VLC | Virtual LearnCaster Certification
The VLC | Virtual LearnCaster Certification is a high-impact course that prepares professional educators to run virtual classes online. This certification itself is conducted fully online and learners are assessed by their ability to run a webinar independently.
Learners who attend are expected to complete 5 Tasks, attend 6 hours of Virtual Classes, complete 6 Practices and 1 Final Assessment. It will carry the learners on a journey to explore the Tools of the trade, Teaching methods to interact with their students and Techniques to design their courses.
The Global Trainers Federation recognises the VLC as "A Blended Online program that applies the cutting-edge techniques it teaches. Upskilling, re-skilling and providing job placement with newer skills in the low town economy is critical to boost the productivity, performance and business recovery post MCO and COVID19 impact."
To join the GTF as a member, click here to visit their membership site.
Monash University Malaysia also offers the VLC Certification as a program under their Executive Education series at a different rate and syllabus. To know more, click here.
Course Structure
Tools
Video Conferencing, Material Repository, Engagement & Quick Response Tools, everything you need to reach your learners online.
Teaching
Sparking awareness, imparting knowledge, inviting commitment and developing skills over great cyber distances .
Techniques
Designing your virtual classes as an experiential and engaging environment using a structured learning path with gamified activities.
Certification Process
There are 3 versions of the VLC Certification: JOURNEY for part-time participants, EXPRESS for full-time and SPRINT for an intensive experience. All 3 versions follow the same structure.
When you undergo the the JOURNEY version to be certified as a VLC, the process lasts about 4 weeks end-to-end.
In Week 1, you are added to a WhatsApp Study Group and Google Classroom to complete 5 Tasks.
Then in Weeks 2 and 3 you attend 6 hours of virtual class over Zoom with 6 Practices to be completed.
Finally, in Week 4, you will run a 1-hour public webinar for your Final Assessment. Completion of all Tasks, Practices and Final Assessment are prerequisites to receiving your certification.
WEEK 1
Tasks
5 Tasks to complete
WEEK 2
Classes & Practice
1. Delivering Online + Practice
2. Engaging Online + Practice
3. Presenting Content + Practice
WEEK 3
Classes & Practice
4. Classroom Management + Practice
5. Planning Your Class + Practice
6. Designing The Learning + Practice
WEEK 4
Final Assessment
Deliver a 1-hour public webinar on a platform of your choice
1 Task to complete
VLC Founder & Master Facilitator
Mohd Nadzrin Wahab is the Founder and Master Facilitator of the EnSync Virtual LearnCaster System™. He designed the VLC Certification to teach this system to educators from all walks of life to quickly transition to teaching online.
Nadzrin has been involved in virtual learning since 2008 as a Learning Coach at Accenture and began actively designing and teaching online from 2011 onwards to learners from Asia, Europe and the USA. He has since founded the VLC Family as a professional learning community that shares, supports and serves together to provide quality instruction online.
He has also been invited to share his methodology with the International Islamic University Malaysia, University of Malaya, the Human Resources & Finance Community (Singapore & ASEAN) and corporations in Cambodia.
Nadzrin believes that with the ability to reach learners planetwide, the sky truly is the limit.
Mohd Nadzrin Wahab
VLC Founder & Master Facilitator
Loves kids, comics, cats & helping you succeed.
Our VLC Facilitators
The VLC Facilitators are duly certified VLCs who are entrusted to run the VLC Certification. We have 17 certified facilitators from Malaysia and Qatar who can run the VLC Certification in English, Bahasa Melayu, Tamil, Mandarin and Arabic.
They are able to run it in the JOURNEY, EXPRESS and SPRINT versions as a public or in-house course for organisations. Among the organisations that have engaged us include the Malaysian Institute of Management, the Alliance for Financial Inclusion, the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants, the International Islamic University, Malaysia, JPAN and INSAN Sabah, LPPKN Malaysia. We have also partnered with Monash University Malaysia and UCSI to run VLC for their clients.
Our Clients
Why Choose The VLC?
Since its launch, the VLC Certification has been attended by learners from 22 different countries: teachers, lecturers, corporate trainers, business leaders and most proudly, has gained the trust of the Malaysian Institute of Management and local universities.
It has been acknowledged alongside efforts by WHO, Harvard Business School and MDEC for their progressive efforts to build capacity in virtual learning during the pandemic crisis in 2020.
Learners who attended the VLC Certification report the ease of learning the content and mastering the targeted skills in a safe and encouraging environment, as well as getting enough logistical and emotional support throughout their journey.
The strength of the VLC Certification is the practical application of its design, which allows learners to experience an optimum learning environment which is modelled by the course facilitators themselves.
Above all, the sheer evidence contained in the testimonials by the learners themselves attest to its effectiveness, with many of the VLCs running paid virtual classes almost immediately after they graduated.
Testimonials
Read what our VLCs said about the certification and prepare to experience it yourself.
How I Run My Virtual Classes (ebook)
Are you a trainer who no longer has classroom trainings? Has crisis and competitiveness forced you to pivot online? Are you worried you won't be able to survive in the harsh sea of cyberspace?
My name is Nadzrin and I am a Virtual LearnCaster, someone who runs virtual classes online. To help those who cannot afford to attend my Virtual LearnCaster course, I have written an ebook to help you out.
This ebook contains the essence of how I run my virtual classes since 2011. In it, I introduce you to the Spectrum of Online Learning, from being Presenter-Driven to Learner-Driven. I also share some best practices of how to design your classes to be as experiential and engaging as possible.
What's not covered in the Tools, Teaching and Technique chapters, I cover in a tell-all Q&A that has been repeatedly asked in the various webinars I've run for those interested to teach online.