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Facilitating Online Collaboration - Carolina Online Teacher Program
This course is the third in the Carolina Online Teacher Program (COLT), a series of courses designed to prepare online instructors. You must complete this course before taking electives.
In session (began November 5)
Communicating online is very different from the familiar experiences with face-to-face communication and creates both challenges and great opportunities. The focus of the course will be to develop strategies and practice skills that are required to facilitate good online communication, moderate online discussion, and promote better accomplishment of instructional goals.
Through asynchronous interaction, we will discuss issues online instructors face, and discuss and apply good facilitation/moderation practices. We will engage in role playing, work together on case studies, and participate in discussions in facilitating and moderating. We will look at how to open discussions, handle problem situations, assess positively and constructively, prompt individuals, guide discussions, and provide encouragement and validation.
During this three-week course participants will engage in weekly assignments, discussion forums, and group activities. Participants will be expected to log in and participate five days per week.
Prerequisites
Course objectives
The overall goal of this course is to provide the training and tools for effective online facilitation and moderation. This course is designed to help improve online course communication and instruction to improve the quality of learner education and course experience.
- Develop strategies for building cohesive online communities
- Develop strategies to build strong teams and learning groups
- Discover techniques that will increase greater learning of key content or topics and build critical thinking skills
- Evaluate communication styles (voices and tones)
- Learn and practice moderating and facilitating techniques and strategies
Time commitment
Approximately 5-7 hours per week
Materials required
None
