FLO Workshop Handbook
Includes information on the scope and purpose, learning outcomes, participation guidelines, course activities (including mini-session details!) and content.
FLO Learning Activities
Mini-sessions: 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 mini-sessions. This ensures all facilitators have an equal opportunity to practice their skills.
- Here are some suggestions for providing effective feedback. Post your feedback to the forum thread created for each week's mini-session facilitators.
- 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 facilitatorsand other participants learn from the experience? And what can you take away from the learning experience yourself?