Futures Without Violence's Institute for Leadership in Education Development (I-LED) presents "The Distance eLearning Course" - a self-paced online program designed for Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) grantees.
Transform your virtual education offerings through this five-module course that prepares you to create interactive and engaging online learning experiences. Practice both the design and delivery of effective virtual education using proven best practices in adult online learning and engagement.
Hosted on the Canvas Learning Management System, this unique opportunity allows you to develop your own customized virtual course while receiving personalized feedback from expert I-LED faculty throughout your learning journey.
All OVW grantees and potential grantees are eligible to participate in the course. If you meet this criteria and complete the application, you will be added to the course by an administrator and you will have three months to complete the course. If you request technical assistance and feedback on your final project in this application, a faculty person will follow up with you to coordinate.
Course Modules:
Module 1: Adult Learning is For Everyone
Module 2: Course Design and Delivery
Module 3: Course Evaluation
Module 4: Course Accessibility
Module 5: Course Facilitation
Final Project: Create your own mini-course
Overview: e-Learning Mini-Course
The main assignment for the course is to create an online mini-course. While the content, design and delivery are up to each participant, the following outline provides an overview of the required information. A template will be provided for each participant to complete and submit.
- Topic/Audience
- Problem Statement/Learner Needs
- Learning Objectives
- LMS selection (e.g. Canvas, Moodle, Google Classroom, etc.)
- Virtual considerations (accessibility needs of audience, who is faculty, who is your audience, use of interpreters and translation of materials, how to evaluate, etc.)
- Activities/Resources