How I teach my medical class virtually? 

How we recreate the same learning experience? 

Virtual Classroom

• People (instructor, students, assistants, IT and other technical staff (video, audio, etc. )
• Processes that take place 

Before, 

During (Chat, Whiteboard, Breakcut rooms (Sub-groups), application sharing, synchronized web browsing, surveys, polls and feedback tools)

After class

• Tools (Hardware and software)
  Zoom, Google Hangouts, Skype
  Laptop, Mic, Camera(s), Height of camera, Background, Lighting, https://www.onlinemictest.com 

Three Types for any Virtual Classroom

What kind of classes can be setup as online classes?

• Lectures
• Tutorials 
• Labs

RISKS

• Inexperienced instructors
• Lack of equipment
• Shortage of technical knowledge
• No institutional mandate

Environment Setup for online classroom

• Audio- Video source 
• Stable internet connection
• Capture - Stream - Record
• Content delivery network that will host the online lectures

Setup a video space as an Instructor

• Add an external camera(s) or web camera 
• Audio microphone yeti
• Consider environment
• Noise and echo
• Lighting goes in front of your face and not behind
• Dress for success 
• Consider the background behind you 

Online Learning Systems Considerations

• CMS to host the videos like Panopto or Kaltura
• Platform to host video lectures like Panopto comparing to YouTube the searchable points in a lecture
• Standard of LTI
  the main difference between LTI and SCORM is that LTI is focused on connecting learning systems, whereas SCORM is focused on launching training content and tracking interactions. LTI tends to be used by higher education and academia, whereas SCORM is used primarily by government and corporations.
• Added features 
• Interactive quizzes
• Video bookmarks 
• Searchable lectures
• Hardware encoder for medical to add two or maybe three cameras with overhead or wide shot at the close up
• USB capture card solutions 

IT Professional trying to support the instructors in the organization has to: 

• Centralized system where instructors can find and view material 
• Consistency the systems have to work with one another
• Equality a system that will allow all students to learn at their own pace and capabilities 
• Scale you need to operate the LMS to thousands or tens of thousands of students and hospitals in multiple locations with different complexions
• LMS is the heart of the system and you have to find tools that can be integrated into that system to create the centralized and consistent experience for students 

Overcoming challenges and obstacles 

Maximizing online classrooms 

• Simply putting courses online is not a total replacement 
• Consider virtual office hours through Skype, zoom, slack 
• Encourage study groups over chat/messenger applications
• Use video analytics to see who’s keeping up and who isn’t
• Use the medium of video to support learning. 
• Video on demand or pre-record the videos
• Polls 

Microphones 

• Lue yeti mix
• Blue snowball 
• Lav Mic for 12$

Basset collection of anatomy

Http://Epiphany.com/product

Learncube.com 

WebEx.com

GoToTraining.com 

WizIQ

WebEx Cisco

Insynctraining.com

Virtual training secrets 

• During lecture or presentation there must be Interactive training every three to five minutes 
• Maximum 2 hours lecture
• Focus on the audience
• Have all tools in one place so students can find them easily