{"id":141321,"date":"2020-10-07T12:49:21","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T12:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/?p=141321"},"modified":"2023-09-27T18:16:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T18:16:31","slug":"sap-event-debunking-the-myths-around-online-classroom-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/2020\/10\/sap-event-debunking-the-myths-around-online-classroom-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"SAP Event: Debunking the Myths Around Online Classroom Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us have been hesitant to sign up for VLC (Virtual Live Classroom) training. Some of this hesitation is caused by certain negative myths we have around online learning. Myths like:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 \u201cThere will be low interaction\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022 \u201cI won\u2019t feel supported\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022 \u201cOnly concepts will be covered, hands-on is not possible\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022 \u201cIt will be too tough to sit at the screen all day\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022 \u201cDisruptions and technical issues ruin the experience\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022 \u201cThe social aspect of learning is missing\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022 \u201cThe platform is not secure\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Join our webinar where we will give you an online learning experience to not only debunk these myths, but show enhancements over traditional classroom training.<\/p>\n<p>This will give you the confidence needed to not waste any more time during this period and sign up for a VLC course to keep your career or your \u00a0SAP implementation project on track.<\/p>\n<p>Join us on 22nd October at 2pm CAT for this\u00a0 one hour learning experience.<\/p>\n<p>Time: Oct 22, 2020 02:00 PM in\u00a0Harare, Pretoria<\/p>\n<p>Register <a href=\"https:\/\/sap-se.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_4lM4xxHpTPCUOe7LYo7qGA\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-141322 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/files\/2020\/10\/Webinar-Derek.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/files\/2020\/10\/Webinar-Derek.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/files\/2020\/10\/Webinar-Derek-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/files\/2020\/10\/Webinar-Derek-1024x535.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/files\/2020\/10\/Webinar-Derek-360x188.jpg 360w, https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/files\/2020\/10\/Webinar-Derek-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/files\/2020\/10\/Webinar-Derek-1536x803.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us have been hesitant to sign up for VLC (Virtual Live Classroom) training. 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