Presentation or slideshow software allows anyone to illustrate concepts and topic overviews very quickly and simply. Microsoft® PowerPoint, Apple® Keynote, and Google® Slides are some of these popular software apps, with PowerPoint being the most common data format supported by all.
What if you want to engage your audience in virtual whiteboard sessions or want to poll them on particular topics or take their pulse on how well they are grasping your presentation? For example, trainers, instructors, and teachers need just that, and while they use presentation software to deliver learning content, its effectiveness is limited for its inability to engage the audience with interactive canvas slides or polls. These users have to resort to separate applications causing a non-ideal user experience for both trainers and trainees. The good news is that Microsoft and Google have opened up their presentation software, online version, to developers to create integrated systems that improve enormously that user experience. We created such a system at LiberCloud, where users could not just use Microsoft PowerPoint Online to author their presentation, we allowed them to integrate polls, surveys, and tests, as well as virtual whiteboards, in their online presentation. Please see this page for an overview of what and how we did it. In the age where many talent managers, educators, philosophers, and trainers have been advocating the adoption of flipped classroom training, blended learning techniques to improve assimilation of content. The main obstacles in these efforts are two-fold:
After an overview on how assessments policies have evolved, the white paper describes the facets of a new cohesive learning and assessment system to help educators implement differentiated instruction with assessments for learning, not just for grading, ultimately to achieve the goal of making sure trainees actually learn what is being taught. I introduced these concepts as guest speaker at the Assessment Tomorrow conference in London City in March 2016. Collaboration platforms have existed for years in two primary areas: to collaborate on content and to share presentations. The first is primarily used in content management systems, general purpose ones and those specific to learning, while the second is a function of web conferencing services. The two services serve the same audiences but rarely have intersected from a functional standpoint.
Here we want to make the case that the two could and should intersect, in particular in a modern working and learning environment where content is created by brainstorming, discussions, and assessments. The proposed integrated environment is a lightweight, cloud platform, based on the concepts of real-time collaboration on content and the “Virtual Whiteboard” that provides more flexibility, unleashes the attachment to any particular physical device, and is easy for anyone to use. This white paper provides an overview of its features. Today, we are showcasing LiberCloud at Bett London and announcing its official launch. I have been thinking of starting a blog detailing thoughts and events on technologies that have or will have an impact on our business and lives. This first post is about the ideas behind LiberCloud and the problems we are trying to solve.
The demands for reducing workforce skills gap and improve content assimilation are increasing and companies are faced with outdated processes and technologies to meet this challenge. Talent managers, trainers, and content developers have had to settle for narrow and outdated solutions to improve workforce skills, or for onboarding programs. For instance, instructor-led programs that did not scale, or self-paced programs that were not engaging. A new content platform is needed that combine the best of both methods. |
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