Over the past several weeks, Advantexe has conducted 14 virtual learning programs for 393 participants.
During these programs, we conducted several experiments including asking participants their pre- and post-confidence levels and tracking their physical engagement in the learning process for the purpose of identifying key trends for sharing and process improvement.
In tracking the physical engagement of participants in the programs, we tracked the following criteria:
In summary, we observed that 90.28% of all participants going through these programs were actively engaged and learning for an average of about 16.45 hours per person.
At a 90.28% effective engagement rate, that is a net of 5,837 pure hours of focused and intense learning. In addition to the observations of engagement, we have also been polling participants before and after the learning to gauge their increases in confidence and skills. The cohorts in the survey reported:
What are the best practices of designing engaging and interactive virtual learning that leads to these types of results? During the same time, we have been tracking the data above, we have also been working with participants to identify the best learning configurations to optimize their experiences. Here is our current thinking for best configurations based on the data and results:
I don’t think there is anyone on the planet right now who thinks the most effective way to learn is being talked at by a talking head in a virtual training room. What people may not realize is that there are great ways to learn by doing including case studies, role plays, and digital simulations.
As a digital simulation professional, it’s been the joy of my career to watch learners engage and learn by doing. There are three different types of business simulations that have become popular and can increase confidence and skills in the same manner as our survey:
In summary, while many feel that we will soon go back to traditional classroom learning, I think the data speaks for itself and the conclusions are obvious. Virtual learning is more effective and productive.