Games, Activities, and Energizers For Live Online Training

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1 Participant Workbook Games, Activities, and Energizers For Live Online Training Kassy LaBorie and Tom Stone ATD TechKnowledge 2016 Session# W209HOL January 13-16, Las Vegas K a s s y L a B o r i e a n d T o m S t o n e 1

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3 Contents Session Description... 4 What is online training really like?... 5 What to do about it? Use this design process:... 6 Activity Designs for the Live Online Classroom... 7 Instructional Tips Technical Tips Connect with us! Job Aid for Creating Your Activities K a s s y L a B o r i e a n d T o m S t o n e 3

4 Games, Activities, and Energizers for Live Online Training Session Description Is your organization tasked with creating training for the live online, synchronous environment? Do you have trainers who don't even know what that is? Do you have designers who want to get started, but just feel stuck? Do you loathe the thought of yet another webinar? Do you want to learn how to take the games, activities, and energizers you have used in the face-to-face classroom and run them with success in the online classroom? If you answered yes to any of these questions, or if you are an instructional designer or facilitator for live online training and want to find out more about being effective and engaging, then this session is for you. Explore how games and activities are really run when operating in a virtual classroom! The session will be run live online using Adobe Connect, and you can join the session as if you were an online participant. You will have an opportunity to work in small groups to analyze the activities demonstrated and brainstorm where the techniques could be applied to your virtual training programs. The speaker will also discuss design considerations for WebEx, Microsoft Live Meeting, GoToTraining, and other platforms. Application on the Job Transfer instructor-led training activities to the live online format through demonstration and practice. Apply specific activities to related virtual tools to create interactive training activities. Use leading practices in design, facilitation, and production to ensure learners are engaged and collaborating. Practice using live online training software to create effective learning opportunities. 4 G a m e s A c t i v i t i e s a n d E n e r g i z e r s f o r L i v e O n l i n e T r a i n i n g

5 What is online training really like? Is delivering live online training what we thought it would be? List the challenges we face here. 1. Technology Errors/Issues 2. Participants don t pay attention or participate WHAT I BELIEVE Will online training work? Am I comfortable with it? After we overcome these challenges, we have to BELIEVE in the success of virtual training and ourselves. If you can identify the critical elements that you need to know about online training, plus truly believe that virtual training will work, plus have the right organizational supports in place to sustain the training efforts, you CAN achieve success. Notes: K a s s y L a B o r i e a n d T o m S t o n e 5

6 What to do about it? Use this design process: Notes: 6 G a m e s A c t i v i t i e s a n d E n e r g i z e r s f o r L i v e O n l i n e T r a i n i n g

7 Activity Designs for the Live Online Classroom Example Activity 1: Warm up Notes about the design or the experience of the activity: K a s s y L a B o r i e a n d T o m S t o n e 7

8 Example Activity 2: Ice Breaker Notes about the design or the experience of the activity: 8 G a m e s A c t i v i t i e s a n d E n e r g i z e r s f o r L i v e O n l i n e T r a i n i n g

9 Example 3: Team Building A screen shot from the Adobe Connect room for reference: Notes about the design or the experience of the activity: K a s s y L a B o r i e a n d T o m S t o n e 9

10 Example Activity 4: Scavenger Hunt Activity Instructions: 1. Go to to search and locate the answers. 2. Write them down here. 3. Got it? Initial it on the whiteboard. 4. Get ready to prove it! Question Answer Which type of program is the informal panel discussions with leading experts? According to About - TechKnowledge, Technology is? What are the first names of the 3 keynoters? Notes about the design or the experience of the activity: 10 G a m e s A c t i v i t i e s a n d E n e r g i z e r s f o r L i v e O n l i n e T r a i n i n g

11 Example Activity #5: Making Connections Activity Instructions: 1. Connect the images on the slide to tell a story. 2. Use the drawing tools as each image is referenced. 3. Use all images at least once, but in any order. Notes about the design or the experience of the activity: K a s s y L a B o r i e a n d T o m S t o n e 11

12 Instructional Tips Set expectations Provide clear instructions Create and use participant materials Design opportunities for collaboration Deliver meaningful assessments Build ninja technical skills Technical Tips Click on everything. Youtube it, Google it, Review it, Replicate it. Try to defeat it! Use it. Use it. Use it. Use a 2nd computer. Respond quickly. *Narrate the process. *in brief. Pay attention to details. Log it. Fix it. Revisit it. 12 G a m e s A c t i v i t i e s a n d E n e r g i z e r s f o r L i v e O n l i n e T r a i n i n g

13 Connect with us! Share your successful activities and perhaps they will end up in an updated edition of our book! K a s s y L a B o r i e a n d T o m S t o n e 13

14 Job Aid for Creating Your Activities Design your own activity, to be delivered in your next live online training. To get you started, what activity inspired you today?. Base it off that one, changing it to best suit your topic and your audience. Design process: Fill in this blank recipe: Objective: Social? Map the Features: 14 G a m e s A c t i v i t i e s a n d E n e r g i z e r s f o r L i v e O n l i n e T r a i n i n g