TFAC086 - Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) Fundamentals
Course Description
Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) - Fundamentals course focuses on developing teaching skills for asynchronous online learning. You will learn strategies to create active learning environments online for your students, facilitate or co-facilitate a pre-designed learning activity, and receive feedback from your peers.
FLO Fundamentals gives you the opportunity to develop your online facilitation skills with other new and experienced facilitators. This course is designed for core faculty, associate faculty, and staff in facilitation or support roles of online or blended courses, regardless of experience level.
Course Outline
- Build and sustain online communities
- Support diverse learners online
- Facilitate collaborative and individual learning
- Provide effective feedback and assessment
- Manage the online course environment
Notes
Time requirement: Participants should expect to spend 6-13 hours for course activities during each of the five weeks. Those with no prior online teaching and learning experiences can expect to invest more time. Continuous, active participation in each week is necessary to make this course successful for everyone. There may be occasional synchronous sessions during this course. These sessions are recorded and attendance is not required.
For RRU Faculty and Staff: This course is available at no cost for RRU core faculty, associate faculty, and staff. If you are RRU core faculty, associate faculty or staff, please contact facdev@royalroads.ca for a discount code.
For more information on this course please contact facdev@royalroads.ca.
Applies Towards the Following Certificates
- Professional Certificate in Advanced Facilitation Practices : Elective Courses