Instructional Techniques in the Virtual Classroom

Skills for leading online learning.

• Who should attend
• Key Benefits
• Workshop Objectives
• Prices

OVERVIEW

Do you need to design or facilitate live e-learning sessions? This workshop prepares you to create and deliver interactive, synchronous sessions that engage the learners and make optimum use of technical capabilities. You also explore how to support related asynchronous activities that may be part of a blended solution.

The workshop itself uses a blended strategy. It is organized around two-hour live sessions held once a week for a period of eight weeks. Between sessions, you complete individual activities and apply the workshop ideas to a live session of your own. In the final stage of the workshop, you facilitate the live session that you have created. Coaching and feedback ensure your success.

Who should attend:

• Individuals who deliver training online.
• Individuals who manage e-learning programs.

Key Benefits:

• Participate from anywhere you can connect to the internet.
• Complete your work assignments at your own pace and on your own schedule.
• Use up-to-date e-learning technologies as you learn practical, real-world skills.
• Receive a set of job aids to ensure your success with synchronous and asynchronous facilitation.
• Gain e-learning experience both as a learner and a facilitator.
• Participate in a variety of online experiences designed to work in a range of hardware and software environments.
• Receive personalized constructive feedback and coaching from highly skilled facilitators.
• Network and collaborate with other online facilitators.

Workshop Objectives:

• Describe and apply the Systematic Learning Process.
• Characterize instructional strategy choices.
• Apply Adult Learning Principles in e-learning.
• Identify choices in implementing the Systematic Learning Process.
• Establish and maintain a positive learning environment.
• Use an inclusive communication style.
• Use your voice effectively.
• Capture and maintain learner interest in a live session.
• Test for understanding during presentation.
• Apply questioning skills to promote interaction and learning.
• Apply listening skills.
• Encourage participation.
• Plan how to make effective use of facilitator notes.
• Describe how to support asynchronous activities.
• Provide constructive feedback orally and in writing.
• Facilitate group communication.
• Recognize and resolve learner behavior problems.

Prices:

Online Workshop - $1799

A multi-week program with scheduled group sessions.