The different types of onsite training along with online

Apart from online training, there are several types of classical onsite training possibilities, including:

1. Classroom training
This is the traditional method of training, where a trainer or instructor delivers a lecture or presentation to a group of trainees in a classroom setting. This type of training is well-suited for imparting knowledge and skills that can be easily explained and demonstrated, such as software training or regulatory compliance training.

2. Workshop
This type of training is more hands-on and interactive and usually involves participants working on projects or exercises in small groups. Workshops are well-suited for training that requires practice and application, such as problem-solving or team-building skills.

3. Panel discussion
This type of training involves a group of experts or practitioners discussing a particular topic or issue. Participants can ask questions and engage in a dialogue with the panelists. This type of training is well-suited for providing a broad perspective on a particular topic or industry and exploring different viewpoints and solutions.

4. Role-playing
This type of training involves participants acting out scenarios or simulations to practice and improve their skills. It can be used to train employees in customer service, sales, or even emergency response.

5. Simulation
Simulation training is a type of training in which participants experience a simulated environment or scenario. This can be done through computer-based simulations or physical equipment mock-ups or processes. This type of training is well-suited for preparing employees for real-world situations and for practicing emergency response or dangerous procedures.

6. Coaching
This type of training is often one-on-one and is designed to help employees improve specific skills or behaviors. Coaching is often used to help employees overcome specific challenges or to develop new skills and abilities. At Klick Data, we believe this form of education at the workplace is the most common. You simply ask a colleague when you are stuck. This causes the most costs for enterprises since the focus of the person being asked is interrupted. The time it takes for this person to return to his focus and duties is aggregated into a hidden cost of multibillion-dollar proportions (see ROI). Face-to-face and one-on-one training are the least effective yet the most common form of education in the workspace. 

All above (1-6) have the live element of an educator present. The definition of an educator is the ability to 2-way communication with synchronous transport of information turning into knowledge by the receiver. 

7. Online training
This form of training is delivered through the internet (previously through cd-rom and VHS). When you introduce the most effective type of training: online training, as the core of the organization's assessment and skill improvement strategy, the gain in the practical training method starts to make the difference. Online training is not only well-suited for employees who are in different locations or for training that can be done independently. It's more effective if you sit in the same physical location if used wisely. 

All these different types of training have their own advantages and disadvantages, and the best type of training will depend on the organization's and employees' specific goals and needs. But it's the mix of them that is the optimal way forward. 

There are evident trends among companies, enterprises, and governmental organizations ahead of 2023: 

A. Blended learning
You combine the one-way communication online training and onsite training. When you have online training with instructors one-way asynchronously, you can't communicate with the instructor, but the instructor will teach you through video materials and presentations. If it's a webinar, you actually can raise your hand and get a 2-way communication. But in normal cases: You use online training to listen to a YouTube film on how something is done.

With the combination of meeting other peers learning the same subject and a teacher/ tutor helping you in the learning process being a knowledge coach more than an actual teacher, blended learning is really the way most organizations want to use their education budget for staff enhancement, onboard training, upskill and reskill. 

B. Flipped classroom 
Blended learning is the definition of mixed of online and onsite training. The flipped classroom is a specific version of blended learning where you "flip" the traditional concept of the teacher in a classroom teaching, and then you can go home and do the homework with books or watch a video. In the flipped classroom scenario, the students or attendees watch the videos first and are taught the subject. Then you go in the webinar, classroom, or onsite facilities to summarize, discuss and practice the knowledge in a workshop, simulation, role-play discussion, or group work assessment. 

C. Micro courses 
The overall trend all over the World is leaning toward smaller pieces of information being transferred regularly. The concept of nano courses or micro-courses is a very strong trend. These minimal courses are up to 15 minutes long and are best served in a learning management system as the core for this transformation and systematic way of knowledge transfer. The KLMS system is the perfect system for Micro courses and is built around this strong and lasting trend that will not fade out to hype. Organizations building the strategy around micro-courses and using the best system out in the market to VALIDATE information being transferred to knowledge are ahead of their competitors. 

Of course, you use micro courses in plural as simple as putting songs in a playlist for blended learning and for the flipped classroom solution. With the record facilities built in the KLMS, the micro course and nano course strategy work flawlessly simply. And when something is simple as a child could use it: It will be used, and there is THE RETURN on the investment for any enterprise.