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TECH522

Online Facilitator Training I: Mastering the Skills of Online Teaching

Course Description:

Online facilitators take on many important roles and, thus, wear different managerial, technical, social, and pedagogical hats. Effective facilitators must know how to provide formative feedback, offer technical guidance, foster community, and communicate 'from the side' in a way that encourages learners to construct knowledge together. This course will formally introduce you to those roles and provide you with the opportunity to try on and practice wearing several of these hats. Through research-based articles and readings, discussions, collaborative projects, and other interactive experiences, you will have multiple opportunities to build and master online facilitation skills. A simulation environment (Facilitator Training Lab) will give you an opportunity to practice specific facilitator skills. To synthesize all your learning, you will create a case study based on the experiences of a hypothetical online facilitator as your final project.

Note: We strongly recommend that learners have experience with online learning prior to enrollment in this course."

For assignments and evaluation details, see the full Syllabus.

Graduate Credit Information:

Graduate credit may be obtained from the provider(s) listed below, for an additional fee after the course begins.

Adams State College - 3.0 credits - pricing

Indiana University - 3.0 credits - pricing

Northwest Nazarene University - 3.0 credits - pricing

Madonna University - 3.0 credits - pricing

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