Action Assignment 1:

Participants will get ready for this program by reflecting on their virtual presentation and facilitation experience, reading a short article that sets the stage for conversation, and preparing their workspace for the virtual classroom.

Live Session 1: The Art of Online Facilitation

Experience an engaging virtual class while learning the foundations of facilitation

• Consider the remote learner experience through the lens of empathy and understanding, and the facilitator’s role in learner motivation
• Recognize required facilitation and presentation skills for live online delivery

• Set the stage for online learner engagement

• Use common virtual classroom tools to create interactive and engaging learning experiences

Action Assignment 2:

Participants will assess their own facilitation and presentation skills, reflect on specific virtual techniques seen in action, and begin to apply lessons learned.

Live Session 2: Creating Engaging Virtual Classes

Discover how to create a learning atmosphere of engagement and collaboration:

• Create a dialogue with learners from the start

• Establish and maintain an interactive learning experience

• Ask questions to generate dialogue using 2 proven techniques

• Present on camera with a professional and confident appearance to enhance the learning

• Enhance your voice for audio

Action Assignment 3:

Participants will complete application assignments, including recording themselves speaking on camera with AI-generated feedback, and evaluating the importance of the facilitator role in learning transfer.

Live Session 3: Ensuring Online Success and Learning Transfer

Develop inclusive facilitation skills needed to ensure learning transfer and application:

• Prepare for virtual delivery through proper workspace setup

• “Read” the remote audience to check for engagement and understanding, and make adjustments as necessary to achieve learning outcomes
• Partner with co-facilitators and producers to create seamless participant experiences

• Multi-task while delivering for smooth transitions between activities

• Troubleshoot (and prevent) common technical challenges

Action Assignment 4:

Participants will prepare to facilitate a virtual training activity that demonstrates their skill and helps them apply the lessons learned.

Live Session 4: Virtual Facilitation Learning Lab

Share your own work to receive input from peers and feedback from the expert facilitator:

• Facilitate a virtual learning activity to showcase your learning

• Receive peer input and expert feedback

• Create an action plan to apply lessons learned to your own deliveries

Delivery Details

The program…

• is facilitated as a 4-part online series with short self-directed assignments in-between each live online event. The four 90-minute sessions could be scheduled as a full day event, or spaced out over time, based upon your scheduling preferences.

• has no more than 16 participants per cohort.

• is not recorded, but instead requires live online participation.

• asks each learner to log on individually from their own computer or device for the hands-on experience.

• uses Cindy’s virtual classroom platform (such as Zoom, WebEx, or Adobe Connect) but the tools and techniques apply to any common virtual classroom platform

• uses an online platform for learner communication and collaboration between sessions, to encourage ongoing learning and community.

• includes electronic handouts and resource links for further independent study.