Leigh, That's great. I have been facilitating online classes for a number of years but don't have any accreditation. Would this course provide me with certification? If so, where do I register?
Thank you. Nellie On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 2:14 AM, Leigh Blackall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Open course: Facilitating Online Communities - Starts 28 > July<http://learnonline.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/open-course-facilitating-online-communities/> > > [image: Two Phones CC By iBoy Daniel] > > That course we ran last year is coming up again. I've tweaked it quite a > bit <http://www.wikieducator.org/Facilitating_online_communities> - free > at last from the learning management system it was locked up inside, running > in a wiki schedule, backed up by blogs and an email forum. > > *This course* has been developed by staff in the Educational Development > Centre of Otago Polytechnic<http://www.wikieducator.org/Otago_Polytechnic>and > is designed to help both formal and informal learners access and > interpret models, research and professional dialog in the facilitation of > online communities. After completing this course people should be confident > in facilitating online and/or be able to critique and offer advice to other > people in the facilitation of online communities. > *The next facilitated course starts 28 July 2008.* > *Participation in this course* is open. You will need to have regular > access the Internet and be comfortable with independently completing tasks. > To join simply introduce yourself to the discussion > page<http://www.wikieducator.org/Talk:Facilitating_online_communities>and > include an email address that can be use to add you to an email forum > for the course. > > In formal learning terms this is a level 7 course registered on the New > Zealand Qualifications > Authority<http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/levels.html>. > Formal learning participants engage in this course for a period of 10 weeks > with an indicative time commitment of at least 6 hours per week. Formal > learners will receive concentrated learning support throughout this period, > and assessment services and formal recognition at the completion of the > course. Some people may prefer to engage in this course informally and to > set their own pace through the work using the schedule as a guide. Informal > engagement is welcome and arrangements can be made for formal assessment and > recognition at any time with the course facilitator. > Contents > > - 1 Facilitating Online Communities > blog<http://www.wikieducator.org/Facilitating_online_communities#Facilitating_Online_Communities_blog> > - 2 > Participation<http://www.wikieducator.org/Facilitating_online_communities#Participation> > - 3 Learning > objectives<http://www.wikieducator.org/Facilitating_online_communities#Learning_objectives> > - 4 > Schedule<http://www.wikieducator.org/Facilitating_online_communities#Schedule> > - 4.1 Wk 1: Orientation 28 July - 3 > August<http://www.wikieducator.org/Facilitating_online_communities#Wk_1:_Orientation_28_July_-_3_August> > - 4.2 Wk 2: What is an online community? 4 - 10 > August<http://www.wikieducator.org/Facilitating_online_communities#Wk_2:_What_is_an_online_community.3F_4_-_10_August> > - 4.3 Wk 3: Facilitating, moderating, or teaching 11 - 17 > August<http://www.wikieducator.org/Facilitating_online_communities#Wk_3:_Facilitating.2C_moderating.2C_or_teaching_11_-_17_August> > - 4.4 Wk 4: Looking for online community: Discussion forums 18 - 24 > > August<http://www.wikieducator.org/Facilitating_online_communities#Wk_4:_Looking_for_online_community:_Discussion_forums_18_-_24_August> > - 4.5 Wk 5: Looking for online community: Blog networks 25 - 31 > > August<http://www.wikieducator.org/Facilitating_online_communities#Wk_5:_Looking_for_online_community:_Blog_networks_25_-_31_August> > - 4.6 Wk 6: Looking for online community: Wiki collaborators 1 - 7 > > September<http://www.wikieducator.org/Facilitating_online_communities#Wk_6:_Looking_for_online_community:_Wiki_collaborators_1_-_7_September> > - 4.7 Wk 7: Looking for online community: Virtual Worlds 8 - 14 > > September<http://www.wikieducator.org/Facilitating_online_communities#Wk_7:_Looking_for_online_community:_Virtual_Worlds_8_-_14_September> > - 4.8 Wk 8: Looking for online community: Social networking > platforms 15 - 21 > September<http://www.wikieducator.org/Facilitating_online_communities#Wk_8:_Looking_for_online_community:_Social_networking_platforms_15_-_21_September> > - 4.9 Wk 9: Facilitate an event for an online community 22 - 28 > > September<http://www.wikieducator.org/Facilitating_online_communities#Wk_9:_Facilitate_an_event_for_an_online_community_22_-_28_September> > - 4.10 Wk 10: Evaluate the facilitation of an event held for an > online community 29 September - 5 > October<http://www.wikieducator.org/Facilitating_online_communities#Wk_10:_Evaluate_the_facilitation_of_an_event_held_for_an_online_community_29_September_-_5_October> > - 5 > Assignments<http://www.wikieducator.org/Facilitating_online_communities#Assignments> > - 5.1 Assignment 1: Weekly reading and > blogging<http://www.wikieducator.org/Facilitating_online_communities#Assignment_1:_Weekly_reading_and_blogging> > - 5.2 Assignment 2: Facilitate an online > event<http://www.wikieducator.org/Facilitating_online_communities#Assignment_2:_Facilitate_an_online_event> > - 5.3 Assignment 3: Evaluate a facilitated online > event<http://www.wikieducator.org/Facilitating_online_communities#Assignment_3:_Evaluate_a_facilitated_online_event> > - 6 Related > courses<http://www.wikieducator.org/Facilitating_online_communities#Related_courses> > > > > -- > -- > Leigh Blackall > +64(0)21736539 > skype - leigh_blackall > SL - Leroy Goalpost > http://learnonline.wordpress.com > > > -- Nellie Deutsch Doctoral Student of Education http://www.nelliemuller.com http://www.integrating-technology.com/pd http://www.building-relationship.com/education http://blendedlear.ning.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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