Let's focus specifically on the unique role of the trainer in the virtual classroom.
Many classroom-training skills are still used in the virtual environment. Let's review the basic training skills used by the virtual and classroom trainers alike, with special focus on what's unique in the virtual classroom.
Comparison between Virtual and Face-to-face Training
Many of the same skills are used in both the face-to-face and virtual classroom. There are two main differences when facilitating classes virtually:
These differences might not seem like much on paper, but they are significant. While training skills are still used in the virtual classroom, the environment in which they are used is a whole new world.
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If you ask 10 different trainers to define "virtual training," you will probably get 10 different responses. To one person it might be talking a self-paced e-learning course, and to another it might mean a Second Life meeting. Virtual training is a broad term with many different interpretations.
In some ways, it's like the word health. When you tell someone that you want to "get healthy," they might think you will be changing your eating habits. To someone else it might mean exercising, getting more sleep, or losing weight. Health is a multifaceted word. In reality, the full scope of the word health encompasses all aspects of a person's well-being: physical, social, emotional, and spiritual. Yet when people talk about their health, they are usually referring to just one specific aspect of it. It's the same with virtual training. Virtual training is multifaceted, and could mean many things depending upon its context and who is talking about it.
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