If you are a trainer, then having immediate access to all the attendees is fairly important.
I'm in the process of "refactoring" my training approach to a videoconference approach (using Zoom).
I'm actually really surprised at how intimidating the process has been. I've been doing training and speaking in person for a long time, but not via Zoom.
It will work out, but the biggest issue that I'm encountering, is not having access to "immediate feedback."
Virtually all my teaching is online, in a dedicated tool. Of course I used slides and approach to teaching that i inherited from previous teachers of the course - which includes heavy use of polling using the builtin easy polling feature of our online class tool (collaborate ultra).
Once i taught a guest lecture in zoom. I ended up using directpoll.com to approach the polling features I'd normally use. Lots of yes/no questions, easily asked and answered (always same url, can watch answers coming in), some exercises.
Extremely positive response. Simple, oft-used interaction truly is a game changer - even if limited to yes/no.
I'm in the process of "refactoring" my training approach to a videoconference approach (using Zoom).
I'm actually really surprised at how intimidating the process has been. I've been doing training and speaking in person for a long time, but not via Zoom.
It will work out, but the biggest issue that I'm encountering, is not having access to "immediate feedback."
A very good article on the topic was written by a well-known (and extremely effective) trainer, Erica Sadun, here: https://ericasadun.com/2020/03/11/so-youre-going-to-teach-re...