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Designing for the Virtual Classroom Modules

Move beyond predictable presentational webinars and and design live online sessions that support real practice and interaction.

 

About the virtual classroom design modules

Virtual classroom technology has been adopted at astonishing speed. But for many organisations, “live online learning” has become synonymous with large-scale, presentation-heavy webinars.

This content stream moves beyond that limited view of the virtual classroom. It focuses on how live online environments can support interaction, collaboration and meaningful practice — not just content delivery. It covers:

  • what the real virtual classroom makes possible (beyond webinars)
  • the design principles that matter most in live online sessions
  • the ingredients of effective, interactive experiences, and
  • a practical design process for creating successful virtual classroom events 
 

What are the available modules?

There are four modules for you to choose from in our Virtual Classroom Design content stream:

 

VC01: Beyond webinars - the real virtual classroom

Webinars are the most well-known and most popular aspect of the virtual classroom. But they are only part of a much bigger picture.

This introductory module focuses on:

  • the real virtual classroom and how it’s fundamentally different from a webinar
  • the key considerations when using different virtual classroom tools and techniques, and
  • matching the most suitable tools and techniques with different kinds of activities.

Module length: 1 hour

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VC02: Virtual classroom fundamentals

A virtual classroom shares many similarities with a physical one. But successful virtual classroom sessions are rarely about just shifting a classroom course lock, stock and barrel into a virtual environment.

This module covers some fundamental design principles and helps you understand how to:

  • incorporate 4 key ingredients for virtual classroom success in your overall design
  • avoid presentation-heavy designs by using a smart combination of visuals, text and activity
  • avoid 'wall-of-words' PowerPoint slides, using a smart combination of visuals, text and activity
  • successfully include a meaningful focus on skills practice in your virtual classroom sessions.

Module length: 2 hours

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VC03: Keeping It Interactive

If you've ever attended a webinar, you'll know how easy it is to lose concentration or just get bored with what's going on.

There's no question, attention spans are generally shorter in the virtual classroom.

This is why meaningful collaboration and interactivity are critical to your virtual session's success. This module covers:

  • the key types of interaction you should consider for your virtual classroom sessions
  • how to successfully align these types with your learning goals, and
  • the best approaches to building meaningful interactions and collaborative activities.

Module length: 2 hours

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VC04: Developing a virtual classroom session

Successful session design for the virtual classroom is highly dependent on having a robust, practical development framework to follow.

This module covers how to:

  • clearly analyse the purpose of your content and its likely complexity
  • determine an overall flow for your session, and
  • design appropriate activities that sit within that overall flow.

This module uses a case study example to enable hands-on development work of an overall course flow and the detail of a segment within that flow.

Module length: 2 hours

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As an ITOL Accredited Centre, all our courses and programmes count towards badges, certificates or diplomas.

By including any 3 of these modules in your in-house programme and successfully completing the formal end of modules assessment, you’ll receive an ITOL accredited Certificate in Virtual Classroom Design.

 

Exploring Learning Beyond Webinars

 

Learning Re-Framed is our weekly Substack publication looking at how learning connects to day-to-day work in a changing world.

If you’re rethinking how live online learning should work — and want ideas that go beyond tools, platforms and trends — you might find it a useful companion.

 

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Available Delivery Mediums

All of the modules in the Virtual Classroom Design content stream are available in the following delivery mediums:

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Browse More Modules?

Ready to take a look at the modules in other content streams? Use the links below or the main site menu above.

 

Ready to put together a programme or just need some help?

 

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If you have any questions, or need some help with any aspect of the programme:
 
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Putting it all together

If you are ready to put your modules together into a customised in-house course, take a look at the How does it all work? page.

This explains how you can put together the modules you want into a customised programme.

  • The minimum length for a programme is half a day face-to-face or 3 hours of virtual classroom time
  • The maximum length is determined by however many modules you want to include
 

A Practical Starting Point

 

The Successful Remote Learning Guide introduces the fundamentals of designing and delivering interactive live online sessions.

It’s designed for people who want to move beyond presentation-led webinars and begin experimenting with more collaborative, practice-focused virtual sessions.

Inside, you’ll explore:
  • how to move beyond long, presentation-heavy webinars
  • ways to build meaningful practice using virtual classroom features
  • how to prepare learners so live sessions deliver real value

If this resonates, you’ll also find many of these ideas explored more deeply — and from different angles — in Learning Re-Framed, a weekly look at how learning connects to real work.

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