The online facilitation and tutoring (OFAT) course is designed as an introduction to the skills required to promote learning in an online community, to the learning philosophies underpinning learning in an online community, and to how learning is manifested online. Key to this learning is the actual experience of participating in the online facilitation course.
The course consists of four units and should take approximately four to five hours per week, over a six-week period. It takes place within NCSL‘s Learning Gateway.
The next course starts on 4 May 2009.
The units include:
We also offer an intensive one-week course, with an expected commitment of three to five hours per day. Course content, acceptance criteria and completion criteria are the same as for the six-week course. A course will be available on 13 April 2009.
The next step from OFAT is OFAT2, which provides an opportunity to extend your skills in promoting learning in an online environment.
The Online Facilitation and Tutoring 2 course builds on the experience of the OFAT course and presents participants with the opportunity to explore a range of models, techniques and applications in order to develop effective blended learning along with effective knowledge management.
The next course starts 9 February 2009.
The course is only open to registered users of the Learning Gateway. Participants will be expected to have reasonable skills in using the talk2learn environment before starting the course, as evidenced by a home page that contains, as a minimum, an article, an image and a forum inviting contributions from other users.
You can select a course from a list displayed on the online application form. Four types of course are available:
You will be emailed confirmation of the course start dates and details of your course facilitators.
Two weeks before the course commences, your course facilitators will contact you by email with information on how you can participate and also with information about the course. Please notify the e-learning facilitation team on 0115 872 2605 if any of your email details change.
If you are an existing user of talk2learn and want to book a place to attend an OFAT course, complete the online registration form now.
It is expected that before starting the OFAT course participants will have:
We recommend that all those applying for OFAT take the learn2learn online course.
Participation in every unit evidenced through: