise applicable for online meetinghttps://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/make-counting-exercise-applicable-for-online-meeting2022-11-24T16:20:16.000Z2022-11-24T16:20:16.000ZJoost Brouwerhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/JoostBrouwer<div><p>Hello everyone,</p><p>Hope you can help?</p><p>I have to deliver a wokshop online, which was originally designed as face-to-face workshop. So I have to change the method of delivery. In the face-to-face format I started with a counting exercise. This exercise goes in the following way:</p><p><em>Have folks break into pairs, one partner facing the other. Their task is to count to three again and again, as fast as they can, alternating numbers. Partner A says “One,” Partner B says “Two,” and A finishes the triplet by saying “Three.” As soon as they’ve finished, they start again, this time B leading with “One” so the counting loops around in continuous fashion. After a minute or so, check in with players to see how that went. You’ll likely find folks surprised by how difficult the task proved.</em></p><p><em>After that first round, offer directions for the second: with the same partners as before, count back and forth again, but instead of saying “One,” participants should clap. Now, the sequence goes Clap-“Two”-“Three.” Invite players to register their reactions if they “fail” or make a mistake. What happens, specifically, in their bodies, faces, or thoughts? After this round, you’ll often find that your pairs struggled even more—the toggling between verbal and kinesthetic processing takes a bit more brain time for most.</em></p><p><em>The next round ups the ante even further: instead of saying “Two,” players now snap their fingers so the rhythm goes Clap-Snap-“Three.” Same partners, same task: alternate back and forth, going as quickly as possible.</em></p><p>One of the take-aways from this exercise is that change isn't easy, but once you have started with a small change it is easier to continue with adding small changes. For my online version I am looking for a exercise where I can deliver the same take-away. Does anyone have an idea I could do in the online environment?</p><p>Thanks in advance!</p></div>Virtual classroom and hybrid learning research report from Lightbulb Moment and PeopleStarhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/virtual-classroom-and-hybrid-learning-research-report-from-lightb2022-10-27T08:24:37.000Z2022-10-27T08:24:37.000ZJo Cookhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/JoCook<div><p><a href="https://virtualresearchinsights.com/" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10896751667,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10896751667?profile=RESIZE_400x" width="200" /></a>I'm <em><strong>very</strong></em> excited to tell you that we are launching a research report! </p>
<p>We teamed up with research and behavioural expert Jane Daly at PeopleStar to find out more from learners and L&D professionals about their virtual and hybrid learning experiences.</p>
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<p><a href="https://virtualresearchinsights.com/2022/09/26/infographic-for-improving-virtual-and-hybrid-learning/" target="_blank"><img class="align-left" src="https://i0.wp.com/virtualresearchinsights.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/VRI-infographic.png?resize=458%2C1024&ssl=1&profile=RESIZE_180x180" alt="VRI-infographic.png?resize=458%2C1024&ssl=1&profile=RESIZE_180x180" width="150" /></a></p>
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<p>Our <a href="https://virtualresearchinsights.com/2022/09/26/infographic-for-improving-virtual-and-hybrid-learning/" target="_blank">infographic</a> highlights some of our findings, including: </p>
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<p><strong>56% of people prefer to learn in small virtual classrooms, with up to just 10 participants... but that's often not what organisations are delivering. </strong></p>
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<p><strong>33% of organisations are guided by best practice principles... but none of the professionals in our research said that their performance was measured against best practice. </strong></p>
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<p><strong>Only 6% of organisations have an evidence-based approach.</strong></p>
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<p>You can <a href="https://virtualresearchinsights.com/" target="_blank">download the full report for free from the Virtual Research Insights website</a>. </p>
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<p>What are your highlights from the report?</p></div>What can drive you crazy when on a webinar!?!?https://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/what-can-drive-you-crazy-when-on-a-webinar2022-09-01T10:10:44.000Z2022-09-01T10:10:44.000ZMichael Cookhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/MichaelCook<div><p class="01Bodytext"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Hey everyone! I’m writing our next podcast and want to include a section about what can turn you off from a webinar! So what drives you crazy on them!? Drop a message below and let me also know if it is ok for us to quote you in the episode.</span></p>
