Action Assignment: Preparation for Learning

Participants will get ready for this program by reflecting on their personal experiences with online learning, reading a short article that sets the stage for conversation, and preparing their workspace for the virtual classroom.

Live Session 1: Essentials of Online Learning Design

Experience an engaging virtual class while learning the foundations of how to build one:

• Consider requirements of successful virtual classroom learning experiences

• Recognize the challenges of remote learners, and the designer’s role in creating solutions

• Apply a 3-Step design model to create interactive online learning programs

• Analyze virtual classroom activities and sequencing to apply to your own programs

Live Session 2: Designing Engaging Virtual Classes

Discover the 5 common principles of interactive virtual classes while using online tools:

• Recognize the importance of engaging participants through relevant and meaningful activity
• Design live online programs with five rules of engagement in mind

• Incorporate common virtual platform tools into interactive designs

Live Session 3: Creating Virtual Activities for Learning Transfer

Develop design skills needed to ensure learning transfer and on-the-job application:

• Select and sequence activities to achieve desired learning outcomes (including scenarios, role plays, breakouts, whiteboards, and more!)
• Create materials to support facilitators and participants

• Incorporate evaluation into a virtual classroom learning design

Action Assignment: Preparation for Learning Lab

Participants will get ready for their learning lab presentations by applying lessons learned from the journey.

Live Session 4: Virtual Activity Learning Lab

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

• Present your designed activity to showcase your learning

• Receive peer input and expert feedback

• Create an action plan to apply lessons learned in your own designs

Delivery Details

The program…

• is facilitated as a 4-part online series with short self-directed assignments in-between each live online event.

• 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 an electronic handout and resource links for further independent study.