MicroCourse Handbook
Section outline
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Students mustMark as done
Facilitators: Sue Hellman and Sylvia Currie
Course written and designed by Sue Hellman
Writing a teaching philosophy statement is a complex task. The volume of 'how to' articles and samples available online can be overwhelming. In this course, you'll find a shortlist of resources organized into a process designed to move you from the initial step of collecting your thoughts to composing a first draft (at least) and receiving peer feedback. You can follow along sequentially or cherry pick topics and activities that best fit your needs. THANKS to those of you who have already completed the short survey. If you haven't already done so, it's not too late. No names will be made public.
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Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) MicroCourse handbook
3. About the course tools
We have had success using Moodle for Facilitating Learning Online courses.
Moodle offers flexible options to link to and integrate outside tools and content, as well as to control the openness of a course. In a cohort-based model this single sign on/member management is useful.
A centralized HUB for course content and activities and the ability to self manage subscriptions and notifications makes it easy to stay on top of expectations and course contributions. Also, broadcast and collaborative communication tools are essential.
Other go-to course tools include Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. For web conferences we tend to use Collaborate Ultra.
Having said that, each course is different and we always encourage further tool exploration and learning. We have two mottos that guide this:
- You don't know till you try!
- What's the worst thing that could happen? (Sometimes we find out! 8-o )
This approach works will when you have an Open Forum to ask questions and many willing peers to offer support!