live - Blogs - DPG Community2024-03-29T11:56:11Zhttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/blog/feed/tag/liveLearning Live: Live L&D Broadcasts This week on the DPG Communityhttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/blog/learning-live-live-l-d-broadcasts-this-week-on-the-dpg-community2015-09-08T09:45:55.000Z2015-09-08T09:45:55.000ZAdy Howeshttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/members/AdyHowes<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2216605?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=388"></div><div><p>The first ever live broadcast of an L&D event will be streamed here on the DPG Community at 8pm tomorrow night and 10am Thursday morning. The broadcasts are coming from <a href="http://thelpiservices.com/learninglive/" target="_blank">Learning Live</a>, an annual event hosted in London by the <a href="https://www.learningandperformanceinstitute.com/" target="_blank">Learning and Performance Institute (LPI)</a> kicking off the Autumn run of L&D conferences.</p>
<p>There are a variety of sessions in the programme for those that attend and we’ll be streaming two of these on the <a href="http://community.dpgplc.co.uk/the-LD-zone" target="_self">L&D Zone of the community</a>. The broadcast is being made possible by <a href="http://www.learninglive.tv" target="_blank">Learning Now TV</a>, an online TV channel with content dedicated to Learning and Development. The channel which launched last year is free to subscribe to and provides members with access to a live monthly broadcast of the programme along with a library of on-demand previously broadcast programmes and content.</p>
<p>The broadcast is great for your own personal development. All you need do, is head to the <a href="http://community.dpgplc.co.uk/the-LD-zone" target="_self">DPG Community L&D Zone</a> and click on the Play Button in the Pick of the Day window at the times of the sessions shown below. You can access the live event on the DPG Community on your PC, mobile or tablet. Don’t forget you can also follow the conversation at the event on Twitter and Martin Couzins has published this useful article on how to do so: <a href="http://community.dpgplc.co.uk/learning-professionals/how-to-use-twitter-to-follow-conferences-from-your-desk-and-on-th" target="_self">How to use Twitter to follow conferences from your desk and on the go.</a></p>
<p>This is a great opportunity for you to enjoy some personal development on these two not to be missed first ever live L&D conference broadcasts.</p>
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<p>It’s Day 2 of the CIPD Learning and Development Show in Olympia London and there’s been some great sessions today. As I write this I’m sat in the session on delivering engaging eLearning through Virtual Classrooms.</p>
<p>Lisa Johnson from Barnardo’s talking about their story of introducing live learning. Lisa kicked off explaining that the delivery methods that they use in their L&D offering which includes Face to Face, eLearning, self-service, performance support and virtual classrooms.</p>
<p>“The adoption of this learning technology doesn’t mean that we have ditched traditional approaches” says Lisa. “It just means we’ve got wider options within our L&D toolkit and we can pick and mix the delivery methods based on the business need and content we need to deliver.”</p>
<p>So how did Barnardo’s implement this? They started to introduce this technology in 2005. Lisa goes on to say that there were five core stages in getting live online learning up and running.</p>
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<li><b style="font-size: 13px;">Choose the right product</b> <span style="font-size: 13px;">– “We started to play about with a few free products and we played with a tool that we found our IT department were using. If you’re in the early stages of looking at this, talk to your IT department, because it may be that they have something they are already using” Lisa says. When Barnardo’s went through that process they settled on Webex. “The reason…”, said Lisa “…was that they were the leaders in the field.” It also integrates with Outlook, a feature that they particularly like. It also offered the ability to brand their site. “Our learners like to think that our products have been designed specifically for Barnardo’s” Lisa went on to say. They also liked the functionality it can offer, such as desktop sharing, whiteboards, online chat, uses a number of visual cues which you need in a virtual environment – such as emoticons and engagement indicators. “We also liked the fact that it included a recording and playback facility” said Lisa. “The learners can replay the experience as many times as they want.” Lisa also went on to say it’s also good for trainers to record themselves so that they can critique their own skills in virtual delivery.</span></li>
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<li><b style="font-size: 13px;">Finding the Hook</b> <span style="font-size: 13px;">– was the next stage. They had identified the use, chosen the product, done some training and played with it. Lisa says “They were ready to rock!” Next was to find the hook that would get people interested to get them engaged in live learning. They set up an introduction to learning technology as part of the induction process. Included in this was a show around the Virtual Classroom and information on where to access online learning resources etc. It was a full introduction to learning technology tools in Barnardo’s. They made this part of the regular training for new starters. “Following the event, we made sure that each learner got an email which signposted them to other sessions that would be useful to them”. So with new starters sorted, the next question was; what about our existing employees? They created short, 15 minute sessions, for existing employees to show them the virtual classrooms. They gathered feedback from the groups and then shared that feedback with future groups to really get the message out there through peer to peer conversations. “If it’s engaging, they will come back for more”, says Lisa. “We made sure it was easy to access the Virtual Classroom, easy to access descriptions of the sessions and easy to book on. “We also created a catalogue of events for people to sign up to” says Lisa.</span></li>
