Instructional Media

I am a trainer in a large attorney law firm. I love instructional media formats in my profession. It truly is the essential “lifeblood” for training to take place in my work environment. There are so many employees and setting up individual training would take too long when a broad topic has to reach a broad audience. So, we use “GoTo Meeting” to allow the users to log on to a meeting and call in to join a telephone conference. -along with all the other participants in the training. The “GoTo Meeting” program allows access of the trainer’s computer to be seen by all the participants as the trainer demonstrates with their computer while the users follow along. The telephone conference allows the users to hear the trainer and other participates with questions and comments as if in a face to face classroom. We also use classroom computers and televisions that will project the computer screens. This makes training clear and allows everyone to see and participate easier.
Another key function that we use at MVA for training is being able to VNC (virtual network connection) into a user’s computer that may have questions about a program or needs instruction on what is currently on their screen. It saves time for the user and for the trainer to ‘see’ exactly what the user is questioning and VNC also allows the trainer to take control of the mouse and ‘show’ the user what they need to do to be successful with their issue.
I see the future of instructional media in an instructional setting only becoming more and more ‘distance learning’ based. I think being able to send less time in the classroom and more time at their own desk will give user’s options and flexibility to attend training on their own time.