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RCI is unlike any other training you’ve experienced. Everyone knows about “traditional” classes: the instructor is in the same classroom with the students and there is no special technology involved. However, once you get out of the realm of “traditional” training, it is easy to see why people get confused as to exactly what they are being offered. There aren’t many standard descriptions or definitions for this new field of training. The table below should help clarify and define various characteristics of Remote Classroom Instruction (RCI).

We believe that live, instructor-led, classroom training is the most effective way to learn—after all, that’s how we’ve been delivering training since 1983. However, as the demand for training has declined and as travel budgets have been reduced, training companies have found it increasingly difficult to get enough students in a single classroom to run a traditional class. This has resulted in more class cancellations each year. Our solution was to create the Remote Classroom Instruction methodology that allows us to combine enrollments from multiple classrooms.

RCI Breaks Some Rules. RCI is a blend of virtual technology with “bricks and mortar” locations, and therefore, the model can be confusing to understand at first. As a result, we’ve come up with these definitions to terms that are frequently misunderstood when applied to our RCI methodology.

 

Characteristic

Definition

Are the participants in the same room?


In-Person.  With traditional training, the instructor is in the same room as the participants.  Most RCI classes start with an instructor teaching “in-person” to a small group.

Remote. In addition to the students in the room with the instructor, RCI classes have other participants who are joining in from different locations.  Those students not in the same room as the instructor are said to be participating “remotely.”

Where is the learning taking place?


Classroom.  The classroom is a place that is dedicated for learning.  It is an interruption-free environment that has all the tools you need: a computer, a desk, and a comfortable chair.  Remote classrooms have additional communications technology that allows the student to hear and watch the instructor’s presentations.  Software is also used that enables the instructor to see and optionally control the student’s workstation to provide assistance. 

Home or Office.  We feel that there are significant advantages to attending training in a classroom setting.  However, for people who prefer to attend from their home or office, RCI technology provides that flexibility.  Students considering taking training from their office should be warned that many times corporate “firewalls” block remote connections to the classroom computers.  For this reason, we require individuals test the connections prior to the class. (See list of items needed to attend a class from your home or office.)

Is the event happening
“live?”


Live Instruction.  An event where the instructor and the students participate at the same time is said to be “live.” Educators often call this kind of training “synchronous.”   Live training is sometimes incorrectly assumed to be the same as “in-person” training.  Here’s a good analogy to clarify this relationship: someone watching an episode of “Saturday Night Live” from their home is watching a live performance from a remote location—the event is live but not “in-person.”  All RCI events are 100% live.

Recorded Instruction.  E-Learning, videos and mentored learning are typical examples of recorded learning sessions.  Educators label this kind of training as “asynchronous” meaning that the instructor and the students are not participating in the event at the same time. Obviously, individuals learning from a recorded presentation do not have the ability to stop the instructor and ask questions.  (See RCI Comparison to Mentored Learning for more details.)

RCI allows us to maintain the benefits of live, instructor-led, classroom training while using conferencing technology to eliminate the need to be there “in-person.” This is an attractive alternative for individuals who want classroom training but who unwilling or unable to travel to the instructor’s location for an “in-person” event.

 

 

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