effective e-facilitating summer school in educational technology yerevan, 21-25 may 2012 mike...

Effective e-facilitating

Summer School in Educational technology Yerevan, 21-25 May 2012

Mike Mimirinis

Centre for Learning and Teaching Enhancement (CLTE),Middlesex University

a model for e-facilitating

Access and motivationOnline socialisation

Information exchangeKnowledge construction

Development

(Salmon, 2000)

stage one

Access and motivationOnline socialisation

Information exchangeKnowledge construction

Development

You : welcome, encourage, guide, navigate, signpost technical support

Students : setting up, accessing the system

stage two

Access and motivationOnline socialisation

Information exchangeKnowledge construction

Development

Students : send/receive messages, meet the cohort

You : break the ice, set ground rules, provide bridges between social, cultural and learning environments

stage three

Access and motivationOnline socialisation

Information exchangeKnowledge construction

Development

Students : search & personalise software, carry out activities, read & discuss findings

You : facilitate structured activities, assign roles, encourage development of online identities, encourage discussions, summarise & close threads

stage four

Access and motivationOnline socialisation

Information exchangeKnowledge construction

Development

Students : course-related discussions, apply critical thinking to subject material, make connections between previous and existing knowledge, approaches to learning

You : facilitate open activities, identity development, active role, approach to teaching

stage five

Access and motivationOnline socialisation

Information exchangeKnowledge construction

Development

Students: use system strategically, reflect on learning process and the medium, link to outside systems or resources

You: encourage group members to lead discussions, encourage reflection, hand responsibilities to students

•who is who?

•how does it work?

trust

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sociability

• awareness of others

•multiple channels

Text

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•variety of scales - make smaller spaces possible

•learners’ control over what they reveal & what they hide

•cues to identify what is worthwhile and what is not

•connect everything & everybody

•students are mixing and matching different tools to meet their own personal needs

guidelines

(Dron, 2008)

Intended Learning Outcomes

Learning & TeachingActivities

AssessmentMethods

Course organisation Learning support

Students’ backgrounds & expectations

Constructive Alignment (Biggs, 1997)

Congruence (Hounsell et al., 2005)

...and a good old principle

contact and questions

mike.mimirinis@gmail.com

Skype: mike.mimirinis