<p> <a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10800727273,RESIZE_1200x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-left" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10800727273,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10800727273?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a></p></div>What makes you think about ID?https://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/what-makes-you-think-about-id2022-07-21T11:49:03.000Z2022-07-21T11:49:03.000ZJo Cookhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/JoCook<div><p>What did you experience this weekend or this week that made you think about instructional design?</p>
<p>I thought this was a great question from Brent Schlenker on his American community <a href="https://thelearntrain.mn.co/" target="_blank">The Learn Train</a> and made me think about this:</p>
<p>I played a game (<a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/232405/western-legends" target="_blank">Western Legends</a>) which had a LOT of things going on, so that's interesting about learning the rules, using the parts and the cheat sheets - what's intuitive, what isn't, how things are summarise and explained, the graphics and what they mean etc. And then how can I improve those things in my own work.</p>
<p>What about you?</p></div>Coming soon to a computer near you... Adobe Connect 12https://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/coming-soon-to-a-computer-near-you-adobe-connect-122022-07-19T09:44:01.000Z2022-07-19T09:44:01.000ZJo Cookhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/JoCook<div><p>Exciting times in virtual platforms!</p>
<p>I've just seen this on LinkedIn:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/adobeconnect_we-are-constantly-evolving-to-enable-greater-activity-6954864898396860416-zj2f?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=member_desktop_web" target="_blank"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10655611456,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="400" alt="10655611456?profile=RESIZE_400x" /></a></p>
<p>Obviously there will be updates in video and audio and a lot of the tech stuff. I'm looking forward to the video updates as Adobe really are the master of the virtual classroom platform. </p>
<p>I'm really hoping they bring back the colours for the "green tick/check and red X/cross", I miss that!</p>
<p>What do you hope for Adobe Connect 12?</p></div>Does virtual reduce creativity? Research link.https://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/does-virtual-reduce-creativity-research-link2022-07-18T11:35:10.000Z2022-07-18T11:35:10.000ZBettie Tibbleshttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/BettieTibbles<div><p>Hello everyone,</p><p>I get emails from Learning Science Weekly which always has something relevant and interesting.</p><p>This week it was about creativity and virtual communication. The finding was that pairs of people coming up with ideas virtually generated less ideas overall, but that the quality of ideas is still as good.</p><p>I've reflected on the detail a lot - about narrow focus of the screen and the quality elements too. I've decided to encourage people to brainstorm with cameras off, so that they can look around the room and out of the window to stimulate more ideas.</p><p><a href="https://mailchi.mp/learningscienceweekly/boost-learning-with-fun-237601?e=45b53400d2" target="_blank">This is the link: https://mailchi.mp/learningscienceweekly/boost-learning-with-fun-237601?e=45b53400d2</a></p><p>Thank you,<br />Bettie</p></div>What tech are you using?https://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/what-tech-are-you-using2022-07-12T14:47:25.000Z2022-07-12T14:47:25.000ZJo Cookhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/JoCook<div><p>As virtual technology progresses so much more quickly now, what are you using and finding good?</p>
<p>Could be a platform, such as Adobe Connect is having a lot of great updates recently and some more to come soon. Could be the 'zapps', or Zoom Apps for things like using Mural etc within Zoom.</p>
<p>Or perhaps you've been introduced to a new external tool, like Aha Slides, Padlet or the new types of interaction slides in Mentimeter and can share about that.</p>
<p>For me, I'm enjoying some of the <a href="https://www.adobe.com/uk/products/adobeconnect/apps.html" target="_blank">new addins for Adobe Connect</a>, as well as <a href="https://www.mentimeter.com/blog/stay-current-with-mentimeter/whats-new-in-menti-april-2022" target="_blank">new questions in Mentimeter</a>, all great for engaging people beyond simple chat and whiteboards. </p>
<p>What about you?</p></div>Best Practice for Breakout Rooms with Guests in Teamshttps://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/best-practice-for-breakout-rooms-with-guests-in-teams2022-06-28T10:24:29.000Z2022-06-28T10:24:29.000ZSusanne Plaumannhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/SusannePlaumann<div><p>Hi,</p><p>Does anyone have some excellent advice or links for best practice when having to use breakout rooms in Teams with guests? I have a new challenge up my sleeve ...</p><p>So far, I have found out that participants disconnect from the chat in the main room, so sending instructions this way (as you can do in Zoom) is off the table. You can't prepare any contents for the breakout room either, or can you? So, what do you do to make sure that attendees in breakout rooms have the instructions they need?</p><p>For collaboration, you have to send participants an external link via main room chat and make sure they get there before they switch into the breakout room. Links sent via room announcements aren't clickable. Or can they somehow activate apps, f. e. a whiteboard app like <a href="https://www.whiteboard.chat/">https://www.whiteboard.chat/</a>, in the breakout room to collaborate? Guests can't use the Microsoft whiteboard.