Building digital skills - About the program

About the program

Why this? Why now?

As a literacy instructor today, you need to feel comfortable and confident when working in a digital workspace environment. Whether it’s Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 or another suite, you need to be ready to equip your learners with the digital collaboration skills they will need in school, work and other contexts.

In January 2024 we are adding sessions on using Artificial Intelligence for Educators and Digital Accessibility for Educators to help us keep up with the latest technology for creating learning environments that met the needs, goals and dreams of all the learners who attend our programs.

We know that effectively managing and creating collaborative learning environments requires thoughtful planning and organization AND that it is much easier to learn how to do this with the support of experienced facilitators and the collective wisdom of our colleagues.

Join a FREE program of engaging and lively 90-minute live Zoom sessions that will help you evaluate some of the options and start adopting and integrating Google Workspace or Office 365 tools, apps and resources.

Choose the times that fit your schedule best in either the afternoon or early evening.

Each workshop will provide:

an overview of some essential education tools and apps
an opportunity to learn from a facilitator with wide experience in the ways these tools are used in a diverse range of contexts
an opportunity to collaborate with colleagues to share and discover promising adult literacy blended learning practices.

Who is it for?

Adult Literacy
Educators & Tutors
using the Google Workspace and/or Office 365

Adult Literacy
Educators & Tutors working with personal or work accounts

Adult Literacy Educators
interested in integration approaches that can be enhanced by creative use of the Google Workspace and/or Office365

What you will learn

Participants who join the program will develop the skills and abilities to create digitally enhanced lessons and learning spaces that enable self-directed learning and enhance communication and collaboration between facilitators and learners and/or among groups of learners.

Each series are progressive with each session building on the previous one. When you’ve completed all of the training, you will know how to:

create, organize and share digitally enhanced lessons
support learner choice and independent learning
collaborate with learners, one-to one or in groups, in a digital environment.

What's included?

Live zoom sessions

Optional off-line activities

Virtual facilitator office hours

Each week, your cohort of up to 20 participants will meet for a 90-minute online synchronous session delivered via Zoom.

Each session will be flexible to meet your needs and will be a fun, interactive opportunity to learn alongside your peers. We’ll include time for instruction, sharing and questions, with optional follow-up activities to practice your skills, and office hours for support between sessions.

Each Zoom meeting will provide:

an overview of some essential education tools and apps
an opportunity to learn from a facilitator with wide experience in the ways these tools are used in a diverse range of contexts
an opportunity to collaborate with colleagues to share and discover adult learning and literacy blended learning practices.

To deliver this training, we’ve partnered with EdTechTeacher; a highly respected educational technology training company with international experience in helping teachers and administrators use technology to create active communities for learners. We’ve collaborated with EdTechTeacher to customize their Google for Education Partners training for the Ontario adult literacy context.