Sylvia Currie

With MicroCourses we just jump right in. Let's do this!

Almost everything you need is in the Activity Packet. There are 10 steps to this process, and today you'll be motoring through 6 of them! Don't worry, much of it is quite light.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the Situating Ourselves activity over the weekend. Keep them coming, and drop a comment or two if you feel compelled. Have you noticed what happens when you click on a word in the tag cloud?

Questions? Ask anything, anytime in the Open forum.

Your facilitators,

Colleen Grandy
Gina Bennett
Sylvia Currie

The FLO MicroCourse, Experience and design a community building activity, runs for five days beginning Monday, October 29 - November 2. There are 16 of us so far, representing 7 post-secondary institutions and several private organizations.

Feeling ambitious?

• Poke around the course to see what's ahead
• Check the first contribution to the Sharing and Feedback forum and do the activity!
• Ask your burning questions in the Open forum

We aim to keep MicroCourses trim and practical. However, we recognize that this might be your first online course, or first time using Moodle. If you're spending too much time getting oriented, send a quick email to Sylvia Currie (scurrie@bccampus.ca). Happy to help!

We look forward to learning all about welcoming learners to a course using community building activities. Thanks for joining us!

Your facilitators,

Colleen Grandy (Yukon College)
Gina Bennett (University of the Fraser Valley, previously College of the Rockies)
Sylvia Currie (BCcampus)

Thank you so much for your active and rich participation!

Of the 29 who signed up, 17 created rubrics and provided feedback to their peers. The course summary shows over 500 contributions over the week. Wow! Here's a list of posts I tagged to display the variety of rubrics at a glance.

Please join me in thanking Jacquie Harrison and Bettina Boyle for their excellent facilitation. These MicroCourses offer a way for FLO facilitators to practice skills and experience team facilitation -- a capstone activity before taking the lead on future FLO courses. Jacquie and Bettina were involved in the planning and design of the course as well -- all volunteer and hugely appreciated!

Before you leave...

We say 5 days, but please feel free to tie up loose ends this weekend -- post that revised rubric, or jump in with another bit of advice or praise. You may also have bookmarked useful articles and websites that would pump up our Resource Collection. And just so you know, this course will remain available to you, so feel free to come back to revisit anytime.

Did you find the MicroCourse peer feedback rubric useful? One question: Should we use this in future MicroCourses (which will always use a peer review model)? Add your comments to the bottom of the rubric page.

You will have received a course evaluation via email. Please let us know about your experience in this MicroCourse! 

Our next MicroCourses are in the calendar. Sign up!

• Experience and design a community building activity October 29 - November 2
• Write your teaching philosophy statement - November 26 - 30

Your grateful FLO facilitators

With MicroCourses we just jump right in. Let's do this! 

Almost everything you need is in the Activity Packet.

Today is all about the research phase: steps 1 - 6. The recommended timeframe for completion is, gulp, today! Don't worry, some of it is quite light, and mostly requires solo pondering and reflection.

Thanks to everyone who posted a quick hello over the weekend! Drop a comment or two if you feel compelled.

Questions? Ask anything, anytime in the Questions & Answers forum.

Your facilitators,

Sylvia Currie
Bettina Boyle
Jacquie Harrison

The FLO MicroCourse, Creating and using rubrics, runs for five days beginning Monday, September 17th. There are 27 of us so far, representing 9 BC public post-secondary institutions and several private organizations. 

Feeling ambitious?

• Poke around the course to see what's ahead
• Post a quick hello 
• Ask your burning questions in the Questions & Answers forum 

We aim to keep MicroCourses trim and practical. However, we recognize that this might be your first online course, or first time using Moodle. If you're spending too much time getting oriented, send a quick email to Sylvia Currie (scurrie@bccampus.ca). Happy to help! 

We look forward to learning all about rubrics with you in the week ahead. Thanks for joining us! 

Your facilitators,

Jacquie Harrison (VCC)

Bettina Boyle (CapU)

Sylvia Currie (BCcampus)