When online sessions – webinars – consist only of the presenter’s thoughts and presentations, the audience tends to flip into a passive role and merely listen.
Many theories have proven that we learn much better, when we are not only exposed to reading or hearing but when we also see, say or do something in this process. Of course, it is much easier doing so at a face-to-face event, when we are all part of one learning space. Yet it is not impossible to do that even when we are confined to an online learning space.
So, to stand out with your virtual learning sessions, check out some tools that can help you engage the audience, almost as if they were in your favorite classroom.
Kahoot can be used to test knowledge, with players typing the answers, gather opinions with polls, give more context to presentation slides, and much more. You can present a live kahoot on a shared screen via videoconference or in person.
Mentimeter is an interactive presentation platform. It is powerful and at the same time easy-to-use, with features that enable you to prepare, present and analyze presentations. You can build interactive presentations, invite the audience to vote or test their knowledge, generate a word cloud, or analyze data.
Slidoallows you to crowd source questions from the audience who can access the website from their mobile phones or laptops in real time. You can also participate in a discussion by using a simple Q&A and polling tool.
Some of the features can be found in all these three tools, so it is up to you to find the one that works best for you. Surely, there are many-many-many more tools available online – this is just to get you curious and interested to search for more.
