Webinar 2: From Bookcase to Cyberspace
As learning professionals, we already know that COVID-19 has had a profound effect on the viability of physical classrooms and face-to-face courses. A Google Trends search for “virtual classroom” shows a huge rise in interest since the pandemic made headlines in early 2020. Simply put, if you’re working in learning and development today and you haven’t yet invested in the skills for virtual classroom design and facilitation, you’re in danger of truly being left behind.
In the webinar "From Bookcase To Cyberspace", Michelle Parish, Head of the Learning and Performance Institute Virtual Academy, explores the issues and the opportunities presented by the virtual learning world by answering the key questions:
- How to adapt face-to-face courses to the online environment?
- How to make online courses more interactive?
- How to use online training platforms in a professional manner?
Supplemental materials:
- 10 Tips for Facilitating Virtual Meetings and Events in English and Spanish
- The Complete Guide to the Virtual Classroom
OPENING REMARKS: Reth Kim, Senior Operations Officer, International Finance Corporation
Reth Kim has more than 25 years of experience in knowledge, learning, and platform management. In her current position in the Financial Institutions Group, Reth leads the development, launch and implementation of the new IFC Local Advisory Service Program aimed at improving the capacity of Local Advisory Service Providers to deliver high-quality advisory services and skills-building to IFC clients and MSMEs in emerging markets. Prior to joining IFC, Reth spearheaded knowledge and change programs at Booz Allen and KPMG Consulting. Her clients included the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the United States Agency for International Development, Transportation Security Agency, NASA, and the Department of Justice.
PRESENTER: Michelle Parish, Head of Virtual Academy, LPI
Michelle Parish is the Head of Virtual Academy for LPI, where she specializes in providing professional skills development and management training through Live On‐Line Learning (Virtual Classrooms and Webinars). Michelle helped to develop the LPI Certified On‐Line Facilitation program (COLF) and is now its Lead Facilitator. Michelle was also part of the team that developed the LPI Certificate in Designing Online Learning program (CDOL), which she and her team deliver to clients in addition to a range of bespoke virtual learning events. Michelle has delivered training sessions and led technology change projects for multi-national organizations including UBS, the global financial services firm, Unilever, the global consumer goods company, and the Construction Industry Training Board in the UK. Throughout her career, she has managed, administered and developed training programs for more than 790,000 individuals.
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