• The Synchronous Training Primer
• Top Synchronous Training Myths & Realties
• Glossary of Synchronous Training Terms

What is synchronous training?

• Worried about the technology?
• Bandwidth?
• The instructors?
• The design?
• How is it different from a synchronous learning?
• How is it different from the classroom?

All these questions and more are answered in this easy to listen to audio interview with industry expert, Jennifer Hofmann.

Industry experts, Jennifer Hofmann and Nanette Miner, Ed.D, have teamed up to create The Synchronous Training Primer to assist in establishing best-practices for this fast growing training medium. The Synchronous Training Primer will begin to answer such questions as:

• What benefits are there to the company and to the participant over traditional CBT or classroom training?
• What is the new role of the instructor, the instructional designer, the SME?
• What technological considerations need to be addressed: bandwidth, firewalls, audio, video?
• What is the best way for a new synchronous trainer to master the medium?
• How to overcome - indeed, how to benefit from - the lack of face-to-face interaction.

"Synchronous training should not mean being engaged with a computer, it should mean being engaged with other people, or with content, via very relevant learning activities. I know I´ve been successful when people say to me, ´I almost forgot that I wasn´t in a "real classroom," because I was interacting with other people, it was fun, and I learned something," says Jennifer Hofmann, one of the pioneers in the field of synchronous training. This engaging audio interview will assist those who are struggling with the "either/or" choices usually associated with CBT or classroom training. Synchronous training is the most effective live training, via an on-line environment.