Online+Facilitation+311;+Introdn.


 * University Lecturers' course on Creating/Facilitating an online Course**

Welcome to the AfriComNet Online Facilitation course!

My name is Charles Kakaire and I will be your course coordinator for this course.

I'm also the Coordinator at the African Network for Strategic Communication in Health and Development (AfriComNet) where we are currently partnering with and working with 9 universities in 8 countries to develop and offer short courses in Strategic communication. I am looking forward to learning more about the online facilitation platform and understanding how we could work together with CChange and Ohio university to turn some of our University short courses into online platforms


 * Course Syllabus**


 * Introduction to online Facilitation 311**


 * Thursday 9:00am – 12:00am**


 * On-Site Meetings: December 16, 22, 23 Online Weeks Jan 12, Feb 16**


 * Instructor/Coordinator**: Charles Kakaire


 * Office**: 15, Binayomba Road


 * Tel**: +256 772 602690
 * E-mail:** ckakaire@africomnet.org

**Course description** This module is designed for all university lecturers from AfriComNet partner universities in eastern and southern Africa. It is meant to provide insights into how to develop online courses and will help them to turn their courses into online platforms

**Objectives** At the end of the course, participants will be able to;
 * Explain and apply the basic principles of online facilitation
 * Know how to develop a syllabus for an online course
 * Design/develop wikis with sample online course
 * Design a Rubric for assessment of the online course
 * Create discussion boards for the students of the online courses

**Course overview/content** Module 1; Introduction to online facilitation Module 2: Applying Module 3: Design Module 4; Development Module 5; Implementation Module 6: Evaluations

**Target Learners**
 * University folks from specific departments within the AfriComNet partner Universities
 * AfriComNet visiting facilitators


 * Teaching methods;**
 * Classroom/face to face ; 10 days
 * Remote/online

**Technology requirements** Please refer to the AfriComNet website at [|www.africomnet.org] for all the required tools, software and functionalities