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Blended learning specialist

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Specialists in flexible learning

Online training for those interested in designing e-learning courses

Become an expert in designing digital learning formats. With the pandemic-driven surge in digital and virtual forms of communication, e-learning and blended learning have become part of everyday life for many professional groups. It is one thing to have the necessary technical requirements in place in a company or educational institution. However, media didactic skills are essential for using them. How do you develop concepts for digital forms of learning? How do you moderate online meetings and what is important when supporting participants in online courses? As a future “blended learning expert,” you will acquire the necessary media didactic knowledge and develop the skills to design digital forms of learning.

  • Qualification: Certificate
  • ECTS: 7 ECTS
  • Programme duration: 10 weeks
  • Programme location: Online
  • Programme date: to be announced
  • Registration deadline: to be announced
  • Tuition fees: €1850.00
  • Teaching language: German
  • Delivery type: Online
  • Master the design of digital learning formats The training course teaches media instruction skills for developing professional and targeted concepts for e-learning and blended learning formats.
  • Structured planning for online teaching You will learn how to formulate learning objectives in a meaningful way, structure learning opportunities for teaching purposes, and select suitable materials and activities for digital courses.
  • Successfully supervise learners online Participants acquire skills in moderating online meetings, supporting learners and using relevant tools for digital learning processes.
  • Practical continuing education with certificate Self-study phases, online sessions and coaching are combined over a period of ten weeks, culminating in a recognised certificate worth 7 ECTS credits.

Details of the programme

Learning outcomes and content

How do you develop concepts for digital forms of learning? How do you moderate online meetings, and what is important when supporting participants in online courses? As a future “blended learning expert,” you will acquire the necessary media didactic knowledge and develop the skills to design digital forms of learning.

Content

  • Introduction to online teaching and learning − characteristics and forms of online learning as well as roles and tasks in online teaching.
  • Didactic design − how do I structure learning opportunities in a meaningful way and how do I formulate learning objectives?
  • Supervising online courses − roles, tasks, and tools for supervising online learners.
  • Creating online courses − learning opportunities require content and learning activities. What different types of materials are available and what distinguishes them? What activities can promote engagement with the learning content?
Target group and prerequisites

The programme is aimed at individuals in the education sector and teaching professions, as well as employees in companies and organisations who want to use relevant media and tools in the field of e-learning and blended learning to communicate with customers or their own colleagues.

Prerequisites

Completed university degree or comparable experience in the professional and educational field.

Format

Total duration approx. 10 weeks

  • Introduction to online teaching and learning: Characteristics and forms of online learning, as well as roles and tasks in online teaching.
  • Didactic design: How do I structure learning opportunities in a meaningful way and how do I formulate learning objectives?
  • Supervising online courses: Roles, tasks, and tools for supervising online learners.
  • Creating online courses: Learning opportunities require content and learning activities. What different types of materials are there and what distinguishes them? What activities can promote engagement with the learning content?
Qualification

Upon successful completion, Furtwangen University will issue a certificate of continuing education worth 7 ECTS credits.

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