Thread:Planning for online communities (1)

Week one: Introductions - set up blog, RSS

To do
 * Post an overview about your interest in online communities, your understanding about them and a description of what you hope to get out of this course. You may include some examples of communities you are involved in or have participated in previously.
 * Attend a web conference to meet and greet the participants and facilitator.

Week two: What is an online community?

Definitions:

To do
 * Attend a web conference to discuss terminology and definitions relating to online communities.

Week three: Discussions open and closed.


 * base the discussions on two scenarios depicting facilitation versus teaching.

Week 4: Social presence


 * How to build a community.
 * What skills are required.

Guest speakers
 * Wayne mcIntosh - WikiEducator community
 * Beth NGO
 * Colette Blockley - HIVAIDS block course - guest speaker facilitation in f2f course ???

Assessments

Kill the wiki assessment. Use the DFLP model - blogging to weekly schedule and summary under learning objectives, facilitation plan - involves class participants discussing a topic - can invite outside speakers and experts to help), reflection on facilitation event on blog.