learning facilitation
Intro to Facilitation: Train the Trainers Course
A six-week online course on facilitation in diverse groups for staff members and volunteer diversity project leads
Designed and delivered for UWC
Need:
Build a shared facilitation practice among diversity leads and staff members, enabling them to design and deliver inclusive, structured group processes for adult learners
Build a shared facilitation practice among diversity leads and staff members, enabling them to design and deliver inclusive, structured group processes for adult learners
What we did:
Learning outcomes:
- Ran a pre-course needs assessment survey to tailor curriculum content to participants’ existing experience and gaps
- Designed and delivered a three-session online course (incl. self-study modules)
- Designed an interactive online learning environment (Zoom, Miro), provided visual facilitation, and created a facilitation toolkit for participants, incl. guides, tools, and frameworks
- Set up a cohort-only Notion “hub” hosting session recordings, slides, self-study materials, and a digital library
Learning outcomes:
- Core facilitation competences to guide dynamic, inclusive adult learning and group processes
- Skills to recognize and navigate group dynamics and diverse learning styles
- Skills to create safer, meaningful group processes
- Methods and tools to design structured, engaging group sessions, create supportive learning environments