{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Course Lab: Lessons from Successful Online Course Creators","title":"Special Part 2: Harnessing Community in Courses (Joachim Lépine)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1625,"description":"This is Part 2 of revisiting our two all-time most popular episodes (tied). Joachim Lépine breaks down his six-module course for translators, starting with the importance of support and community. He also discusses weekly calls, check-ins, community, interactive learning, and organizing content.\nJoachim Lépine is a French-English translator, translator trainer, and the founder of Lion Translations.\nIn this episode, Ari, Abe, and Joachim discuss: Joachim Lépine’s background and journey to creating online courses for translators His translation course structure and key areas of focus The primary audience for the course and their needs Evolving the course from its initial version to the current improved model The importance of support and community in the course structure Using Discord for community interaction and support Lessons learned and improvements made from earlier attempts Challenges and considerations in creating effective online courses \n\n“I really organize things in threes. Whether you’re talking about an individual lesson or your modules… It’s easy to remember things in threes. It makes things easy to process for short-term memory.” — Joachim Lépine \nGuest Bio:\nJoachim Lépine is a French-to-English translator with a passion for helping translators to thrive. Even more importantly, he’s a proud dad... and dog owner!\nIn recent years, Joe has provided training for the United Nations, the European Commission, OTTIAQ, Magistrad, Editors Canada, the Translation Bureau, ITI (UK), Training for Translators (USA), and many others.\nJoe taught English translation and related courses at Université de Sherbrooke for nearly 15 years and was head of the OTTIAQ continuing education committee from 2013 to 2020. He holds degrees in fine arts, professional translation, and education, respectively from Concordia University, Université de Sherbrooke, and Plymouth State University.\nResources or websites mentioned in this episode:\nMirasee\nRuzuku\nJoachim’s website:...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/RrUM3U4aqO18wub7c2UBNsWhOZ9YmgOHMfCFUQ85YtY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yNTgz/MWU5Y2EwNjI5YTQy/YmE2NGJjYjFmMmRh/Mjc2Ny5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}