Course: Facilitating Learning Online - APR2015-OER | SCoPE

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- FLO Workshop Handbook
  
  Includes information on the scope and purpose, learning outcomes, participation guidelines, course activities (including mini-session details!) and content.
- List of Mini Sessions + Facilitation Teams Page
- Ongoing Discussions and Activities
- FORUM: Open Forum
  
  This forum is for asking for - and giving - help/clarification/guidance about this course, broadcasting announcements, introducing topics of interest, sharing tid bits, and just generally shooting the breeze.
- FORUM: Weekly Journal Share
  
  Make forum posts: 4
- FORUM: Post your feedback to mini-session facilitators
  
  Make forum posts: 4
- FLO Blackboard Collaborate Web Conferencing Room (add a link to your own room here) URL
  
  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.
- FLIF - use this to share your facilitation reflection with FLO course facilitators Quiz
  
  Complete the FLIF, (Feel, Like, Improve, Feedback), form by Sunday night (or Monday morning ) after the week you facilitate your mini-session.
  
  Tip: After adding content to the form, scroll down and click the "next" button before closing your browser or going for lunch. YOU decide when it's finished ("submit all and finish" button)
  
  Note: If you worked with a partner you each submit your own FLIF.
- Announcements Forum
Week 1: Welcome and Orientation
Welcome and Orientation
- Week 1: Overview, Readings and Resources Book
  
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- FORUM: Introductions
  
  Make forum posts: 1
- FORUM: How do I...
  
  Make forum posts: 1
- FORUM: Online Community Building
- Reminders:
  
  Have you reviewed the Workshop Handbook and Calendar?
  
  You can always post questions in the Open Forum - it's monitored closely.
Week 2: The Online Learner
The Online Learner
- Week 2: Overview, Readings and Resources Book
  
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- Week 2 Mini-Session Activities (Participants)
- Mini-session: Adult Learners Online
- FORUM: Week 2 Adult Learners Online
- Week 2 Mini-Session Planning (Facilitators)
- Week 2 Back Pocket Strategies Book
- FORUM: Week 2 Mini-Session Planning (Orange Team)
- 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? How will you 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
  
  If you facilitated this week, complete your FLIF (Feel, Like, Improve, Feedback) by Sunday night (or Monday morning )
Week 3: Online Design - Issues and Tools
Online Design - Issues and Tools
- Week 3 Overview, Readings and Resources Book
  
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- Week 3 Mini-Session Activities (Participants)
- Mini-session: Choosing Your Tools
- FORUM: Week 3 Choosing Your Tools
- Mini-session: Course Review Task Force (Case Study)
- Case: Course Review Task Force Book
- FORUM: Week 3 Course Review Task Force
- Week 3 Mini Session Planning (Facilitators)
- FORUM: Wk 3 Mini-Session Planning (Purple Team)
- FORUM: Week 3 Mini-Session Planning (Blue Team)
- Week 3 Back Pocket Strategies (both teams) Book
- 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)
Week 4: Communication and Collaboration
Communication and Collaboration
- Week 4 Overview, Reading and Resources Book
  
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- Your Participation in FLO - Self Check Poll Choice
  
  Refer to your rubric or method of assessing your participation in the FLO.
  
  How are you doing so far?
  
  This poll is anonymous - don't be shy!
- Week 4 Mini-Session Activities (Participants)
- Mini-session: Facilitation Techniques and Strategies
- FORUM: Week 4 Facilitation Techniques and Strategies
- Mini-session: Team in Trouble
- Case Study: Team in Trouble Page
- FORUM: Week 4 Team in Trouble
- Week 4 Mini-Session Planning (Facilitators)
- Week 4: Back Pocket Strategies Book
- FORUM: Week 4 Mini Session Planning (Pink Team)
- FORUM: Week 4 Mini Session Planning (Yellow Team)
- Reminder: Ongoing Activities
  
  Post "nuggets" in the Weekly Journal Share forum, self-assess your participation, collect images, quotes, ideas for next week's final reflective activity.
  
  Post your feedback to the mini-session facilitators.
  
  Facilitators complete the FLIF (Feel, Like, Improve, Feedback)
Week 5: Looking Back / Looking Forward
Looking Back / Looking Forward
- Week 5 Overview, Readings and Resources Book
  
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- Week 5 Mini-Session Activities (Participants)
- Mini-session: Assessing Participation
- FORUM: Assessing Participation
- Mini-session: Looking Back / Looking Forward
- Instructions - Looking Back/Looking Forward Activity
- FORUM: Looking Back, Looking Forward
  
  Make forum posts: 1
- Week 5 Mini-Session Planning (Facilitators)
- Week 5 Back Pocket Strategies Book
- FORUM: Wk 5 Mini Session Planning (Green Team)
- Last items for wrapping up FLO
  
  We'll aim to finish Week 5 mini sessions by Friday. Please complete the end-of-course Participant Feedback Survey [insert link] while the FLO experience is fresh in your minds.