Training for Online Trainers and Coaches
Alliance member Knowplace trains teachers, trainers, coaches and counsellors to transfer their skills to the online environment. People come to Knowplace to learn to coach and train others online, and to learn about Open Source technologies. This international online learning community specializes in the integration of epeer and ementor relationships to support each other during the learning cycle. An important component of all courses is the relationship between epeers and ementors.
There are 39 online courses; these are two weeks in length and are rotated about every five months. The introductory course Explore Communication Tools introduces people to the online communication tools and the online culture and is a prerequisite to all other courses. There are also eight certificate programs, allowing learners to focus on courses related to a particular online role. Course topics include:
- Active Learning Strategies
eCareer Coach: Applied Project - eCareer Coach Issues
- eCourse Design: Applied Project
- Effective Communication
- eModerator: Applied Project
- eTeach: Applied Project
- Explore Communication Tools
- Learning Communities
- Mixed Mode: Applied Project
- Open Source Content, Standards & Classification
- Open Source Learning Management Systems
- Open Source Movement and Culture
- Open Source Technical Support: Applied Project
- PHP
- Python & Zope
- Role of the eModerator
- SQL
- Virtual Education Options
- Open Office
- Moodle (open source learning management system) for users
- Moodle (open source learning management system) for trainers
- Moodle (open source learning management system) for LMS administrators