Instructional Skills Workshop Online - NOV2014-OER
Topic outline
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All participants have "moderator" access. Be mindful of that when in a group session; your actions (such as advancing slides) will affect what everyone sees! New to Blackboard Collaborate? Follow the steps on this support page. You can quickly find the room in the Quick Links block in the top right corner of this course.
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Complete the FLIF, (Feel, Like, Improve, Feedback), form by Sunday night (or Monday morning
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Note: if you worked with a partner you each submit your own form.
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Building Community
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- Build and sustain online community
- Reflect and Self-Assess - Notice what the ISWo facilitators and your colleagues did this week to develop the learning community. What worked for you (e.g., features of the course itself, activities, timing, certain moments or postings)? What could have been done differently?
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Adult Learning Online
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Learning Themes
Apply relevant principles and theory to support adult learners online
- Identify instructional/design problems and propose solutions appropriate for adult online learners
Manage the online course environment
- Use appropriate strategies and tools to establish and maintain instructor presence
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Reminder: Ongoing Activities
Post "nuggets" from your Learning Journal in the
Weekly Journal Share forum by replying to the discussion thread for this week. Comment about your own participation. Did anything special catch your attention this week? Can you think of a way to demonstrate or illustrate that to other participants? Continue to collect images, quotes, and meaningful moments for a final reflective activity in Week 5.
Post your feedback to mini-session facilitators. Look for the thread for each mini-session (posted by the ISWo facilitators).If you facilitated this week, complete your
FLIF (Feel, Like, Improve, Feedback) by Sunday night (or Monday morning )
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Learning Themes
Build & sustain online community
- Recognize and assess community-building elements and strategies in the design of online learning activities and courses
- Use appropriate strategies to support diverse communities of online adult learners
Manage the online course environment
- Use appropriate strategies and tools to establish and maintain instructor presence, and support learning and community goals
- Articulate rationale for instructional choices (including tool selection)
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Reminder: Ongoing Activities
Post "nuggets" in the
Weekly Journal Share forum, self-assess your participation, and collect ideas and resources for a final reflective activity in Week 5.Post your feedback to mini-session facilitators. If you facilitated this week, complete your
FLIF (Feel, Like, Improve, Feedback)
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Facilitating Online Teams
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Learning Themes
Build & sustain online community
- Recognize and assess community-building elements and strategies in the design of online learning activities and courses
- Use appropriate strategies to support diverse communities of online adult learners
Manage the online course environment
- Use appropriate strategies and tools to establish and maintain instructor presence, and support learning and community goals
- Articulate rationale for instructional choices (including tool selection) Attend to “general housekeeping” of the online environment
- Work effectively with groups online (including recognizing group dynamics, and identifying opportunities to prevent or manage group conflict)
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Refer to your rubric or method of assessing your participation in the ISWo.
How are you doing so far?
This poll is anonymous - don't be shy!
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Reminder: Ongoing Activities
Post "nuggets" in the
Weekly Journal Share forum, self-assess your participation, collect images, quotes, ideas for the final week's reflective activity.Post your feedback to the mini-session facilitators. Facilitators complete the
FLIF (Feel, Like, Improve, Feedback)
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Looking Back, Looking Forward
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Learning Themes
Apply relevant principles and theory to support adult learners online
- Engage in reflective practice
- Discuss how to facilitate online learning efficiently
- Help others engage in reflective practice
Use feedback and assessment strategies appropriately
- Provide constructive feedback to your peers
- Critically reflect on feedback and course experiences to evaluate own work and learning
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Learning Themes