Facilitating a learning community
Course schedule
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Course description
Students learn best when they can interact with their peers. But how do you facilitate interaction in an online course? E-moderating strategies help establish and maintain an online learning community. In this online training you will gain theoretical and practical insights about how to facilitate interaction on text forums. We give examples from Brightspace which you can also apply to other tools such as MS Teams. You reflect on your role as a teacher and explore the advantages and challenges of a-synchronous text communication via discussion forums.
This blended training consists of four parts. Access the course Teaching and Designing a Blended Course. If you don't have access, enroll via https://esd.crs.wur.nl/courses/details/452/.
| Read 3.1 About learning communities, introduce yourself on the forum and tell us your goals. |
| Watch Five tips for moderating an online course and reflect on your moderation strategy for your course |
| Participate in the interactive training: on the date and time for which you registered, go to 3.2 Join an online training session to participate in the Virtual Classroom session. |
| Read 3.3 onwards: resources and exercises to hone your facilitation skills. |
After the training you are able to:
- create social engagement and ownership among your students
- adapt your teaching to the needs of your students, using the 5-stage model of Gilly Salmon
- set up a good forum structure
- write clear instructions for a discussion assignment
- manage your time well.
- discuss any questions you may have with the group and the facilitators