Social Media for Trainers Certificate

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Social Media for Trainers Certificate

This online certificate program starts Fall 2012

Instructor:
Dr. Jane Bozarth, Author, Social Media for Trainers

About the Facilitator:

Dr. Jane Bozarth is the eLearning Coordinator for the North Carolina (USA) Office of State Personnel. She is the author of E-Learning Solutions on a Shoestring; Better than Bullet Points; From Analysis to Evaluation, and Social Media for Trainers. Her graduate research specialty was communities of practice/learning communities/social and situated learning

Certificate Overview:

Social media is no longer seen as a fad – it’s a revolution. Whether you work in a traditional or virtual classroom, social media provides a low-cost way to broaden your reach and increase the impact of your training. Based on the bestselling book Social Media for Trainers, this interactive certificate invites you on a guided tour of several popular and powerful social media tools such as Facebook, LinkedIn, blogs, Wikis, microblogs (Twitter) and explores concrete, specific ways to incorporate them into your own training practice. We’ll examine their unique features, discuss how to leverage the strengths of each, explore which best fit your training needs and learn how to set up your own accounts. Appropriate for classroom and virtual classroom facilitators, and instructional designers, the course also covers the basics of social learning, informal learning, and communities. While we discuss concepts such as learning communities and overcoming barriers, the focus of this program is on specific training activities that can be facilitated using social media tools.

Important Note: participants will need to be able to access a variety of social media tools including Twitter and Facebook during and in between program sessions. Participants who cannot access these types of sites during work hours will find it difficult to fully participate in the course.

Certificate Objectives:
You will learn to:

Use a variety of social media tools to share training content and encourage communication and interaction.
Choose the social media tool(s) most appropriate for meeting stated training goals.
Develop a plan for enhancing or extending an existing training program using one or more social media tools.

Who Should Attend:
This certificate is appropriate for classroom and virtual classroom facilitators, and instructional designers.

Prerequisites:
The certificate is suited to those who wish to start utilizing social media for training. It is also suited for current users of social media who wish to better leverage the strengths of their current social media tools or expand into new social media areas for training purposes.

Online Course Schedule: (Contact us to be notified of Fall 2012 dates)

Session 1: Check back for fall date
Session 2: Check back for fall date
Session 3: Check back for fall date

Each session is 90 minutes in length

All sessions start at 3:00pm Eastern Time (New York Time.) Here is the time of sessions listed in other time zones:

12:00 noon - 1:30 pm Pacific Time (PT)
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Mountain Time (MT)
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Central Time (CT)
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Eastern Time (ET)

For times in other cities, visit this link. Live sessions will be recorded for those who wish to go back and review or who must miss a live session. Participants are expected to complete outside work between live class meetings.

Registration details:

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Early-Bird Registration 30+ days of course start date: $645
Registration within 30 days of course start date: $795

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Course Equipment (IMPORTANT)
You'll participate in online and collaborative activities in a number of ways, each designed to provide a unique means to interact and learn from experts and colleagues. All course delivery software operates at Internet connection speeds of 56.6 kbps or better, on PC, Mac and Unix platforms. Programs will use teleconferencing or VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol.) The login instructions emailed to you approximately one week prior to the start of the course will outline platform use as well as any headset requirements or suggestions. Each registrant must provide their own laptop or desktop computer and other equipment (such as a headset) in order to fully and successfully participate in the course. Please test your login information a minimum of 48 hours in advance on your course start date on the computer you will be using for the course.