Moving Company ABC Training from a Traditional Classroom to a Virtual Classroom

Abstract

Research was conducted to identify the training needs and current level of instructor competency, to develop a program to build trainers’ still in virtual instructor-led training. The company reorganization and long-term strategic planning was to develop an effective interactive virtual classroom as an alternative to the on-site training option. The application trainers participated in an interview process which consisted of 11 questions. The goal of the interview was to collect data to on training needs and create a virtual instructor-led training program. The analysis of the interviews reveal the following common themes: 1) all respondents preferred training in the traditional classroom; 2) application trainers believe learners are distracted during VILT training sessions; 3) learner participation is important to applications trainers; and 4) overall applications trainers experience with designing VILT, using WebEx tools, and facilitating VILT is limited. Conclusions and recommendations for an overall project plan with targeted training for application trainers and VILT development were proposed.