Key facilitator roles (chs. 3-4):
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Doering, A. (2004). Necessary ingredients. Powerpoint presentation as part of Building Online Communities class, University of Minnesota, July 26, 2004.
How do we build community?
BLOGs, pictures/bios, student presentations, inspiration (concept mapping)
How do we get to know someone without meeting them?
History, Pictures, Audio (voice), attachments (papers), ask questions
How do we make it meaningful learning for students?
Connect to personal schemas (contexts), techno-friendly, connected to previous learning and stimulating further learning, valuable/useful for the learner, something they want to share, accomplish student goals, cooperative (truly learning together), timely/needed
What are the tools you want to give students to communicate?
Threaded discussion, chat rooms, video, audio Inspiration (students purchase as if they would a textbook)
Problem based environment with over-arching theme where it is the student's mutual purpose to find solutions
-Of the tech tools avaliable, what is best for our clientele (don't assume newest is best)
-What tech can be used in addition, on the side (i.e. Inspiration)
How facilitate student to student communication?
All share intellectual resources, peer review and critique
How make it aesthitically pleasing?
Look at other websites. How do they make you feel? What is inviting?
-How can aesthetics enhance safe and comfortable feel?
How do we get students to need the community; instill intrinsic motivation?
-Learning groups of 3-4
-Assign specific tasks (accomplish this, present this, solve this)
-Work toward bigger/capstone project that motivates people to do well and learn
Is there an anonymous area to discuss?
Tapped in
Blackboard
WebEx
Macromedia Breeze
Ichat (Apple)
WebCT
Scaffold students into a pragmatic discussion bulding on the three forms of dialogue:
1. Social (ideal weekend)
2. Argumentative (Bush v. Perry)
3. Pragmatic (submit idea for building online community)
(a) specific goal (b) group working on goal
1. Define purpose of community and establish daily problem-based goal
2. Create distinct gathering place - where will we meet in the online environment?
3. Promote effective leadership from within
4. Define norms and clear code of conduct
5. Assure a wide range and variety for member's roles
6. Members resolve their own disputes and have a place to go when they can't get it worked out
Facilitator
"Guide on the side"
Design learning environment that best engages students
Stimulate dialogue
Release control - give it to students