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Lockdown learning

Learning with e's

Schools all over the world have remained open (even though they are officially 'closed'), to provide care and support for the children of essential workers, and also to continue to offer students everywhere remote learning opportunities. It's not easy.

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Top 5 Trends For 2021 That Can Help L&D Professionals Prepare For The Future

Roundtable Learning

With employees spread across different locations, remote technologies that allow for teleconferencing, virtual project managing, and telecommunication will remain popular and be the ‘new norm’ in 2021. Some of these technologies include: Video conferencing (Zoom, Skype , Google Hangouts , etc.). HR Management Systems. Online Journals.

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Virtual Meetings vs. Video Conferencing: Workplace Collaboration and Training Tools

Roundtable Learning

There are a plethora of other video conferencing platforms, including Skype, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, and GoToMeeting. The tools needed to participate in a video conference are pretty basic: computer, webcam, microphone, and an internet connection. It’s easy to set up.

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ILT vs. VILT vs. eLearning vs. Video Learning: Traditional or Digital Learning

Roundtable Learning

Leveraging video conferencing tools like Skype, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, and GoToMeeting, VILT lets you take the classroom dynamic online. Let’s address some popular digital alternatives to ILT, starting with its closest cousin — VILT. Virtual instructor-led training, or VILT for short, is precisely what it sounds like.

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4 Ways to improve Video Conferences in Instructor-Led Training (ILT)

eFront

We have experienced the wonders and convenience of Skype video conferences. And yes, there are indeed many learning situations that call for a video-conferencing session. Video conferences also make people seem real in an otherwise remote learning environment. Notice how inexpensive and effective such online meetings are.

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Social Learning Theory: What Is It & Its Importance in Workplace Training

Instancy

Plus, social learning creates an important factor of engagement: people learning in a group are not passive receivers of information (as compared to a learner receiving information through a long Skype presentation). Is Social Learning Nature or Nurture? Importance of Social Learning in Workplace.

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What We Learned In Lockdown

Litmos

People who had never Skyped a day in their lives were learning how to sign in, share their screen and mute their mics. According to a story in USA Today , many companies are actively hiring remote workers, who will work from home permanently. Effective remote learning is different than live training.