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Can Webinars and eLearning replace Face-To-Face?

Andrew Banks
If, at the start of the year, you'd have told me that I would only attend two conferences, but present a long list of webinars and attend even more, I would have suggested you were pulling my leg. Sadly, that has been the reality of 2020 (and may well be the future, for 2021)


As a presenter, I really miss the audience interaction you can muster during a face-to-face session... this is impossible within an online/virtual webinar - especially if pre-recorded. Talking to a screen does not have the same buzz.  Is it just me?


Likewise, as a webinar attendee, while I gain the information shared, I feel that we are really missing the interaction - both within the Q&A but in the face-to-face chats afterwards that a Conference encourages.


But given the current restrictions, both Governmental and Corporate, what is the future of the face-to-face conference/workshop?
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    My first web meeting date back to the late 1990. At that point the technology was expensive, but the cameras viewed an entire office. So it was possible to witness the interaction within a team. The offices were at opposite ends of the country. So travelling between offices was prohibitively expensive. Over this pandemic I have been able to attend conferences and webinars hosted from many locations of our old empire. This provides me with an opportunity to gain knowledge in my specialised area. As opposed to the broad spectrum of events that are available within my locality, that are less relevant to my interests. At best its simply a case of win some loose some. At worst its another march to the globally competitive employment market. Where we all follow ever more narrow career paths.
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    My first web meeting date back to the late 1990. At that point the technology was expensive, but the cameras viewed an entire office. So it was possible to witness the interaction within a team. The offices were at opposite ends of the country. So travelling between offices was prohibitively expensive. Over this pandemic I have been able to attend conferences and webinars hosted from many locations of our old empire. This provides me with an opportunity to gain knowledge in my specialised area. As opposed to the broad spectrum of events that are available within my locality, that are less relevant to my interests. At best its simply a case of win some loose some. At worst its another march to the globally competitive employment market. Where we all follow ever more narrow career paths.
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