Workshop Handbook: Activities: participating

When you are not facilitating your own mini-session, you will be a participant in others' mini-sessions. Your role of participant is KEY!

During this time you are asked to:

Actively participate as a student. Please try to participate equally in all sessions. This ensures all facilitators have an equal opportunity to practice their skills.
Provide timely and constructive feedback to the mini-session facilitators each week.

Here are some suggestions for providing effective feedback. Post your feedback using the structure that has been provided that week.

Aim to post at least one very specific thing the facilitators did well.

This is a great opportunity for you to:

Really make a point of observing discussions unfold. What are you noticing (about how people respond to instructions? How fast/slowly the discussion advances? What's working? What's not? What might you use/avoid in your own online teaching? Jot these things in your journal.
Hone your skills and thinking around assessing online participation - one of the great dilemmas in online learning! How are people performing?
Practice your skills in providing high-quality and meaningful feedback. How can you help facilitators and other participants learn from the experience? And what can you take away from the learning experience yourself?