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Praise for The New Virtual Classroom “With a massive shift of organizations moving their training and corporate initiatives online, more people are looking for guidance on how to better use the virtual classroom to help in these efforts. This book details how organizations are not only using the virtual classroom for training, but how organizations are truly accelerating the way they do business and impacting the bottom line with virtual environments.” -Eric Vidal, director, Enterprise Business Unit, WebEx Communications “Ruth Clark is well respected for her excellent books for practitioners on how to apply solid research evidence to the design of training programs. In The New Virtual Classroom she systematically tackles the problem of how to design effective virtual classrooms. If you are interested in how to use synchronous virtual classroom technology in a way that is consistent with how people learn and with research evidence, then The New Virtual Classroom belongs on your bookshelf.” -Richard E. Mayer, professor of psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, author of Multimedia Learning and editor of The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning Ruth Colvin Clark is the founder of Clark Training and Consulting and a recognized specialist in instructional design and technical training. Clark was the 2006 recipient of the Tom Gilbert award for distinguished professional achievement from ISPI and is an invited 2007 Legend Speaker for ASTD. Ruth is author of the award-winning books e-Learning and the Science of Instruction and Building Expertise Ann Kwinn is partner and director of e-Learning for Clark Training and Consulting. In the past 19 years, she has designed, managed, and consulted on over 30 e-learning programs, some awardwinning. Kwinn was a research fellow at ETS and taught at University of California Irvine. She has written over 30 articles, book chapters, and reviews and is co-author of the online book, The eLearning Guild’s Guide to Synchronous eLearning. Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1. Meet the New Virtual Classroom. PART ONE. LEARNING AND THE NEW VIRTUAL CLASSROOM. 2. Learning in the New Virtual Classroom. 3. Features to Exploit in the New Virtual Classroom. 4. Teaching Content Types in the New Virtual Classroom. PART TWO. ENGAGING PARTICIPANTS IN THE NEW VIRTUAL CLASSROOM. 5. Visualize Your Message. 6. Make It Active: Planning Interactions in the New Virtual Classroom. 7. Make It Active: Maximizing Engagement in the New Virtual Classroom. PART THREE. OPTIMIZING YOUR VIRTUAL EVENTS. 8. Manage Mental Load in the New Virtual Classroom. 9. Make a Good First Impression. 10. Packaging Your Virtual Classroom Session. 11. Problem-Based Learning in the New Virtual Classroom. PART FOUR: CREATING EFFECTIVE LEARNING EVENTS IN THE NEW VIRTUAL CLASSROOM. 12. Getting Started in the New Virtual Classroom. Glossary. References. About the Authors. Index.
