Week 2: Overview

Here we are in Week 2! This week we look at issues relating to facilitating synchronous online sessions.

This week consists of of the following topics:

• Synchronous facilitation skills
• Looking at typical synchronous session activities and considerations from opening to closing
• Advice from seasoned synchronous online facilitators

You will get a chance to:

• Continue building our course community
• Participate in our second synchronous online session together as a class
• Discuss issues and questions, as a group, relating to facilitating synchronous online sessions
• (Practicing Facilitators): Plan and ask any questions related to planning your facilitation session. Announce the timing of your facilitation session so that members of our class can attend. Advertise with any non-class participants you'd like to be there. Schedule your attendance into at least one other facilitation session being held by practicing facilitators.
• (Reviewing Participants): Respond to questions from practicing facilitators as they plan their facilitation sessions. Schedule your attendance into at least two facilitation sessions being held by practicing facilitators.