General forums

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Latest News & Updates (from ISWO Facilitators)

Latest News & Updates

General news and announcements from your ISWO facilitators.

Posts made here will be highlighted in the "Latest News" block on the top right of the main course view.

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FORUM: Open Forum

Open Forum

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This forum is for asking for - and giving - help/clarification/guidance about this course, introducing topics of interest to you, sharing tid bits, and just generally shooting the breeze. 

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FORUM: Weekly Journal Share

Weekly Journal Share: Moving from thought to Action

A learning journal can be a powerful tool for individual reflection, synthesizing and sense-making. You are asked to keep a journal (any format you like) as you move through this course, and share a little "nugget" from it each week in this ...

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Mini -Session Planning Forum (for Teams)

Mini-Session Planning Forum (for Teams)

This forum is for members of each mini-session team to communicate and plan. The forum has been set to "automatic subscription" to ensure that everyone in the course will be notified (email or messages) as each team begins to plan.

Note:  In previous ...

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FORUM: Post your feedback to mini-session facilitators

Facilitators appreciate thoughtful and helpful feedback during and especially after their mini-sessions. They will use your comments posted in this forum and suggestions from their own reflection activity (the FLIF) to improve their facilitation skills.

Please, consult Suggestions for Giving Good...

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Learning forums

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Week 1: Building Community FORUM: Introductions

Introductions 

One of the goals of this unit is to get to know each other, share experiences and start to create a sense of community.

This activity links to the following Learning Outcomes:

Learning OutcomeSelf-Assessment Criteria
Build and sustain online community Uses ...
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FORUM: Online Community Building

Discussion: Online Community Building

The goal of this discussion is to explore the qualities, benefits, challenges and responsibilities associated with online community building. This discussion is linked to the following Learning Outcomes:

Learning OutcomeSelf-Assessment Criteria
  • Recogni...
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Week 2: Adult Learning Online FORUM: Week 2 Mini Session Planning Team

FORUM: Week 2 Mini Session Planning Team

This forum is for the week 2 mini session team members to communicate and plan. Although it is intended for just the facilitation team, It is visible to ALL participants. This way everyone can choose to learn from your planning strategies -- sort of like ...

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Week 3: Choosing Your Tools FORUM: Week 3 Discussion

FORUM: Week 3 Discussion

Facilitators Tamora Davy and Lucas Wright will be posting discussion questions and offering support throughout the week in this forum.

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FORUM: Week 3 Assignment

Post 3: Your Tool Pitch

Due: Friday, February 28th

Scenario:

Canada University has recently developed an initiative to make their online faculty Orientation to Teaching Online more engaging and include more collaborative and peer-based activity. The course has been developed a number of years ago...

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We are about mid way , time to remember to laugh . .share one ( or more) moments from teaching ( f2f or online) that have made you pause and chuckle out loud .. retrieved from funnyjunk.com

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FORUM: Week 3 Mini Session Planning Team

FORUM: Week 3 Mini Session Planning Team

This forum is for the week 3 mini session team members to communicate and plan. Although it is intended for just the facilitation team, It is visible to ALL participants. This way everyone can choose to learn from your planning strategies -- sort of like ...

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Week 4: Facilitating Online Teams FORUM Week 4 Mini Session Discussions

During this week's mini session, David and Cindy will facilitate three forum threads:

  • Team Charter
  • Sharing Stories
  • Reflective Learning in Community

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FORUM: Week 4 Mini Session Planning Team

FORUM: Week 4 Mini Session Planning Team

This forum is for the week 4 mini session team members to communicate and plan. Although it is intended for just the facilitation team, It is visible to ALL participants. This way everyone can choose to learn from your planning strategies -- sort of like a...

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Facilitating Teamwork (Class)

Facilitating TeamWork

The mini-session facilitators will provide instructions for completing this activity.

Learning Outcomes (participants will be able to...Assessment Criteria
Facilitate online learning more effectively
  • Define instructor role(s) in supporting learning online
  • Demonstrate ...
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Week 5: Looking Back, Looking Forward FORUM: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Looking Back, Looking Forward (Class)

The goal of this activity is to help you engage in and share your reflective practice by taking stock of your learning in ISWO and making concrete plans for next steps.

Use the following prompts to craft a response (in text, as a forum post, or any kind of ...

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FORUM: Assessing Participation

Assessing Participation

Mini-session facilitators will provide direction for this activity.

ISWO Learning Outcomes related to this activity:

Learning Outcomes (participants will be able to...)Assessment Criteria
Use feedback and assessment strategies appropriately
  • Provide constructive ...
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