Learning to Facilitate Online
Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) courses offer engaging learning experiences that explore approaches, understandings, and solutions to help you become an effective online instructor. FLO courses are grounded in research about teaching and learning online and have been designed by experienced learning designers and educators.
Upcoming FLO offerings
FLO MicroCourse: An Introduction to the B.C. Digital Literacy Framework (April 2024)
April 22, 2024 - April 26, 2024
The B.C. Digital Literacy Framework is part of the B.C. Digital Learning Strategy developed by the Digital Learning Advisory Committee, a collaboration between the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills and the post-secondary system. The B.C. Digital Literacy Framework was developed to enhance digital literacy knowledge, skills, and...
FLO MicroCourse – The Space Between Us: Navigating Boundaries in Post-Secondary Education
May 27, 2024 - May 31, 2024
Join our next free, one-week Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) MicroCourse! As post-secondary educators become more aware of and proficient with trauma-informed and student-centred approaches to teaching, a greater understanding of the need to create and set boundaries with students has emerged. This micro-course offers participants the...
FLO Lab: Maximizing Student Learning with Assessment -As, -For, and -Of Learning
May 22, 2024 - May 22, 2024
Join us for this free, three-hour experiential Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) workshop. Are you interested in reviewing and revising your assessment and evaluation framework to further support student learning and success, but do not quite know where to start?In this FLO Lab, participants can expect...
FLO Friday: Openness, Flexibility, and Kindness in the Classroom
May 24, 2024 - May 24, 2024
Join us for this free, one-hour Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) webinar exploring the three qualities of an effective interpersonal communicator: openness, flexibility, and kindness. Discover their importance in enriching classroom communication experiences. By prioritizing these qualities, educators can establish a courageous, learner-centred environment where students...
FLO Lab: Fostering Inclusive Learning Environments – The Synergy of Generative Artificial Intelligence and Universal Design for Learning
June 26, 2024 - June 26, 2024
Join us for this engaging and free three-hour Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) workshop introducing you to the dynamic intersection of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL), a synergy poised to revolutionize educational accessibility and inclusivity. Through interactive sessions, case studies, and...
The FLO family of offerings includes:
- FLO: Fundamentals – a five-week introduction to online facilitation that explores adult and online learning principles, techniques, and technologies to support student learning and instructor presence, as well as how to deal with common challenges that arise in online courses.
- FLO: Synchronous – a three-week immersion into the planning and facilitating of synchronous online sessions. This course will help you deliver better webinars, online office hours, and other online sessions with more confidence and creativity.
- FLO: Design – a four-week design course that helps participants develop online course design skills and try new techniques and strategies to create effective, engaging, online learning experiences. This course complements the Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) Fundamentals course which focuses on facilitation skills and strategies.
- FLO: MicroCourses – one-week asynchronous emergent courses related to designing and facilitating learning online.
- FLO: Labs – Three-hour experiential synchronous workshops with a focus on pedagogy.
- FLO: Fridays – One-hour facilitated online synchronous sessions.
- FLO Panel – quarterly online gathering and panel discussion on hot and trendy topics impacting the post-secondary educator sector.
Adopting FLO
All FLO course are OERs! Some of the FLO open educational resource courses that might be of interest for adoption are:
FLO Fundamentals (five weeks), FLO Design (four weeks), FLO Synchronous (three weeks), and a wide range of one-week FLO MicroCourses with topics such as Make Your Course Intro Video, Design with Liberating Structures, and more.
If you’re interested in adopting a FLO course for your needs, contact Helena Prins by email, hprins@bccampus.ca.
Become a FLO Facilitator
If you want to join the family of FLO facilitators, email hprins@bccampus.ca with your ideas.
Join the FLO Community
Do you have a question about FLO or are you looking to engage with the collective wisdom of the FLO community of facilitators? Join FLO Discussions on Mattermost to connect, learn, and share insights!