Virtual Classroom Training

Our innovative work in this area - the delivery of live, interactive, on-line learning - has been steadily developing over the last few years and we have already delivered virtual sessions for Barclays, Financial Times and Unilever. Our most ambitious project yet was started in October when we launched a virtual version of a two-day learning programme in Business Acumen for the HR professionals of one of the world’s biggest high tech companies, a household name throughout the world.

This programme went much further than our previous virtual classroom projects, extending to four sessions of three hours and including many of the features that make our ‘face-to-face’ courses so successful - quizzes, polls, case studies and even a role-play exercise. The session also includes a video covering the company’s investor relations strategy and it is all brought together by an MTP tutor working from our offices, using the most up-to-date on-line learning software.

The following quote is typical of the highly favourable response so far:

“I was very surprised at the level of interaction and engagement with the use of the VC and teleconferencing technology. I’ve been in L&D roles and have really struggled with how to best facilitate this type of programme at low cost to an audience that is spread across such a vast geography. This is definitely a big leap forward and I see huge opportunity for using this technology. Overall, the programme was fantastic, delivery and use of technology was great; I hope we can do more of this in the future.”

The success has been confirmed by the booking of more than 20 programmes this year, with around 90% delivered via virtual classroom methodology and an audience extending for the first time beyond the HR function. We have also taken on a number of new projects for Barclays, including the development of virtual role-plays on business partnering and innovative sessions on managing risk and uncertainty.