Title: Week 1: Overview
Course: Facilitating Learning Online - Synchronous April 2021 OER > Section: Week 1: Preparing for Synchronous Sessions

Welcome to Week 1! This week we dive into discussing a number of topics related to preparing for synchronous online sessions.

This week consists of of the following topics:

- Introducing ourselves to our course community
- Introduction to synchronous online facilitation and its benefits and limitations
- Key considerations for designing synchronous online sessions
- Preparing to facilitate with others
- Practical considerations leading up to holding synchronous online sessions

You will get a chance to:

- Introduce yourself to our course community via video (to practice being seen on camera)
- Participate in our first online synchronous session together as a class (to start getting comfortable with Zoom, a web conferencing platform)
- Discuss issues and questions, as a group, related to preparing for synchronous online sessions
- Choose which "track" you're going to be on for this course - Reviewing Participant or Practicing Facilitator