- 7 Sept – 6 Nov 2020 (Apply by 14 August) – Facilitating Online Goes Global. In the current global crisis we are recruiting educators and trainers from across the world with up to 25 places for participants from Africa and up to 25 for colleagues from other continents.
- If you are unable to join current cohort we welcome you to join our 2021 waiting list
About the course
Facilitating Online provides a solid foundation for facilitating online events and courses. It is registered as a short course at the University of Cape Town (UCT). Facilitating Online was developed by the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT) at UCT and is funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York as part of its support for the e/merge Africa network. It is convened by Tony Carr and Nicola Pallitt and co-facilitated by facilitators from across Africa.
We consider applications in the order in which they arrive so earlier applications stand a higher chance of being accepted
Recommendations by participants
“I learned many facilitation skills that I am now able to apply with my own students. I would recommend the course highly to anyone embarking on the online teaching and learning journey.”
Dr Judith McKenzie, Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Cape Town.
“This course doesn’t just teach you ABOUT online Facilitation, it actually gets you to facilitate … It’s a real opportunity to learn and develop. And what’s more? It has an African taste…”
Daniel Adeboye, Online Maths Tutor, Tutor for the Future
Who should apply and why?
Educators and trainers are increasingly using online resources and interaction to support learning across blended and online courses. The shift online emphasises the importance of sound online facilitation skills to facilitate engaged participants in debate, group work and shared knowledge construction across a range of online conversational spaces.
Trained online facilitators are also able to make good choices about the use of online communication when designing learning activities. Facilitating Online provides opportunities for educational technologists, educators and trainers to develop the necessary orientation to become an effective online facilitator. Several past participants have reported that Facilitating Online unlocked new employment opportunities for them.
This course is aimed at change agent educational technologists and educators as well as trainers involved in leading online courses. Course participation is entirely online and will require up to 8 hours of participation per week. A certificate of completion is awarded for successful completion of 75% of the assessed activities of the course including some mandatory activities.
Our funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York is focused on colleagues working in African Higher Education. We can offer up to two free places per state funded institution subject to admission requirements being met. For colleagues from other sectors and continents please refer to our fee information here.
Selection criteria and process
Selection criteria include:
* reliable Internet access
* an opportunity to teach or facilitate in a blended or online course or training programme
* previous experience of online teaching or learning
* at least two years’ experience as a university educator, educational technologist or trainer
All applicants will require a letter of support from their line manager or Head of Department.
Applicants will be notified via email about whether they have been selected to participate in the course. You can address any other queries to [email protected]
For interest:
- View or download the course brochure here
- The original version of the guidance to course leaders is available as an open educational resource.
- Watch a recording of ‘The Human in the Web Space’ online seminar led by Catherine Fortune (South Africa) and Irene Maweu (Kenya)
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It will be interesting to join this worthwhile learning asset.
Sure – sign up:)
I will surely apply, as this is a great learning opportunity. I hope I will be considered.
I have participated once and would advise others to do same.This is a very useful and course relevant for every body to undertake, including teachers, managers, Librarians and many others from different professions . For good communication and networking process to take place there is the need for all participants to agree to understand and appreciate and respect each other’s views and to learn to accommodate discerning views in the society.
This is exactly what I want to do. Can you please let me know when the next one starts? I am abroad and without proper Internet when you begin.
Hi Lynette,
Our remaining 2017 dates are:
19 June – 11 Aug: Late applications by 9 June
2 October – 24 Nov: Applications by 13 September
I am very interesting on learning online, us a online Teacher at ISCED, in Mozambique, I would like learning more about it. I thing I will be considered.
Hi Augusto,
There is still time to apply for the next run of the course starting on 19 June. Late applications close on Friday 9 June.
I have always wanted to know and understand facilitation in its perspectives. Having Facilitated in both offline and online environments, and many times of doing facilitation course, I still don’t believe I have known it all. Therefore, i have been accepted for this course and still awaiting details of week 0
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This was a wonderful course worth learning!
Thanks for the facilitators for their dedication and spirit of good will to ensure success of the course?
