Engag­ing in online pro­grams involves a new set of chal­lenges that requires train­ers to adapt. Build­ing engage­ment, inte­grat­ing and inter­pret­ing new infor­ma­tion, and design­ing activ­i­ties are dif­fer­ent in the online environment.

This pro­gram applies the foun­da­tion­al prin­ci­ples of the Kolb Expe­ri­en­tial Learn­ing The­o­ry to the online envi­ron­ment to ensure the utmost engage­ment and effec­tive outcomes.

This pro­gram applies Kolb Expe­ri­en­tial Learn­ing The­o­ry from all per­spec­tives: the train­er-edu­ca­tor, the learn­er, the vir­tu­al space, online pro­gram design and deliv­ery, and con­tin­u­ous improve­ment. This unique pro­gram focus­es on the prac­ti­cal appli­ca­tion of vir­tu­al train­ing and the self-dis­cov­ery and devel­op­ment of the train­er who is nav­i­gat­ing the tran­si­tion from face-to-face class­es or work­shops to online training.

To sup­port you in becom­ing an exem­plary vir­tu­al train­er, you will step through the process of re-think­ing your face-to-face pro­grams for a vir­tu­al envi­ron­ment. You will cre­ate a real train­ing ses­sion, prac­tice deliv­er­ing it, receive feed­back from peers and facil­i­ta­tors, and deter­mine ways to improve.

Whether your train­ing top­ic is lead­er­ship, team build­ing, busi­ness or biol­o­gy, this pro­gram will equip you with the tools to design and deliv­er your con­tent online in an expe­ri­en­tial, engag­ing, infor­ma­tive man­ner. By the com­ple­tion of this course, you will feel con­fi­dent about putting expe­ri­en­tial learn­ing into prac­tice for impact­ful vir­tu­al edu­ca­tion­al expe­ri­ences for your tar­get audi­ence. You will hone your knowl­edge, skills, and atti­tudes in the emerg­ing field of expe­ri­en­tial online learn­ing to become an exemplar.

Please note: This course is not a Zoom tuto­r­i­al. Although we pro­vide resources about these tech­ni­cal func­tions, this course is a more com­plete program.

“With this course’s final project, I found it trans­for­ma­tive for my sub­ject mat­ter. Plus, the fresh ideas, prob­lem-solv­ing assis­tance and com­mu­ni­ty resources made me an over­all bet­ter train­er and teacher. After each ses­sion, I had some­thing new to try and some­thing new to share with my colleagues.”

~ Claire Sparklin

Pro­fes­sion­al Fac­ul­ty at Washt­e­naw Com­mu­ni­ty College

Skills You Will Gain

Expe­ri­en­tial learn­ing, instruc­tion­al design, course eval­u­a­tion, tech­nol­o­gy eval­u­a­tion, learn­ing analytics

Learning Outcomes

A com­pe­tence con­sists of relat­ed knowl­edge, skills and atti­tudes. This pro­gram will equip you with the knowl­edge, skills and atti­tudes to exe­cute effec­tive expe­ri­en­tial online meet­ings and class­es. Learn­ing objec­tives include:

Knowl­edge

• Use a prag­mat­ic and expe­ri­en­tial approach to online edu­ca­tion­al training.
• Increase your knowl­edge on the nine dif­fer­ent learn­ing styles and learn how to cater to all styles through­out your online training.
• Apply expe­ri­en­tial meth­ods for train­ing design and deliv­ery for the vir­tu­al setting

Skills

• Devel­op your skills in design­ing and deliv­er­ing online training.
• Prac­tice your cur­ricu­lum design, pre­sen­ta­tion and facil­i­ta­tion skills online.
• Pro­vide and receive feed­back on online train­ing design and deliv­ery in a safe environment.

Atti­tudes

• Devel­op your self-aware­ness regard­ing your per­son­al online train­ing style, train­ing strengths and chal­lenges in the vir­tu­al setting.
• Increase your self-con­fi­dence with online facil­i­ta­tion through prac­tice sessions.
• Raise your aware­ness on how to engage and moti­vate learn­ers and make online train­ings impact­ful, mem­o­rable, and fun.
• Increase your will­ing­ness and abil­i­ty to cre­ate expe­ri­en­tial learn­ing vir­tu­al spaces that are psy­cho­log­i­cal­ly safe for par­tic­i­pants and cre­ate val­ue and last­ing impact.

How It Works

Facil­i­tat­ing Expe­ri­en­tial Learn­ing Online is a six-ses­sion pro­gram that extends over sev­en weeks. The pro­gram is deliv­ered once week­ly for five ses­sions, skips a week to allow for project prepa­ra­tion, then meets for the sixth ses­sion which is a practicum. The live vir­tu­al ses­sions are con­duct­ed on Zoom and are accom­pa­nied by asyn­chro­nous online con­tent. Par­tic­i­pants must attend 5 of the 6 class­es live; ses­sions will be record­ed for lat­er view­ing. Reg­u­lar online peer com­mu­ni­ca­tion for the pur­pose of feed­back on train­ing design and deliv­ery is also included.

Who Should Take This Course?

• Edu­ca­tors, human resource pro­fes­sion­als, train­ers, coach­es, exec­u­tives, team lead­ers, man­agers, facil­i­ta­tors and consultants
• Any­one with expe­ri­ence deliv­er­ing online meet­ings, and those who wish to become more com­fort­able with their skillset, deep­en their under­stand­ing and knowl­edge of vir­tu­al train­ing design and deliv­ery, and improve their effec­tive­ness and outcomes
• Indi­vid­u­als with knowl­edge about expe­ri­en­tial learn­ing who need to learn more about prac­ti­cal appli­ca­tion in the online environment
• Any­one inter­est­ed in learn­ing how to put expe­ri­en­tial edu­ca­tion into prac­tice online or those who wish to begin a career as an online expe­ri­en­tial learn­ing trainer/educator
• Sub­ject mat­ter experts who wish to devel­op their com­pe­tences in trans­fer­ring knowl­edge online in an expe­ri­en­tial and engag­ing way

Facilitator

Romy Alexan­dra