</p><p>I still have to test more options, but any advice would be more than welcome.</p><p>Best regards,</p><p>Susanne</p></div>How to engage attendees in a Teams Live Event?https://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/how-to-engage-attendees-in-a-teams-live-event2022-06-15T09:38:12.000Z2022-06-15T09:38:12.000ZPaul Norringtonhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/PaulNorrington<div><p>Hi All.</p><p>A colleague of mine is delivering an event using Teams Live Event. I've never used it, but seems it's purely a broadcast with Q&A.</p><p>Other than the usual tips of creating an engaging presentation (eye contact, voice, visuals, multiple presenters, panel discussions etc) or using a third party app like Kahoot, does anyone have any creative suggestions for spicing up this kind of session?</p><p>Thanks</p><p>Paul</p></div>Teams vs Webexhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/teams-vs-webex2022-05-25T10:34:34.000Z2022-05-25T10:34:34.000ZAngela Greenhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/AngelaGreen<div>Hi everyone,I've got a client that are moving from webex to Teams. Any advice? Any comparisons to be aware of?Thanks!!</div>Adding Interactivity to Lobby Times in Adobe Connecthttps://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/adding-interactivity-to-lobby-times-in-adobe-connect2022-05-13T12:50:28.000Z2022-05-13T12:50:28.000ZSusanne Plaumannhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/SusannePlaumann<div><p>Hi everyone,</p><p>In last week's <a href="https://onlineevents.adobeconnect.com/join?r=office" target="_blank">Adobe Connect Office Hour</a>, we discussed various ideas for lobby layouts. Using the new <a href="https://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect/apps/inframe-connect.html" target="_blank">InFrame Pod</a> for Adobe Connect, you can now<strong> add interactivity</strong> to either waiting times before a session starts or to breaks.</p><p>I offered to write a blog post in English with a list of links that you can use with that custom pod. You can find it at <a href="https://blog.1step.to/2022/05/design-interactive-lobby-and-break-times/" target="_blank">https://blog.1step.to/2022/05/design-interactive-lobby-and-break-times/.</a> The link list is set up as an H5P element so that you can either download and integrate or embed it into your website or intranet.</p><p>So far, this blog post only talks about <strong>non-synchronized links.</strong> The participants won't see what others do on the sites linked. However, there are quite a number of links and tools, that can be used to collaborate within Adobe Connect using the InFrame Pod. There will be other posts following up on this topic.</p><p>Please let me know what you think about it and how you make use of that custom pod in Adobe Connect.</p><p>Best regards,</p><p>Susanne</p></div>Collaboration Supercards - my favourite new purchasehttps://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/collaboration-supercards-my-favourite-new-purchase2022-05-09T13:32:30.000Z2022-05-09T13:32:30.000ZPaul Norringtonhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/PaulNorrington<div><p>Hi All.</p><p>Anyone use these already? They're fab!</p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10474983658,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10474983658,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="10474983658?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p><p>Hold them up to your webcam for a fun new way to communicate. 25 different cards in the pack. Available from <a href="https://www.collaborationsuperpowers.com/shop/" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p>Mininum order 5 sets, so treat your colleagues :-)</p><p>Paul</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></div>Teams virtual background issuehttps://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/teams-virtual-background-issue2022-05-04T08:57:18.000Z2022-05-04T08:57:18.000ZVicky Colyerhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/VickyColyer<div><p>Hi everyone,</p><p>I have a problem with the virtual backgrounds in Teams. I'm using the desktop program on my windows computer.</p><p>When I go to change my virtual background I see loads of options but I'd like to add more of my own, but i am limited to about 20 or so. Because of the different projects and clients I work with I'd like to add more, but I can't see how to delete old ones or the standard ones I don't want to use.</p><p>Any advice please?</p></div>Avoiding learners having to register twice in Zoomhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/avoiding-learners-having-to-register-twice-in-zoom2022-05-02T13:54:10.000Z2022-05-02T13:54:10.000Zshanna thielhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/shannathiel<div><p>Hi All,</p><p>I have a question that I cannot find an answer to anywhere! Hoping someone here might have had a similar experience:</p><p>We ask our learners to register through a separate platform from Zoom. Once they register, they get the Zoom link. On the day of the session, when they use the link, they are taken to a Zoom registration page. We are trying to avoid having to have them register twice,</p><p>We looked into authentification in Zoom, but it looks like everyone would need a Zoom account, and many of our Learners do not have/can not have Zoom accounts.