by Beth Cougler Blom | Sep 9, 2020 | Online facilitation
I did it again a couple of days ago, I registered for an organization’s webinar with no intention of actually going. Although I really did want to attend the event, I had looked at my calendar and had a conflict. But I signed up anyway. I knew I’d be sent...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Jun 11, 2020 | Online facilitation
I sat in on a webinar hosted by the Zoom company the other day, learning a few more tips about using Zoom. Add this to the fact that I continue to be in Zoom a dozen or more times a week, sometimes up to six times a day. This is almost always as the meeting host and...
by Beth Cougler Blom | May 22, 2020 | Online facilitation
I’ve been in dozens and dozens of Zoom meetings since the end of March, mostly on the facilitator side of things leading a meeting or a learning event. I’ve learned a few Zoom tricks along the way – even after I have been using Zoom for a few years...
by Beth Cougler Blom | May 12, 2020 | Online facilitation, Teaching online
For today’s post I made a short (3 min) video to tell you about an email I received from someone who is considering taking one of my upcoming courses, with a question about whether I think their apprehension to technology might be an issue that would affect...
by Beth Cougler Blom | May 5, 2020 | Facilitation, Online facilitation
If you’re looking to learn about how to facilitate online learning events you may wish to consider joining me for an upcoming online course I’m offering starting May 25. The course is called Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) Synchronous (FLO Synchronous...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Apr 10, 2020 | Learning design, Online facilitation, Teaching online
This is the third post of a four post series on the basics of creating online learning. The first post focused on the different types of online learning and some of the decisions you need to make when setting out to create online learning. The second post centred...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Mar 27, 2020 | Facilitation, Learning design, Online facilitation, Teaching online
In Part 1 of this four post series on creating online learning, I gave a very brief overview of the different types of online learning that exist as well as decisions you need to make when you first set out to create online learning. In this Part 2 post I’ll...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Mar 20, 2020 | Learning design, Online facilitation, Teaching online
There’s no two ways about it, right now is a great time to think about creating online learning. Whether you’re an organization that is trying to educate your staff or volunteers or a consultant attempting to reach your clients, you may be thinking about...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Jan 23, 2018 | Learning design, Online facilitation, Workshops
Last October I co-facilitated the “FLO Synchronous” course for the third time, with a class of over 20 people from various BC post-secondary institutions. FLO Synchronous is short for “Facilitating Learning Online: Synchronous”, a three-week...
