Week 1 Overview

Optional Reading and Viewing

The following optional readings and videos are provided as references for the topics discussed in this week's Overview.

Cougler Blom, Beth, Online Facilitation - Tips and Strategies (PDF)
RRU - CTET. (2008, Fall). Facilitating Online Learning (PDF) Tools for Teaching (T4T) Tipsheet, 1(2), 1-2. Note: Still a useful guide for online facilitators!
Vaughan, Norman et al (2013) Chapter 3: FACILITATION, Teaching in Blended Learning Environments: Creating and Sustaining Communities of Inquiry, AU Press, pp.45-62.
White, Nancy, Full Circle Associates, (updated article Mar 15, 2015) An Overview of Online Facilitation
Roberts, Tracy, RRU - CTET. (1/1/2010). Assessing Online Participation (PDF)

Videos

Excerpts from 2008 Online Facilitation Strategies video - (6 min, Youtube)
0:11 - "How do you help students interact effectively in an online course?"
1:20 - "How do you sustain online discussions?"
1:45 - How do you keep a presence in online discussions without taking over the conversations?"

And just for fun....

(3:08 YouTube video)
Note: Calling all Elvis fans....(funny because it's true?)

Richardson, Jennifer C et al. (2015) Conceptualizing and investigating instructor presence in online learning environments. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, [S.l.], v. 16, n. 3, Jun. 2015. ISSN 1492-3831. Retrieved from http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2123/3349
Thormann, Joan, Fidalgo, Patricia (2014) Guidelines for Online Course Moderation and Community Building from a.Student's Perspective. MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, Vol. 10, No. 3, September 2014, Retrieved from http://jolt.merlot.org/vol10no3/Thorman_0914.pdf
Note: Review the Abstract and the final sections - Discussion and Implications (pp383-385).

Garrison, D. R., Anderson, T., & Archer, W. (2000). Critical inquiry in a text-based environment: Computer conferencing in higher educationmodel. The Internet and Higher Education, 2(2-3), 87-105
Interactive CoI Model - https://coi.athabascau.ca/coi-model/an-interactive-coi-model/ Note: includes definitions and embedded videos explaining elements of each presence

Effective Feedback - http://ctet.royalroads.ca/effective-feedback - Centre for Teaching & Educational Technologies, Royal Roads University