Week 2 Overview

During this week, you'll be guided through an online learning activity by a team of your peers in FLO. The facilitation team will provide further details in a Instructions and Schedule document that will be posted above the week's activity forum. A launch message will be sent out late Sunday evening or first thing Monday morning.

Focus for the Activity

You’ll be asked to explore the differences between face-to-face and online learning environments from the potential perspectives of adults of various ages, cultural backgrounds, economic conditions, and personal and educational backgrounds. Online learning environments also present different opportunities and challenges for learners (and new facilitators!)

Goals

Explore the opportunities and challenges of online learning as they relate to the diverse needs of adult learners. Or, put differently:

• What supports do learners need in online learning environments?
• What opportunities exist online that can be used to make learning more effective or interesting for adults online?
• What challenges exist about online that might affect your learners?