</p><p>Has anyone ran in to anything like this before? For example, is there a way we could upload a list of registered people somewhere in the backend, so when anyone on that list click the link to join, they can join and not have to register?</p><p> </p><p>I am just at a loss here, and if anyone has ever ran into any of this before - or even have ideas as to where else I could find my answers- I would be greatly appreciative!!!</p><p> </p><p>Thank you so much for reading this very long question :-)</p></div>Virtual Classroom software comparisonhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/virtual-classroom-software-comparison2022-03-24T12:26:49.000Z2022-03-24T12:26:49.000ZRichard Pearcehttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/RichardPearce<div><p>Does anyone know of any research where the main platforms for virtual delivery have been compared? Comparison of features such as what they can and can't do. Any help is much appreciated. </p></div>Instructions at the beginning of your session - what do you recommend?https://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/instructions-at-the-beginning-of-your-session2022-03-23T12:40:06.000Z2022-03-23T12:40:06.000ZBettie Tibbleshttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/BettieTibbles<div><p>Hello everyone,</p>
<p>When I begin my sessions I always make sure to explain to people how to use the particular software we are using, such as how to open chat in Zoom and so on. I feel it's important to explain this at the beginning.</p>
<p>I had some feedback from a colleague recently that perhaps I was spending too much time on this and it wasn't very engaging for people who already know how to do these things.</p>
<p>I wonder about the experiences and recommendations of this community?</p>
<p>Thank you in advance,<br /> Bettie</p></div>How do you make your live online learning sessions more like face-to-face?https://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/how-do-you-make-your-live-online-learning-sessions-more-like-face2022-03-08T12:33:40.000Z2022-03-08T12:33:40.000ZMichael Cookhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/MichaelCook<div><p><a href="https://lightbulbmoment.info/2022/03/08/recreating-the-face-to-face-experience-in-virtual-training/" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10177721884,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="300" alt="10177721884?profile=RESIZE_400x" /></a>We have a guest blogger, Neil Shorney, who writes about how to make the most of live online learning compared to our physical classroom experiences: <a href="https://lightbulbmoment.info/2022/03/08/recreating-the-face-to-face-experience-in-virtual-training/" target="_blank">https://lightbulbmoment.info/2022/03/08/recreating-the-face-to-face-experience-in-virtual-training/</a></p>
<p>I really like how Neil has asked us to "Consider <em>why</em> you like to interact in these ways face-to-face" before giving us some tips on how to do versions of this live online. </p>
<p>How do you re-create the face-to-face experience by finding different ways to achieve the same outcomes?</p>
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<p> </p></div>Pictures, text on slides and narration - researchhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/pictures-text-on-slides-and-narration-research2022-02-28T14:25:07.000Z2022-02-28T14:25:07.000ZJo Cookhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/JoCook<div><p>How should we use text on our slides and images to help people learn? How much text should be on the slide and what should we say in a live session?</p>
<p><a href="https://mailchi.mp/learningscienceweekly/boost-learning-with-fun-237282?e=45b53400d2" target="_blank">Learning Science Weekly shared about research</a> on just this topic, highlighting that:</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em> "Research supports keeping text close to images, <br />keeping text a minimum when possible, <br />and narrating rather than utilizing heavy printed text."</em></p>
<p>How do you design your slides for virtual classrooms and webinars?</p></div>Fun post - working from home cartoonshttps://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/fun-post-working-from-home-cartoons2022-02-14T10:54:43.000Z2022-02-14T10:54:43.000ZJo Cookhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/JoCook<div><p>Found a funny page with working from home cartoons onit, including this one:</p>
<p><a href="https://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/fun-post-working-from-home-cartoons" target="_blank"><img class="align-full" src="https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/I-created-X-Cartoons-about-Working-From-Home-61c20bdf44ce5__880.jpg?profile=RESIZE_400x" width="350" alt="I-created-X-Cartoons-about-Working-From-Home-61c20bdf44ce5__880.jpg?profile=RESIZE_400x" /></a></p>
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<p>They all resonated quite a lot - do you have one that resonates for you?</p>
<p><a href="https://www.boredpanda.com/work-from-home-comics-irina-blok" target="_blank">See them all here: https://www.boredpanda.com/work-from-home-comics-irina-blok</a></p></div>Reflection questions?https://lightbulbmoment.community/groups/opencommunity/forum/reflection-questions2022-01-31T11:11:05.000Z2022-01-31T11:11:05.000ZAngela Greenhttps://lightbulbmoment.community/members/AngelaGreen<div>What good reflection questions are there for the end of a session?Thanks!!</div>