Meanings
1. Trainee receives standard briefings in
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product knowledge
company polices
customer and market characteristics
selling skills
■ Formal training sessions avoid wasting executive time
■ Classroom sessions permit use of audio-visual materials
and technical resources.
2. Trainee receives standard briefings in
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product knowledge
company polices
customer and market characteristics
selling skills
- Formal training sessions avoid wasting
executive time
- Classroom sessions permit use of audiovisual
materials and technical resources
- Interaction between sales trai
3. Classroom training means training devoted to lecture, learning activities, small group
activi- ties, demonstrations, evaluations, or any combina- tion of these educational activities.
4. Classroom training means training conducted by a trainer, supervisor or other suitably
qualified person in any training centre, conference room, crib room or office.
Classroom training advantage 1: Building personal relationships
The critical aspect of attending classroom sessions is networking and building personal
relationships with the instructor or the fellow attendees. Although e-learning courses allow
virtual networking through chats, message, groups, and forums, it seems to be not
satisfactory like the personal interaction that you achieve in a classroom. With every method
of learning having its own merits and demerits, classroom learning holds the most
significant benefit of adding a “human touch” to each learning that you do. Notably, for
courses such as Six Sigma and DevOps candidates are preferring classroom sessions over
self-studies in SKILLOGIC®.
Classroom training advantage 2: Engagement and Focus
E-learning allows you to learn your lessons in a comfortable environment but it involves
watching a series of videos, presentations, reading articles which demands an enormous
amount of self-discipline and focus. The possibility of multitasking is more in e-learning
whereas in classroom sessions you are in a controlled environment and your tutor takes up
the biggest responsibility of making you involved and engaged. In fact, they follow different
strategies to gain the retention of candidates which leaves better results. E-learning has
recognized these problems and has attempted to resolve it by including quizzes, polls, and
more interactive activities. In classroom sessions when the tutor senses the candidates
getting bored, she/he might crack a few jokes to make the sessions lively which you can not
expect a computer to do. Maybe in the future, when artificial intelligence has developed
immensely, you can expect the same.
Classroom training advantage 3: Practice
We agree that e-learning has lots of simulations and quizzes to make you practice. How will
it be if the same practice is performed under the supervision of a tutor? When you practice
under the supervision of a tutor, even your minute mistakes are corrected at the base level,
and the chances of carrying over will be less whereas in e-learning it is not possible. In fact,
you get assistance from your peers as well.
Classroom training advantage 4: Discussion and debates
Human interaction can create magic than the virtual ones, and a great lot of things can
come from a classroom. Healthy discussions and debates are the fun ways to learn things.
You can pay attention to what others say and learn from their viewpoints which you have
not given a thought earlier. This common ground is helping you to get along with different
kinds of people and learn from them.
Classroom training advantage 5: Individual attention when needed
Each learner is unique and his or her learning abilities too. Some people are smart and
independent, and they can quickly solve the problems or understand the concepts with little
or no help. However, there are many candidates out there who need an explanation for each
concept especially those who are switching the entire domain and taking up a trending
course which is entirely new for them. DevOps is one such emerging topic which demands
classroom sessions to lay a better foundation in your initial days.
Classroom training advantage 6: Instant clarification of doubts
Think of a situation wherein you are taking up a course for Six Sigma green belt training,
and suddenly at one concept you are stuck and need an explanation. What will you do in elearning where no one is there to clarify your doubts instantly? If the same situation occurs
in the classroom, you can ask doubts immediately and get it clarified. Even your simplest
doubts such as not understanding a phrase or a meaning of a word can become a tedious
process in e-learning as you need to refer many resources whereas a tutor explains it better,
so you know what is going on. The ability to clarify the doubt at the moment of need is best
achieved in classroom learning.
Classroom training advantage 7: Learning from Peers
In every classroom session that you attend, it so happens that you learn many things from
peers while interacting with them in breaks, lunch, dinner, and drinks. While online
interaction seems to establish such opportunities, they still lack human touch and
excitement. It teaches candidates on how to interact with one another in a professional,
cooperative, productive way, which is something that e-learning can’t provide.
Classroom training advantage 8: Compressed schedule for fast learning
Generally, the technical certifications that are conducted through classroom sessions are
squeezed to 2 days or one-day course leaving the candidates to a compelled environment
of finishing the certification at the end of the classroom sessions. It will not allow the
candidates to go out of track or forget the concept because the learning happens full day.
Alongside, it works out to well for a tightly scheduled employee who can not dedicate days
of e-learning for a particular certification. When we look at a SKILLOGIC® DevOps
certification, it takes 2 days full day training for classroom sessions whereas live instructor
online training takes place for 5 days in a specific schedule.