session 7 ppt

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Facilitating Online

DiscussionsTrainers Training

8 June 2009


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eSkwela LMS

A LEARNING COMMUNITY VIA INTERNET & INTRANET

LearnerEntry:

FLT Interview ILA

Tertiary Education/ College

VocTech /LivelihoodCourses

Employment

A&E exam

Personal Growth

eSkwela Model

Learner

OtherLearners

eModules

Mentors/

Experts

LearningFacilitator/s

Community

Project(Learner Portfolio)

Discus-sion

Forum

OtherResources

Life Skills, Blended, Self-paced


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Small Group Discu ssion

Try to recall a discussion that you found stimulating and

where you were an active participant. In small groups,

share the following:

a)What was the discussion about? What about the

discussion did you find particularly

stimulating/interesting?

b)Who were the participants? Who was moderatingthe discussion?

c) What did you gain from participating in this

discussion?


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Gains/Benefits from participatingin a discussion

Type participants insights here


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Why engage in onlinediscussion?

Learning is a social activity. Dialogue is essential to the learning

process.

Vygotsky: Individuals learn throughinteraction with social partners (mentors and

knowledgeable peers) in a process of

intersubjectivity (partnership and

collaboration). The Internet as a networking technology:

connecting people separated by time and

space


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Types of online interaction

Synchronous for example, chat, audio/ videoconference

both parties are online at the same time andare engaged in real-time conversation

Asynchronous

for example, email, discussion board/forum)

the parties are not online at the same time;messages are posted for the other to respondto when they can


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Functions of discussion boards

To enable the sharing of information,ideas, opinions and resources

To build collaborative learning teams

To extend and follow up a face-to-facediscussion

To conduct a virtual tutorial

To provide a space for general questionsand answers

To serve as a bulletin board for class

announcements


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Types of discussion questions

Questions can be designed to: Extract knowledge and information

Query learners understanding

Ask learners to analyze information

Have learners apply knowledgegained

Challenge learners to synthesizeinformation

Have learners evaluate content


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Sample discussion questions

What is globalwarming? What are

the causes and

effects of global

warming?

How do you and your

community contribute

to global warming?

What can you do to

help reduce the paceof global warming?

Does not encourage analysisand application; the learner

could simply copy the answer

from the module

Asks the learner to apply conceptslearned from the module to their

own situation; also tests the

learners comprehension of key

concepts because he/she cannot

answer the questions properly

without understanding the key

concepts


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Facilitating online discussions

An online teacher must assume theresponsibility of keeping discussions ontrack, contributing special knowledge and

insights, weaving together variousdiscussion threads and coursecomponents, and maintaining group

harmony (Rohfeld & Hiemstra, 1995, p. 91)


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Questions to enrich a discussion

Questions that

Clarify (e.g. What do you mean by)

Ask about the initial issue (e.g., How can we find out?)

Probe assumptions (e.g. What needs to be true for

this statement to be true?) Probe the origin or source (e.g. Where did this idea

originate?)

Probe reasons and evidence (e.g. What would be

an example of?) Probe implications and consequences (e.g. What

are the implications of?)

Probe viewpoints or perspectives (e.g. What would

be an alternative perspective?)

E i M d t i l i


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Exercise: Moderat ing an onl ine

discussion

1. Some of you will lead a 10-minute onlinediscussion on a topic that you think will beof interest to fellow ALS learning

facilitators. Start the discussion by postinga question or opening gambit. Geteveryone to participate effectively andappropriately in the discussion.

2. Discuss the outcomes of this exercise.What insights do you now have aboutmoderating online discussions?


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