Online Training in Career and Technical Education: An Electric Strategy
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How do you take a hands-on trade discipline — electrical apprenticeship training — and move it online without losing the effectiveness that makes it work?
In this session from the BigBlueButton World Conference 2026, Adam Schuldt of American Technical Publishers (ATP) walks through a real-world case study of how ATP partnered with the Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC) to build and sustain an online apprenticeship training program. From the early days of exploring digital strategies, through the crash course of COVID-19, to the ongoing work of using BigBlueButton to meet apprentices where they are — this is an honest look at what it takes to bring effective online training to a traditionally hands-on field.
If you work in career and technical education, workforce training, or trade apprenticeships, this session is packed with practical insights you can apply to your own program.
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About the BigBlueButton Project:
Our global mission is to make quality education available to every student on the planet. This mirrors UNESCO's fourth sustainable development goal: Quality Education and underpins the other UNESCO's 17 sustainability goals. It’s our goal as well.
To achieve this goal, we created BigBlueButton, an open-source virtual classroom that is now localized into over 55 languages (thanks to our global community). BigBlueButton's users include educators, students, educational institutions, commercial companies, and sovereign nations.
