Erich NW Network 2009 Session -- Training at a Distance

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Training at a Distance

Erich Stiefvater, NWREL

NW Network Conference 2009

March 2-4, 2009


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Why meet or train online?


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Online Meeting/Training Pros

Low cost

Convenient


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Online Meeting/Training Cons


What tools are available?How do I run an effective online

session?


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Questions to Ask Yourself

Does an online meeting or training

make sense

What tools are available?

How do I run an effective online

session?


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What tools are available?


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Questions to Ask Yourself


What tools are available?How do I run an effective online

session?


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Project Details


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What is Web Conferencing?

What are Webinars?

Web conferencing

Two or more sites, two-way communication

Collaboration focused

Webinars

Two or more sites, usually one-way

communication, but can include audience

involvement

Training or presentation focused


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What is WebEx?

WebEx, recently purchased by Cisco, is

dominant, holding 64% market share

NWREL currently has 20 seats for

WebExs Meeting Center and Training

Center (but not Event Center)

Other products: PictureTalk, Microsoft

LiveMeeting, Centra, Elluminate,NetSpoke, Adobe Connect


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NWREL Pilot Program12/1/07 11/30/08

Fall 2007: Reviewed options for delivery ofonline content and meetings

November 2007: WebEx selected

December 2007: Webinar Team meetingand Roll Out meeting with WebEx trainer

Ongoing training of Webinar Team viaWebEx University tutorials, instructor-led

sessions, and scheduled practice sessions

Team members using WebEx Training andMeeting Centers for delivering training andholding meetings


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Why Do We Need It?

Stay current with what is happening in the

field of education and online learning

Respond to technology capacity needs

identified in OES

Provide platform that can be used by all

staff members across departments

Reduce staff travel through delivery ofonline content and use of online meetings


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How We Use WebEx


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We Use WebEx For . . .

Training sessions

Reviewing resources and products

Facilitating meetings with partners andclients

Joint product development

Delivering reports

One-on-one and small-group coaching

Professional presentation


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Training SessionsPresented by Amy Cannata

LEARNS and National Mentoring Center

projects provide Web-based training

sessions to tutoring, mentoring, out-of-

school time, and youth-developmentprograms nationwide

Following are examples of interactive

activities weve used to train participants(and keep them engaged)


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Inquiry/Recruitment

Screening

Orientation Check-ins

Recognition

Feedback

position description

appreciation

delivering feedbackskill training

adjustments

background check

commitmentbuilding tour

involve students

1. Training Sessions (contd)


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Inquiry/Recruitment

Screening

Orientation Check-ins

Recognition

Feedback

Answers:

(1) position description

(1, 2) commitment

(2) background check(3) skill training

(3) building tour

(4) delivering feedback

(5) appreciation(5) involve students

(6) adjustments



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ScienceMathematics

Social StudiesLanguage Arts



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We provide guided tours of web-based

resources (EnCorps) that address a specific

topic or issue

We also include experienced program staff

sharing their effective practices

2. Reviewing Resources and

Products

Presented by Jerian Abel


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WebEx allows teams to access other

online collaboration tools like BaseCamp,

writeboards, and wikis

BaseCamp is a web-based collaboration

site used to connect teams that work at a

distanceUsed by CSFC, CCTL

3. Facilitating Meetings with

Partners and Clients

Presented by Jerian Abel


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4. Joint Product DevelopmentPresented by Seymour Hanfling

Ideal for planned or spur-of-the-moment

document/product creation

Collaborative development, writing,

editing, and refining

Use and share any applications on your

desktop

Great use of the WebEx one-clickmeeting function


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5. Delivering ReportsPresented by Seymour Hanfling

Sharing national report with clients

NWRCC is hosting a series of webinars

on the National Math Panel Report

Sharing final evaluation report with aclient and their stakeholders

Sharing and promoting NWREL

reports/documents


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Monthly visits, weekly web conferencing

with Atlanta district staff

Preload meeting agenda, refer todocuments from previous work to provide

continuity

Define work, get updates, problem-solve

6. One-On-One and Small-Group

Coaching

Presented by Katie Luers


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7. Professional Presentation

Presented by Katie Luers and LynetteThompson

Formal expert presentations which are

often low interactivityKeynote: Oregon COSA conference

Speaker and location-remote

Webinar: RTI Learning Community

Speakers and participants-remote

Polling feature


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What Else Do You Need to

Know?

Staff training

Logistics and implementation

Client experience


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Where Can You Get More Info?

Intranet webinar site

Planning guide

WebEx tutorialsWeb-conference team


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Evaluation Information

by Gary Nave

Erich NW Network 2009 Session -- Training at a Distance

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