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Certified Online Learning Facilitator

(COLF)

The world-leading certification in live online learning facilitation

The cohort based course that’s empowering thousands of trainers globally

  • Deliver effective online classroom sessions using web conferencing interactivity tools.

  • Re-purpose traditional classroom exercises for collaborative online learning.

  • Engage learner attention and participation in your online classroom events.

  • Conduct best practices for facilitating live online learning events.

  • Develop comprehensive lesson plans, facilitator guides, presentations and participant materials.

The classroom and on-line instruction can be very different. This is an invaluable certification for anyone who want to excel in this space.

Bob Mosher, Chief Learning & Strategy Evangelist, LearningGuide Solutions

I can testify that following the COLF workshop has been a positive learning experience for me and will recommend this workshop to any trainers thinking of taking the steps to on-line and/or blending training further.

Rose de Terville, IT Training Consultant (ISS) , Western Europe, Linklaters LLP

All of us agreed wholeheartedly that the course was amazing and we learnt a lot from being involved.

Learning & Development Team, BT Openreach

Organisations are looking for improved flexibility and efficiency by delivering events and training online. A common – and costly – mistake is to assume that the same skills are required for both live and online formats. Delivering successful online events requires a specific skill set, and the LPI offers credible learning and certification in this area.

Nick Shackleton-Jones

Without the skills learnt on the COLF course my live online courses would not be as effective. I thoroughly enjoyed this course and as a result love designing and delivering the live online courses we now offer.

Jayne Legg, Senior Training Consultant, Northgate Arinso

The COLF course has enabled us to take our classroom training skills and transfer them into a virtual classroom environment comfortably and deliver training of the same quality. We’ve even taken some elements learnt on the COLF course back to our Classroom Training! Excellent Course!

Deborah Williams, IS Training Manager, SNR Denton

I would just like to say how much I enjoyed the course,not just the online learning but also your choices for the self directed study element. The breadth of the course offers excellent value for money in my opinion and I will have no hesitation in recommending it to others.

Carl Bellamy, Sandwell and West, Birmingham Hospitals, NHS Trust

I enjoyed the sessions immensely and learned a great deal about online interactions as well as the training specifics. We’re already looking at what courses/sessions we can look at with a view to using Webex to deliver.

Sandy Fox, Technology Learning Team, Rolls-Royce Service

The course and facilitator really were excellent, and all the team have given positive feedback about the sessions. I now feel equipped with a group of Trainers that have a greater understanding of delivering online training.

Sarah Ward, Training Manager, Kent Adult Social Services

This was an excellent session, where the summary served to bring everything together really well. Our facilitator was the perfect example of what standard we should all be aspiring to achieve. I recently presented my experience of the COLF course to the Rolls-Royce training community. The audience was left in no doubt of my enthusiasm of this training and the additional capability it will provide to Rolls-Royce trainers.

Steve Buckland, Customer & Product Training (Civil and Large Engines, Global), Rolls-Royce

I could have spent all day in this class without noticing! I’ve never enjoyed a virtual class as much as this! I felt the content was amazingly relevant to my role and the presenter did an excellent job of relating it to my everyday work. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time – thank you for such an engaging and wonderful session.

Course delegate, Microsoft UK

I found the course excellent and have definitely been able to improve my sessions from the information I have learned. Looking forward to receiving the certificate!

Natalie Richardson, Baltic Training

Just completed this myself and it was the best thing I could have done to increase my knowledge and provide an exceptional learning experience. The skills learnt have put me in good stead.

Shane Hopkirk, Learning Transfer Partner, Bank of New Zealand

What people are saying about COLF

LORNA MATTY, Training & Development Manager at Toyota Financial Services, talks about the benefits of COLF on LNTV

course overview

Who should attend

Anyone whose current or future job responsibilities include facilitating live online learning events (e.g. virtual classroom courses, meetings, webinars or web conferences) for internal/external clients (irrespective of the content).

The course is especially beneficial for individuals or teams currently having to travel to deliver training and in doing so incurring associated costs.

Duration

The average number of study hours for the course is as follows:

  • Live Online Sessions –18 hours
  • Self-Directed Study Assignments – 12 hours
  • Self Directed Practice – 10 hours (technology)

Delivery times can be tailored to suit specific requirements, so please contact us to arrange a closed course. Otherwise, you can apply for any of the public scheduled courses.

Delivery Method

The course is comprised of live, online moderated workshops using web conferencing software blended with self-directed study assignments.

If you do not have access to your organisation’s web conferencing software to practice, we will ensure you are allocated practice sessions. You will also have access to live, online tutor support throughout the course.

Pre-requisites

Although some training/facilitating experience is beneficial, it is not mandatory as the essentials are covered in the course. If this is the case you may expect to spend more time in the self-directed study assignments.

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