Reference8:Online Training (E)
Some innovaphone trainings are done as so-called on-line trainings. That is, students work from their office (or from home or from wherever they decide to) in a virtual class room. As a result, they may plan their own schedule with great flexibility. While this gives a nice level of freedom to the students as far as their training schedule is concerned, which is good, there is also a certain risk associated with it: some students (or sometimes their supervisors) assume that a flexible schedule is no schedule at all. This is not true and will not work.
Students need to set aside a sufficient amount of time to concentrate on the training - just as they would for a face-to-face on-site training!
For a successful training, keep the following guidelines in mind
- Plan for enough time
- Refer to the training description and reserve at least the time recommended in there
- Plan for contiguous blocks of time with no interruption
- To be able to concentrate on a topic, you will need at least blocks of 2 hours with no interruption at all. Otherwise, the total time you will need to complete the course will increase substantially. We recommend to set aside 5 hours daily in the morning
- Plan for the daily webinar and audio-conference
- These will take 30minutes typically and provide a great forum to resolve issues that otherwise may take a long time (see the course agenda for timing)
- Do not underestimate the training requirements
- On-line training is at least as challenging as an on-site training and to pass the training, you will need to pass an exam
- Set your expectations right
- On-line training requires your participation and your commitment. Where a trainer would pull you through the course in a face-to-face course, there is no-one except yourself in an on-line course
- Use the collaboration tools provided
- Forums and Webinars provide guidance and quick problem resolution - if you use them