Week 1 Resources (Building Community)

Jen Walinga (0:44)

As noted earlier, the emphasis in online facilitation is on guiding and supporting learners versus content "delivery". This point is echoed in the RRU Teaching Philosophy:

At Royal Roads University, faculty members share a passion for teaching and learning.

We:

• value learners as individuals who bring expertise and life experience to their education
• support learners as they construct knowledge in a personally relevant way
• enhance their life-long learning skills
• focus on applied and professional learning
• integrate research into the curriculum
• are experts in many substantive areas of knowledge and take steps to share this
• knowledge in ways that do not interfere with the adult learner's responsibility to learn and reflect for themselves
• are knowledgeable in current adult learning theory
• know how to use appropriate learning technologies for the desired learning objectives
• believe that teaching and learning is a critically reflective practice
• foster learning climates that are respectful, welcoming and inclusive
• facilitate learning experiences that are authentic, challenging, collaborative and engaging model and encourage academic integrity
• are life-long learners who aspire to create experiences where new learning changes all members of the learning community and where learners contribute meaningfully to the learning of others
• actively participate in the University's global learning community

Using Learning Outcomes to guide learning and assessment is probably the most critical element of the RRU online learning context.