Facilitating Online
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Facilitating Online 2010
Good online facilitation depends on good online communication skills
Facilitation is a rare and valuable skill to have. It is a service that is often used in conferences, debates, panels and tutorials, or simply where groups of people are meeting and need someone to help negotiate meaning and understanding, and to keep everyone engaged and on task.
This online course is designed to help people to access and interpret models, research, and develop professional expertise in online facilitation.
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The next facilitated course will start on July 19th 2010 and runs until November 26th. If you wish to be sent details about when the course will start or any other information about the course, please contact Sarah Stewart. During the course you will be expected to keep a reflective blog, so if you do not already have one, you may wish to set one up so you are ready to go when the course starts. There are a number of free blogging platforms available - this course recommends Blogger because it is very easy to use if you have never blogged before. However, there are other choices such as Wordpress, Typepad or Edublogs. We will also be exploring a number of online web conferencing tools so it is preferable that you have a headset with microphone. Participation in this course is free. If you think you will benefit from receiving focused and personalised learning support, assessment services, or formal credits for course completion, please consider enrolling as a formal participant (fees apply). For more information about formal enrollment please contact our administrator Catherine Lindsay Email. If you decide to join the course, please add your name, blog address and any other online contact details to the wiki page above called "Participants".
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 Hi, my name is Sarah Stewart and I will be your facilitator during this course. For most of the time I work in the Educational Development Centre at Otago Polytechnic in Dunedin, New Zealand. For the rest of the time I am an educational consultant and facilitator. I am a blogger and am totally addicted to Twitter. My greatest claim to fame is that I am the organizer and facilitator of the Virtual International Day of the Midwife. I am really looking forward to getting to know you all - please feel free to contact me any time to say 'hello', or if you have any queries about the course. You will be asked to join the course email group so you can get a feel for how to facilitate an email group. Click here to join. |
