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Design and facilitation of experience-based Trainings (ONLINE)
August 12-16, 2024
Introduction
When facilitating trainings with adults we often face the challenge of creating a real learning impact upon our participants that make a change in their professional life.
Knowing some sound basics of adult learning principles, tips and tools for a solid training choreography helps to methodically design your sessions. An adequate choice of methods and a experienced-based approach foster nourishing learning and group experience and helps create a more sustainable learning impact on your participants.
This course is very hands-on in character and will emphasize on how to plan, design and facilitate engaging and interactive trainings.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course participants
- have a better understanding of and gained confidence how to plan, design and facilitate interactive trainings (both in presential and digital settings) aligned with sound training objectives and participants’ needs
- are provided with a variety of training methods
- have reflected on trainers' roles and styles, attitudes and skills to accompany learning processes.
Course Content
- Models of knowledge transfer and adult learning styles
- Formulating solid learning objectives as a basis
- Methodological design of entire trainings (including preparation and follow-up)
- Responsibilities, skills and attitudes of a training
- Handling difficult situations as a trainer
Course Programme
The preliminary time frame of the sessions is as follows:
9.30 a.m. - 3.30 p.m. CEST (Central European Summer Time including lunch break), no Friday afternoon session.
Sample course programme will follow
What does live online training mean?
Our online trainings are not pre-recorded training videos, webinars for large audiences or self-paced e-learning courses. They are virtual live trainings delivered by our trainers in real-time, focusing on the interaction of a small group of remote participants. Just like our face-to-face trainings, these virtual classrooms aim at tailoring the discussions and learning experiences to the training needs of the participants.
Requirements: to attend our live online trainings, a reliable high-speed internet connection and a computer or laptop running Windows or iOS are required (including audio and video). The Humboldt-Universität of Berlin uses the videoconferencing platform Zoom for virtual classrooms as well as digital tools such as Moodle. We strongly recommend an external headset for better sound quality.
Course Methods
The course focuses on what happens before, during and after trainings. It is a practice-based training course where learning by doing is combined with essential theoretical background and opportunity to exchange individual experiences and knowledge with other peers. Participants are encouraged to bring their own (impending) training cases to work on during the course.
The virtual classroom sessions with the trainers and the fellow participants via Zoom will be complemented by group exercises, assignments as well as time for self-study and reflection.
Target Group
This introductory course is designed for beginner and medium level in designing and facilitation of trainings but also for those who are more experienced and would like to put their practice on a more solid level, refresh ideas and get new inspiration for face-to-face as well as virtual trainings.
Trainers
Lia Weitz is an enthusiastic and certified trainer and coach in the field of sustainability and systemic change. She is specialised in facilitating dialogue events and peer-learning, facilitating trainings, workshops, conferences and dialogue events to this end with different actors and stakeholders from practitioners to politics. Beforehand she has been working in development cooperation notably in Latin America in rural development. She holds a Degree in Political Sciences and Agricultural Economics and is a certified trainer by the artop institute affiliated to Humboldt Universität as well as a mediator. Lia loves the combination of engaging methods and the potential of individuals as well as groups to arrive at empowering learning experiences and tangible working results to base further action upon.
A co-trainer or a second main trainer will support the complete training.
General information
The tuition fee is 1300,-- euros per participant.
This includes:
- 5-day online training course
- Course documentation and learning materials
- Certificate of participation issued by Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin