Most development courses are delivered in person or on-line. It’s rarely a mixture of both. Of course, having an on-line element followed by a live element (and maybe followed by another on-line element) is not usual. But having a workshop that includes delegates in the room and delegates joining virtually presents its own challenges.
To manage a group like this, the trainer needs to be experienced and agile – and a good knowledge of how to use the technology is always an advantage! However, as designers, we need to help the trainer out by not relying too much on ‘in the room’ exercises. Neither do we want it to be ‘chalk and talk’. It’s a challenge to keep a session interactive whilst some people are sitting possibly hundreds of miles away and even in a different time zone!