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Hi Nicola
I enrolled into this course in 2017, but could not complete it due to work pressure. Can I continue now? Will my previous submission still be relevant?
Hi Marian,
Its a new run of the course with a new community and you would need to start afresh 🙂
My name is Lucas Kunene and I am a PhD student in the Faculty of Health Sciences and I am interested in the course.I am in possession of a Post Graduate Diploma in Professional Education which I did Online at UCT and also trained as tutor at the University of Johannesburg. This course will add value to my existing lecturing experience and I look forward to the course as I intend to continue with facilitation at the university.
Can I be legible as an educational technologist since I teach at a primary school
Hi Mokhudu, The Facilitating Online course is designed for colleagues in higher education so it probably won’t be right for your context.
Am highly interested. Please may I be considered to participate please because it will expose me more to online world. Thanks
Hi Anthony, sorry for the delayed response … you are welcome to still apply if you can do so by Monday 8 October.
my names are Omesi Ng’andu from Kasiya College – Zambia i have an Advanced Diploma in human resource and Business Managegement and a technical teachers’ Dipolma. I am interested in the course , it will help me advance my skills impartations to my students
Hi Omesi, sorry about the delayed response. If you have plans for online or blended learning with your students you are still welcome to apply by Monday 8 October.
Is it late apply now?
Hi Elvis, please apply and join the waiting list for the course in 2019.
Hi Tony
I wish to offer myself for this course. I teach business courses such as procurement and supply management at Zambia Institute of management. I also happen to be the coordinator for open and distance learning.
Is it late for me to apply for this February training session
Hi Simasiku, please apply – we will consider applications received by 22 February for the February run of the course.
Very very interested in this course. I missed the opportunity to participate in 2019.
Hi Clara,
Please apply. We have spaces available in all three instances of the course this year.
Best wishes
🙂
Tony Carr
Dear Tony
I am interested in this course.
Is it accredited with hwseta
Nomzi
Hi Nomzi, Facilitating Online is accredited as a short course at University of Cape Town with Certificate of Completion. We have not applied to any of the SETAs for accreditation.
I am very interested in online learning.. please apply??
Hi Ahmed, you are welcome to apply by tomorrow for our April 28 start. We will be offering the course again in September.
Having completed an online AuthorAID course that covered Academic writing skills, and Basics of AuthorAID course facilitation, I think this course will enable me to fine-tune my skills. I am going to apply today. I hope it wont be too late.
Hi Claude, you are still welcome to apply.
Hi, my name is Lucy Macridis from Nairobi Kenya. I am interested in the online facilitation of courses. This will help me in my mandate as Mentorship and Training Chairlady of the Kenya Association of Tourism, where we deliver physical sessions on soft skills to Tourism and Hospitality Institutions in Kenya. The online course will help me deliver online sessions which are now the new normal.
I hope I am not too late to apply for the next training session starting 27th April 2020.
Hi Lucy, thanks for applying. We will mail you later today.
Hi, can I please be considered for this opportunity…. I am an acrreditted graduate with a B Tech in HRM and a National Diploma in Management. This course would really help advance my skills and career goals, hope I am not too late….
Am interested in being part of the team for facilitating online learning. Could not get the application form. Network problems currently.
Am
Science a. D Technical Graphics teacher as well as Head of school
Don’t worry Peter, you have plenty of time to apply online for the course starting in September.
Very much in need of this facilitators courses
I am interested in being part of the facilitators trainee.it will make my work easier as I carry out online training programmes
This will help me in my mandate as chairlady and facilitator so very much need the course.hope electricity will not fail me .I really need the course
This will help me effectively facilitate forums with my students
Great
Really great chance for learner.
I would like to know if I do have experience as a unqualified teacher for two years and a trainer for one year and I haven got N6 human resources management. Did I meet requirements to study this course?
Hi Ndumiso,
The course works best for people with a bit more experience of teaching and training so you have something solid to build on. The other important factor is that participants are very likely to drop out of the course unless they have a clear requirement to teach/ train in online or blended courses as part of their work.