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I have included the course outline below ... we need more of these types of courses around the world! - SLC See: http://www.hansardsociety.org.uk/etraining.htm ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 11:55:05 -0000 From: "Edemocracy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ... clip ... I was hoping you might be willing to put notice of the e-democracy online moderators course the Hansard Society are running on your Democracies Online Newswire or site. We have run two successful courses from which we've received very positive feedback. The 3rd course commences 31st January and we will sign people up till that date if the course is not running to full capacity. If the course is full there will be another course run a couple of months after the start of this one to which potential participants can sign up anyway. It is a course that the Hansard society has developed as an innovative new training course for anyone wanting to acquire the key skills vital for the mediation of online policy deliberation. Government, parliament, local councils, the media, business and the voluntary sector are increasingly eager to hear what people have to say about public policy and there is a growing recognition that the internet can be used as a valuable tool to seek public reaction. Skilled moderators are needed to contribute to the democratic process by providing trusted facilitation. The Hansard society training course has been designed to meet this demand. The course - the first of its kind in the UK - has been developed by the Hansard Society in association with Dr Gilly Salmon of the Open University. The course objectives are : * To explore, establish and practise the skills of co-ordinating online democratic forums. * To enable online democratic deliberation to take place with maximum efficiency and minimum disruption. * To learn how to capture a diversity of public knowledge, experience and opinion and to relay it to policy makers. The e-democracy co-ordinators training course is run entirely through the internet. Participants are expected to complete five hours a week over a five week period, to successfully complete the course. To date, other successful participants have come from national government, local government, multimedia and IT organisations, the voluntary sector, academics and consultants. The price of the course is £495.00 with a £50 discount for those who apply before 17th January for the next e-democracy co-ordinators course which starts January 31, 2003. We have a few places left on the next course and very much look forward to hearing from interested parties. For course information visit http://www.hansardsociety.org.uk Or contact Sara Smallbone on +44 20 7955 7713. Best wishes for 2003 Study Programme and e-Democracy Team Hansard Society LSE 9 Kingsway Course curriculum Week 1 – Access and Motivation Recruiting and motivating people to participate Sending a message to a forum Sending a message to an individual Getting & using help Navigation in the online world Expressing expectations and needs Accommodating late arrivals and rolling starts Personal and group reflection Week 2 – Socialization Equality and diversity Exploring asynchronous online working in the service of democracy Establishing online identities and perspectives Principles of online communication Personal and group reflection Week 3 – Exchanging information Invitations Weaving Interventions Exchanging information Using electronic information Validity of information Understanding the process of democratic deliberation Archiving Feedback Closing Personal and group reflection Week 4 – Constructing knowledge Promoting participation Designing for participation Dealing with emotions Managing time Dealing with volume Personal and group reflection Week 5 – Development Being heard Understanding the impact of contributions Synthesising & conveying Giving feedback Personal development plans Footprints Overview and reflection ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Past Messages, Discussion http://e-democracy.org/do *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To UNSUBSCRIBE instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please forward this post to others and encourage *** *** them to subscribe to the free DO-WIRE service. *** *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