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<p>Some great advice here and a great process to follow when implementing live online learning into your organisations.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 13px;">Lisa kicked off her presentation by saying that live online learning “…means we’ve got wider options within our L&D toolkit and we can pick and mix the delivery methods based on the business need and content we need to deliver.” It’s important, I believe, to choose the right method for the content and business objective.</span></p>
<p>You can find more about <a rel="nofollow" href="http://adyhowes.podbean.com/2014/03/11/why-is-online-learning-great-news-for-face-to-face-training/"> “Why Live Online Learning is good news for face to face training” in this podcast from DPG Student Ady Howes and DPG’s Mike Collins</a>.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 13px;">For more Tweets from me from the Learning and Development follow </span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/DPGplc" target="_blank" style="font-size: 13px;">@dpgplc</a><span style="font-size: 13px;"> on Twitter.</span></p>
<p>Tweet you there! See you there.</p>
<p>Ady</p>
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<p> </p></div>How can ONLINE learning add VALUE to Face to Face Learning?https://community.dpgplc.co.uk/blog/how-can-online-learning-add-value-to-face-to-face-learning2014-03-12T10:30:00.000Z2014-03-12T10:30:00.000ZAdy Howeshttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/members/AdyHowes<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2216153?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><strong><span style="color: #008000;" class="font-size-4">Online Learning versus Face to Face Learning</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;" class="font-size-4"><span class="font-size-3">Would you rather listen to this article?  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://adyhowes.podbean.com/2014/03/11/why-is-online-learning-great-news-for-face-to-face-training/" target="_blank">You can do so by clicking here.</a></span></span><strong><span style="color: #008000;" class="font-size-4"><br /></span></strong></p>
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<p>Online learning versus face to face learning is an ongoing debate that's been taking place for years.  Both seem to exist in organisations, but often in isolation and independently from each other.  It's kind of an us and them sort of feeling where on one side of the fence is ONLINE and on the other is OFFLINE.  They're not often the best of neighbours!</p>
<p>First of all I should point out that I LOVE face to face learning.  You can't beat the personal touch, the social aspects and the discussions that take place.  There is absolutely no replacement for Face to Face learning.  But at times, online learning offers a range of benefits, usually around COST and TIME.  And with more and more businesses taking advantage of and better tools to deliver <a rel="nofollow" href="http://community.dpgplc.co.uk/profiles/blogs/live-online-learning" target="_self">Live Online Learning</a>, the gap between on and offline has definitely narrowed. Online learning definitely has a place in our learning mix.  But that's the key.  It's part of the mix, not a replacement.<a rel="nofollow" href="http://community.dpgplc.co.uk/profiles/blogs/live-online-learning" target="_self"><br /></a></p>
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<p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong><span class="font-size-4">What are the FEARS organisations have with ONLINE learning?</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;" class="font-size-2">A few months back, I needed to pitch LIVE ONLINE LEARNING to some people in our business as a sensible approach to a challenge we were facing.  We had just over 100 people to train on a particular topic, spread nationally from Edinburgh to Plymouth and had just a four day window to do so.  There really wasn't another option.  Knowing what I know about live online learning, I couldn't really ignore this viable option.  Ahead of putting this forward, I started having some informal conversations to test the water and see what people thought.  I particularly focussed on the barriers and concerns that people had.  After all, this was kind of a sales pitch I was doing so I needed to understand what objections I would face.  There was a common theme in every conversation I had.  It was a FEAR that live online learning would be seen as a replacement for face to face learning.  For many reasons, that was certainly a perception that I wanted to quash straight away before it started.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong><span class="font-size-4">Why does ONLINE learning add value to Face to Face learning?</span></strong></span></p>
<p>I decided that I was going to reach out externally and get some external expertise on how best to help my organisation overcome these FEARS.  DPG's <a rel="nofollow" href="http://community.dpgplc.co.uk/profile/MikeCollins" target="_self">Mike Collins</a> kindly agreed to have a conversation with me on the subject and even more generously agreed for me to record the conversation, which I have since shared with some key people in our organisation.  It was a great conversation where we discussed all sorts of aspects of live online learning.  There was a particular snippet that was so powerful in communicating the message I wanted to share that not only emphasised that online learning should not be a replacement to face to face learning, but actually described how online learning actually adds value to face to face learning.</p>
<p>The result: I now have a level of awareness in our organisation that live online learning exists, it is a viable sensible option to use, but it should be used as part of a blended approach and not in isolation to other learning methods.</p>
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<p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong><span class="font-size-4">Would you have a listen and let me know what you think?</span></strong></span></p>
<p>I did post the clip on here at the time, but it's been so popular I've recently added this onto my <a rel="nofollow" href="http://adyhowes.podbean.com/" target="_blank">podcast channel</a>.  It's just a five minute clip.</p>
