General forums
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| Announcements | General news and announcements |
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Learning forums
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| Week 1 - Welcome | Getting to know your peers | Time for introductions! This online course will require you to work collaboratively with your peers! You will discover this is an important facilitation strategy which we are modelling. As you will need to rely on them and they on you its important to get to know them! Introduce yourself by ... |
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| Week 1 - What is facilitation? | Define facilitation | What is the difference between teaching and facilitation? What are the challenges you might expect in an online class as compared to a face to face session? Use the discussion forum below to post what you think a good definition of facilitation would be. Have a look what your peers have posted and... |
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| Week 1 - First facilitator's hat: Support online learning | Stimulate a good discussion forum | In your experience, what needs to be in place for online course participants to actively participate in a good argument? How would you do this online? Brainstorm your ideas with your colleagues here. Reply to their posts. (Note: This discussion contributes to the course completion statistics. In ... |
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| Evaluate a discussion forum post |
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| Week 2 - Second facilitator's hat: Nurture social relations | Conflict resolution discussion | Consider this scenario: After a meeting lasting most of the morning, you return to the discussion forum. In the rough and tumble of a lively debate, one participant has posted a message that offends many of your deeply held religious beliefs. You also think that the message is likely to cause ... |
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| Week 2 - Third facilitator's hat: Manage and administer | No One gets left Behind forum | Upload your infographics here- Feel free to use the images from this course (Eg from the week 2 refresher quiz, readings, Creative commons resources,..etc) tp show your solutions for how you would engage all the learners. |
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| Week 3 - Synchronous facilitation techniques | Synchronous meeting horror stories | As a group share your favourite synchronous meeting 'horror story'. Describe a meeting from hell. Think of the advice offered by Fogelberg and Tavanyar. What was wrong with the meeting and how might it have been improved? Make sure you post and then reply to at least two of your peers' ... |
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