Duration: 2 Hour workshop
About the workshop:
The virtual world is static. We spend days seated and glued to our computer screens as we attend virtual meetings, watch webinars, and participate in virtual training. If we want our learners to learn, retain and recall new information and skills, they need to stand and move. Happily, there are kinesthetic activities that can be used to get participants up and out of their seats during virtual presentations. This session will introduce and model the use of six kinesthetic activities that can be incorporated into virtual training programs. Participants will leave the session ready to infuse movement into their own programs.
By its very nature, the virtual world is static. We spend the day seated and glued to our computer screens as we attend virtual meetings, watch webinars, and participate in virtual training programs. Creative trainers and presenters take advantage of the different bells and whistles offered by virtual platforms to keep their training programs participative and interesting. They invite their learners to use the various reaction options, to chat, take polls, play with annotation tools, write on whiteboards and collaborate in breakout rooms. These are excellent techniques to engage learners, but- the learners are still seated. And, if we want our learners to learn, retain and recall new information and skills, they need to stand and move.
Happily, there are kinesthetic activities that can be used to get participants up and out of their seats during virtual presentations.
This session will introduce and model the use of six kinesthetic activities that can be incorporated into virtual training programs. Participants will leave the session ready to infuse movement into their own programs. Virtual training will not need to remain static anymore.
Learning Objectives
In this session, participants will:
NOTE: This workshop will be recorded for distribution to all who register (breakout rooms will not be recorded).
This is a 2 hour workshop. It will take place from 12:00pm to 2:00pm EDT.
Speaker:
Deborah Spring Laurel has been a workplace learning and performance improvement consultant for over forty years. The President of Laurel and Associates, Ltd., a certified woman-owned small business, Deborah is internationally recognized as a quality trainer of trainers and a specialist in curriculum design. She consulted with J.J. Strossmeyer University in Osijek, Croatia to design the first Eastern European participant-based Master’s Degree program in Entrepreneurship. Her work has taken her to: South Africa for UNIDO; Jordan, Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia for USAID; Jordan for Mercy Corps; and Dubai, UAE for ICBA. She is published in the 2004- 2013 Pfeiffer Annuals, The Leadership Challenge Activities Book and 101 More Ways to Make Training Active. She authored two Info-Lines: Conducting a Classroom Learning Audit and Jump-Start Your Learning Objectives. Deborah publishes a free weekly e-zine: Laurel Learning Tips. Over 900 Tips can be found at:http://laurelandassociates.com/blog. She has her Master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
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