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Design
live online learning
Certification course

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Course Overview
Virtual classrooms represent a major opportunity for
people from different cities, countries and cultures to
come together to learn and develop their skills. However,
these opportunities have to deliver impact and allow
organisations and participants to achieve their goals.
Virtual class design is therefore becoming a highly sought
after skill.
Through this certification course, you will develop the
knowledge, skills and capabilities needed to address
organisations’ and participants’ learning needs and create
highly impactful and engaging virtual classroom materials
and activities that exceed the expectations of learners.
Who is the course for?
This certification course is aimed at learning professionals
and instructional designers who need to develop the
knowledge and skills to design virtual classes that deliver
results.

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What will you learn?
 Recognise the challenges associated with designing training for virtual audiences
 Understand best practices needed to design effective live online learning
 Engage virtual audiences by leveraging the toolset available within your web conferencing platform
 Design interactive activities that support strong learning outcomes
 Identify how to repurpose existing face to face training
 Structure courses to be inclusive of cultural differences
Learning Path
Throughout the duration of the course, you will have access to an online learning path comprised of tools,
resources and assessments that will support and enhance your learning experience.
Design live online learning | Overview

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Duration and format
5 x 3 hour virtual workshops
Course Fee
£1,275 per participant
Discounts apply for
groups of 6 or more
Workshop 1 - Designing virtual classrooms
Workshop 2 - Designing impactful courses
Workshop 3 - Designing engaging activities
Workshop 4 - Developing your design practices
Workshop 5 - Designing for success
Certification
Upon completion of the design live online learning course
you will receive your course certificate and become a
member of theVirtualGurus community of expert
instructional designers for virtual classes.

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Workshop 1
Design live online learning |Workshop roadmap
Designing
virtual classrooms
Workshop 2
Designing
impactful courses
Workshop 3
Designing
engaging activities
Workshop 4
Developing
your design practices
Workshop 5
Designing
for success

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Workshop 1
Design live online learning |Workshop roadmap
Designing
virtual classrooms
Workshop 2
Designing
impactful courses
Workshop 3
Designing
engaging activities
Workshop 4
Developing
your design practices
Workshop 5
Designing
for success
In this 3 hour virtual workshop, you will explore how virtual classrooms are increasingly being
used in the fast-paced 21st century work environment, some of the challenges that these
create for organisations and participants, and how, as instructional designers, we can create
virtual classrooms which address these challenges.
Using thought provoking activities, facilitated discussion and practical design assignments,
you will develop the knowledge, skills and capabilities required to design live online learning.
Workshop 1 | Roadmap
• Instructional design for the current work environment
• Instructional design for 21st Century learners
• The business case for virtual classrooms
• Understanding the challenges of virtual classrooms
• Who are you designing for?
• Reflection on practice
• Design assignment

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Workshop 1
Design live online learning |Workshop roadmap
Designing
virtual classrooms
Workshop 2
Designing
impactful courses
Workshop 3
Designing
engaging activities
Workshop 4
Developing
your design practices
Workshop 5
Designing
for success
In this 3 hour virtual workshop, you will focus on establishing that the learning need you have
is appropriate for coverage in a virtual classroom, you will then explore the idea of
‘translating’ a face to face course into a virtual classroom session, identify how you can
create a learning path using outcomes and impacts.
You will use scenarios, games, case studies and facilitated discussion to explore how to
design impactful courses.
Workshop 2 | Roadmap
• Establishing the learning need
• ‘Translating’ a face to face course
• Creating a learning path
• Outcomes and impacts
• Reflection on practice
• Instructional design assignment

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Workshop 1
Design live online learning |Workshop roadmap
Designing
virtual classrooms
Workshop 2
Designing
impactful courses
Workshop 3
Designing
engaging activities
Workshop 4
Developing
your design practices
Workshop 5
Designing
for success
In this 3 hour virtual workshop, you will explore how you can encourage interaction in the
virtual classroom through skilful instructional design.
Together, we will explore creative and engaging ways to use the available tools and what
you’ll need to find out about the platform you are designing for.
Using a range of discussions, reflective activities, scenarios and case studies, you will develop
your virtual classroom instructional design skills.
Workshop 3 | Roadmap
• Interaction in the virtual classroom
• Getting to know the virtual classroom
• The elements of activity design
• Designing activities for the learning need
• Reflection on practice
• Instructional design assignment

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Workshop 1
Design live online learning |Workshop roadmap
Designing
virtual classrooms
Workshop 2
Designing
impactful courses
Workshop 3
Designing
engaging activities
Workshop 4
Developing
your design practices
Workshop 5
Designing
for success
In this 3 hour virtual workshop, you will explore how you can draw on graphic and interaction
design principles to encourage active engagement and participation.
Using a range of guided exploration, critique and collaborative activities you will develop
your instructional design skills for virtual classrooms.
Workshop 4 | Roadmap
• Creating the final design
• Lessons from the media
• Instructional design practices
• Creating a complex activity
• Reflection on practice
• Instructional design assignment

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Workshop 1
Design live online learning |Workshop roadmap
Designing
virtual classrooms
Workshop 2
Designing
impactful courses
Workshop 3
Designing
engaging activities
Workshop 4
Developing
your design practices
Workshop 5
Designing
for success
In this 3 hour virtual workshop, you will investigate what can go wrong in a virtual classroom
and how, through skilful instructional design, you can avoid it happening.You will also
explore how your designs will be evaluated by others, and how this can help you to create
successful courses.
Using a range of scenario planning, facilitated discussion and collaborative activities, you will
develop your skills to design successful virtual classes.
Workshop 5 | Roadmap
• Designing to overcome challenges
• Exploring quality designs
• Improving on virtual classroom instructional design
• Developing your instructional design practice
• Next steps

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Learning Path Recap
Design live online learning | Learning path
Your learning path
VirtualGurus recognises that quality learning is most
often the outcome of a well designed process, not
chance.
Your learning path is a combination of self paced
discovery and awareness, live facilitator led virtual
workshops and performance support such as job aids,
checklists and skill videos, all designed to extend your
learning to support you in designing live online classes
and events that deliver results for your learners.
AtVirtualGurus we do not want to just provide you with
a training programme that delivers knowledge - our aim
is to help you in leveraging the full potential of live
online learning.

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Learning Path Recap
Design live online learning | Learning path
Learning path – sample resources
• Designing for distance
• What do you need to know about your audience
• Designing an icebreaker
• The design process – from f2f to virtual
• Outcomes, objectives and impacts
• Translating f2f activities to virtual activities
• Encouraging interaction amongst learners
• Using whiteboards, chats, polls, breakouts
• Top tips for using the toolset
• Design practices: branding, imagery, structure
• Images and copyright
• Editing your images
• Adjusting cognitive load
• Overcoming barriers to participation
• Designing for technical challenges
• Evaluating design quality
• Developing your design skills

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Completion of assignments
Throughout the certification course you will have various
assignments and tasks that will be self paced – you should
allow for 20-30 minutes after each virtual session in addition to
the actual workshop time.
Attendance
To become certified you will be expected to attend all virtual
workshops and complete all assignments that form the
learning path.
Final design assessment
You will be expected to submit a design for a live online
learning event to include full supporting materials for
faculty, producer and learners.
Your submission will be reviewed and assessed by aVirtual
Gurus instructional design specialist.

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Design live online learning
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