<p>Would you mind having a listen to it and letting me know what you think?  You can listen in by clicking on the link below and clicking the play button</p>
<p>Here's the link: <span class="font-size-4"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://adyhowes.podbean.com/2014/03/11/why-is-online-learning-great-news-for-face-to-face-training/" target="_blank">Why is online learning good news for Face to Face Training?</a></span></p>
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<p>Thanks loads</p>
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</div>Live Online Learninghttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/blog/live-online-learning2013-12-11T20:38:15.000Z2013-12-11T20:38:15.000ZAdy Howeshttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/members/AdyHowes<div><p>Evening All (or morning depending on what business you work in!)</p><p>I'd love the views of you good HR and HRD people on the subject of <strong>live online learning</strong>. </p><p>What's your views on it all?</p></div>Making the brave step towards learning technologyhttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/blog/making-the-brave-step-towards-learning-technology2013-11-28T09:30:00.000Z2013-11-28T09:30:00.000ZAdy Howeshttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/members/AdyHowes<div>Technology. How many of us have the privilege of being taught how to use some of this by our young children? I can't imagine many of themeven beginning to consider what was it like before the smart phone, the internet, social media, cloud computing and all that jazz. How many of us though can remember life before the telephone (showing age now!) yet here we are relying in it today like it has always been around?And the fact is the young ones don't even need to worry too much about life before this digital era. The fact is it's here to stay. We all know it even if some of us are still in denial!So what does that mean in the world of HRD and the traditional training approaches? How many professionals fear this new technology thinking that these computers will take over the world and write us off as no longer required? After all, the powers that be recognise the huge cost and time savings of using technology.Well, let me give you my take on this:Number 1: Face to face training will NEVER DIE! Period! It's here to stay. Some situations, some topics absolutely are best delivered face to face. Can you, for example, learn how to drive using a computer? Well yep, some of the theory definitely, but the actual practical aspects of driving er no! There is always a place for face to face.Number 2: Regardless of how training is delivered some HRD expertise is required in designing that to hit the mark. A HRD professional is fundamental in ensuring material in any form is engaging, relevant and effective whether it's on or offline.Number 3: Our society expects technology to be around. Schools, colleges and universities seem to be leading the way. How many of those have got fancy new smart boards compared to us in the business world still with our flip charts and pens? How much more time have we got before people coming into our face to face training in the business world feeling like they're stepping back in time because we haven't kept up?Number 4: We are pressed today, more than ever before, to deliver more, but in less time and with less cost? Surely technology has a place in helping us with those challenges.So is the trick here to continue burying our head in the sand stating that we don't get this technology, have any interest in using it kidding ourselves that we'll never need it anyway?Or is it time that we rise to the challenge, get to understand it, use it, and figure out how we can work with this stuff to be at the cutting edge of leaning provision.I'm even going to go as far as to say if we don't do the latter we're seriously going to be left behind.So what does that mean? How do we even begin to pick through how it all works, what we should look at and what skills we need to develop? After all, if people are leaning using technology, shouldn't we learn about how this impacts on the way we design, deliver and evaluate this content to ensure that we're ready to lead the way?I'm looking at live online learning at the moment as a serious consideration. Given the cost savings associated with a particular project, I simply can't see how it can be ignored. As a trainer I need to get myself ready for that. Whilst my face to face delivery experience and skills will be relevant to the online learning space, I'll be kidding myself if I believe I can move from an off to an online environment and expect it to be exactly the same. I need I learn about new and different ways of interacting with my online audience.So what's the first step in learning online live learning delivery skills? Personally I think a great step is to start from the beginning and become an online learner. I will find some time and opportunities to attend some live online sessions. There's loads out there for free. I will make this time, attend, listen, learn, watch, share, participate. I will evaluate them for myself. What did I like? What worked well? If I were leading that session would my approach be the same? How was the interaction in the session? Was it enough to keep me engaged or did I get bored? What would I do differently if I were running it? Let alone what system is being used, what are the best ones out there from a cost and usability perspective.It's just like observing a face to face training session and picking up tips from your fellow trainers but just online instead. I'll pick up many ideas that will help prepare me for the future of learning technology. And when I get started, I'llsoon realise it's not as bad, scary or threatening as perhaps some might have first thought. Oh and I'll no doubt learn new stuff too.My next steps. Well I've already begun this process. I've both attended and facilitated online live leaning sessions. I don't consider myself to be an expert, but I'm getting there! It's a continuous journey.My journey today continues with DPG's online learning event today at 12pm. You'll find details on this site. I'll be grabbing a coffee and taking some time to soak up and learn even more about online learning.Who's with me today?Sent from my iPhone not by carrier pigeon, fax or post!</div>