Teacher perspective

Who are the teacher interviewees?

Patrick Franchet
Patrick Franchet works at Arcelor Mittal, the world's leading steel group. He runs a shared training services department which, since 2000, has been tasked with designing group-wide e-learning solutions specific to core business areas within the steel sector.

Valérie Maurer-Marchal
Valérie Maurer-Marchal has been a business manager and consultant at Reval Consulting SA for eleven years now.
Reval Consulting SA provides consultancy services in further vocational training and IT, and for over six years now has been developing e-learning solutions for its customers and partners, to be used as a tool that supplements and enhances conventional training methods.

Séverine Perbal
Séverine Perbal runs the overall training activities led by the Technology Watch Centre department at the Henri Tudor Public Research Centre. Created in 1987, the Henri Tudor Public Research Centre's keystone mission is to foster technological innovation in both the public and private domains. Séverine Perbal was involved in converting one of her classroom-based courses to an e-learning format.

Videos

>> What is the most important thing to take account of when converting a classroom-based course into an e-learning format ?

>> How did you find the technical side of setting up your course ? Did you encounter any particular difficulties ? If so, how did you resolve them ?

>> How do you maintain your level of involvement in a distance learning course ? Have you ever worried that your role as teacher might be downgraded in some way ?

>> What made you choose an e-learning solution ?

>> In your experience, what are the key benefits once the course has been set up ?

>> Having been through the process, how do you feel about e-learning now ? Would you advise a classroom-based teacher to try an e-learning approach ?

>> In which specific areas did you encounter difficulties ? How did you overcome these difficulties ?

>> In what way does e-learning change the trainer's role ?

>> Did you notice that your learners were losing their motivation during the e-learning course ? If so, how did you decide to build up their enthusiasm again ?

>> How do you go about assessing your learners ? Is there any difference with how you make assessment during a conventional classroom-based course ?