NeighborWorks Virtual Classroom Courses in 2013:

AH226vc Creative Project Financing Strategies

CB275vc Training Community Leaders: A Complete Curriculum

HO105vc Compliance with State and Federal Regulations

HO307vc Advanced Foreclosure Case Study Practicum

HO365vc Advanced Topics in HECM Counseling

ML173vc Grant Proposal Writing

 

 

NeighborWorks Virtual Classroom

A new source of faculty-led online learning to enhance your community development work

NeighborWorks now offers an exciting new form of online learning – NeighborWorks Virtual Classroom. Virtual Classroom is similar to the distance learning offered by many top-notch universities: faculty-led, interactive learning experiences that offer you the opportunity to collaborate with an expert instructor and peers online. Best of all, they’re packed with resources and best practices that will immediately impact your work.  Incorporating collaborative technology such as online discussion forums, chat, wikis, and live web conferencing, Virtual Classroom delivers a comprehensive professional development experience, while allowing learners to save valuable time and travel dollars.

The benefits of faculty-led Virtual Classroom learning include:

• The ability to communicate with and learn from both faculty and fellow learners.
• Content is delivered in weekly lessons, with deadlines that allow you to learn according to your schedule.
• You don’t have to put your work and personal life on hold to get the training you need.
• Feedback and instruction specific to the context of your community development challenges.
• Access to course materials online following the completion of the course, including resources that can be downloaded, saved and printed.
• You’ll save your time and your organization’s valuable travel dollars while still benefiting from a high-quality NeighborWorks learning experience.

All you’ll need is a computer and internet connection to take advantage of this reasonably priced and highly effective professional development opportunity!

Upcoming Virtual Classroom Courses

• CB275vc Training Community Leaders: A Complete Curriculum - Now OPEN for registration; Course takes place January 16 - February 12, 2013

This course is built on the resident leadership curriculum developed by NeighborWorks America. This curriculum covers the core skills needed by resident leaders to lead change in our communities, it includes all of the facilitator guides, handouts and support materials required to run a full training program for your resident leaders. This course will also cover ways to assess, create, and sustain your efforts to provide quality resources to strengthen your community's most valuable resource – the people who live there.

If you, your organization and/or your community are thinking about how to train volunteer resident leaders, this is the course for you! The training is best for those who are looking to create a leadership development program, or enhance their current training programs.

For more information on course requirements and to register view the participant guide.

• AH226vc Creative Project Financing Strategies for Affordable Housing - registration to open in January

These faculty-led, highly engaging courses include self-paced online assignments, and the use of peer discussion forums. All Virtual Classroom courses offer interaction with fellow learners, lesson and reference materials, live chat and web conferencing. Participants should expect to spend approximately four hours per week on course related reading and assignments.

Questions about online learning with NeighborWorks? Email NeighborWorks at VirtualClassroom@nw.org.