Facilitating Digital Learning Masterclass is an online course designed to help trainers smoothly transition from face-to-face training facilitation to a virtual one. It aims to let you effectively utilize online platforms and other virtual classroom principles in their practice. It provides concrete examples, practical guidelines and effective strategies for engaging learners in online learning settings. With virtual facilitators and learners in mind, this course will enable participants to manage online learning from pre-session to post-session while ensuring a truly enriching learning experience.
At the end of this course, the participants should be able to effectively facilitate virtual learning sessions using best practices. This requires acquiring knowledge and skills, as well as developing competence and confidence.
Specifically, the participants must be able to:
1. Understand the basic concepts of virtual learning 2. Consider crucial factors to successful facilitation of virtual learning 3. Align virtual training design to learning and business objectives 4. Learn best practices in facilitating virtual learning 5. Prepare, practice and practice!
Course Outline:
I. Introduction
II. Basic Concepts
III. Factors to Consider
IV. Aligning to Learning Objectives
V. Preparing for Virtual Learning
VI. Facilitating Virtual Learning
A. Effective Delivery
B. Sustaining Engagement
C. Tools and Technologies
VII. Effective Facilitation Teams
RESOURCE SPEAKER
April Salonga Human Resource and
Organizational Development Consultant
April graduated with honors from St. Paul College Manila, B.S. Psychology and pursued a career in HR to help organizations and individuals achieve optimum performance through innovative training programs, results-based action learning projects and breakthrough coaching and mentoring.
Her substantial experience in consulting at ExeQserve Corporation helped her gain knowledge and skills in Human Resources, Recruitment, Training and Organization Development. She then joined the leading global leadership and talent development expert, Institute of Training and Development (ITD World). Her 11 years of experience in handling different facets in HR consulting makes her a great subject matter expert as she understands the end-to-end process in developing and keeping talents through facilitating online or face to face learning interventions.
An active member of the Philippine Society for Training and Development (PSTD) and selected as an assessor for the prestigious Gawad Maestro Awards 2016.
