1. Implementing e-learning and combined training methods to involve a wide range of students
Danil Dintsis
Ph. D.

2. Brief about the presenter
Ph. D. in System Analysis (Doctorate degree, ISCED verified)
Ph.D. in Technical management (Candidate degree, ISCED verified)
Human – machine interaction specialist
Portfolio manager and project director in e-learning and IT consulting at the Specialist center at BMSTU in Moscow (Russia)
and the “Ismanusis Mokymas” in Vilnius (Lithuania) teacher and coach for 15+ years
IAMCP (International Association of Microsoft Channel Partners) EMEA Board member
Brief about the presenter

3. What is the goal of the webinar
Deliver a brief on my experience in launching training methods
Find colleagues and share experiences in the community
Find points of common professional interest
Improve my scientific and professional experience
Deliver projects and trainings as “guest lecturer”
What is the goal of the webinar

4. lifeLong education in the information society
Portfolio lead: combined training formats
Картинки вылетают последовательно
lifeLong education in the information society

5. Launch in first crisis wave, 2009
Decrease of corporate trainings
Increase number of self-payed students
Travel and accommodation expenses
Number of students total decrease
Launch in first crisis wave, 2009

6. New and old demands Learn and work
Brief training programs – learn only “what I need here and now”
Repeat training material after the training ends
Individual training tempo from highly intensive 3-5 all day long studies to one class per week.
Decrease travel and time expenses
A trainer “is my lead”, a student needs his/her advices and motivation actions не получать избыточных сведений («дайте мне только то, что мне нужно»)
Different demands for visual/audio/text training materials
Labs, practices and cases are the MUST items of the learning process
Prestigious certificate for career development
New and old demands

7. Demand analysis Develop analytical structure: Develop training methods
Psychological types
Computer awareness
Course species
Student’s location
Analyze external restrictions and assumptions
Develop training methods
Choose start point
Combine different methods
Train the trainer and the administrative staff
Demand analysis

8. Idea: analyze lingual demands with complex fuzzy sets
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Idea: analyze lingual demands with complex fuzzy sets

9. Demand analysis Develop sets according to their analytical structure:
Psychological types
Computer awareness
Course species
Student’s location
Analyze external restrictions and assumptions
Demand analysis

10. Example: psychological tree
Student
Introvert
Shy
Extrovert
Self-organized
Sloven
Example: psychological tree

11. Computer user skills By professional specialization By age
Technical and information areas
Humanitarian
Economics
Art and design
Management
By age
generation “Y”
Generation “X”
Computer user skills

12. Learn anywhere – offline regime wanted
On trip
At home
On vacations
At a workplace
Learn anywhere – offline regime wanted

13. Learning support tools demands
On- and offline studies
Based on different platforms, i.e. browsers, smartphone apps
Search engine
Collaboration by course and inside a certain group
Learning support tools demands

14. Example: technical tools cause and effect diagram
MultiFunctional
EasyToUse
Example: technical tools cause and effect diagram

15. Internet Broadband demands
High Quality
Internet Broadband demands
Communication tools

16. Tools examples Cisco Webex Citrix GoTo platform Adobe Connect
Microsoft LYNC
TrueConf Teleconferences
Clickmeeting.com
Tools examples

17. «inClass» webinar by “Specialist” center
1 картинка – занятия в классе
2 картинка – занимайся, откуда хочешь
3 можно и на отдыхе))
«inClass» webinar by “Specialist” center

18. Main features of “inclass” webinar
Students in a class and ay webinar study together and simultaneously
Both categories collaborate under trainer supervising
Training materials and lab environment are the same
Main features of “inclass” webinar

19. Webinar inclass advantages
For students:
Study in a comfortable environment
Worth for people with disabilities
Decrease travel expenses
Communicate with colleagues worldwide
For an educational organization:
More students in class
Wider group activities
Recordings fpr second use and for control
Trainer self control
Webinar inclass advantages

20. Combined class & self study
Картинки вылетают последовательно.
– левая (занятие в классе)
Доступ к электронным материалам
Общение с группой в кабинете группы
Опять вылетает общение в классе (снова занятие с преподавателем)
Combined class & self study
A kind of flipped learning

21. The method main features
Provide a kick-off lesson
Use webinar recordings and e-materials for self studies
One study per week/fortnight in class
Common finish
The method main features

22. Class and self study advantages
For students:
Worth for busy people
Worth for well-organized students
The method is more friendly to students
It’s cheaper
For educational organization:
Reuse of webinar recordings and training materials
Extend training schedule (for example, once a week on Saturdays or after work day time)
Worth for long-term educational programs (MBA, second high education)
Class and self study advantages

23. Open training http://www.specialist.ru Легенда:
1 картинка – занимаемся в классе, каждый самостоятельно
2 картинка – а можно и по вебинару
3 картинка – доступны всевозможные электронные материалы
4 картинка – интересующим вопросам уделяю больше внимания
5 картинка – тренер всегда ответит на вопросы индивидуально
Open training

24. Example: open group A single class group contains many virtual groups
Number of students, total
Number of webinar students
Network Infrastructure 6 2
Database administer 3 1
Network security
Database indexing 4 …
Total 16
Example: open group

25. Open training advantages
For student
Personal tempo
Worth for introverts and shy people
Individual communication with a teacher
Appropriate training schedule
For educational organization
Reuse of webinar recordings and e-learning materials
Full classes
Individual contact with students
Open training advantages

26. Teleconferences / Virtual class

27. Teleconference study advantages
For students:
No travels
Comfortable environment
Teacher’s control
Visual contact and collaboration with all group members
For educational organization
Low expenses
High level of student’s involvement and control
Teleconference study advantages

28. training method choice
Training methods /
Demands
Class based
Webinar
Open training
Combined class and self
Fast training
*** -
Cheap training * **
Personal tempo
Slovens
Introverts
Extroverts
Live far
training method choice

29. Specialist: Main achievements
More than webinar students during 5 years, 7-8% of total number
More than open training students during 3 years,
10+ long term programs (second high education) in class & self study format
Students around the clock from Russia to New Zealand, and from Japan to Argentina
LERN awards 2010 and 2011
Microsoft – IAMCP “Enter the Cloud” competition 1st prize
Citrix partner success story (website and facebook published)
IAMCP EMEA best practice in partner involvement tools in 2013
Specialist: Main achievements

30. Thank you! www.i-mokymas.com, info@i-mokymas.com
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