Nellie sent a separate note: I feel that it may be important for the participants to be on the same page as the facilitator. Is the discussion on the Moodle, google group or both? I offered my ideas because I wanted to help. Perhaps it would be helpful to add the purpose of the discussions or workshop on the Moodle and have them come from there and not on the google.
Yes - the discussions are in Moodle. The postings here are reminders and invitations to encourage WE google group readers that the discussions in Moodle are moving to the next topic and everyone is welcome to join in. That's what I meant and I though that's what I said. As always, Nellie makes a valid point. One can never provide too much information about purpose and objectives. Being subtle or assuming people "get it" once you have made your point, shouldn't be the end of stating the purpose of your project. The posting quoted below in its entirety, is the first promotional posting that I sent to the WE google group. In the sidebar in the Moodle course the following text is permanently displayed " This workshop is an ongoing discussion forum. New topics will be introduced each week. Each topic will run for 2 weeks. The idea is to have some quality discussions on important topics in online teaching and learning. " All WikiEducators are welcome. Lurk or actively participate. Suggest discussion topics. Subscribe to the discussions and have them come to you." I'd like for these informal workshops to work. I think that a WE Moodle course is the place for these discussions to take place. The WE brand gives them credibility. The discussions are organized and enduring. The workshop can even have other cohorts go through, benefit from the discussions from previous sessions and add to the existing information. Over time this becomes a very effective topical resource. This part works - I have had 2 cohorts go through our college course. Folks in the second cohort really enjoyed learning from colleagues who had worked through the discussions 6 months earlier. What more can / should be done to address Nellie's issues? What isn't clear about the objectives and the process? How can this be made to work more effectively? ..Valerie On Feb 10, 10:54 am, valerie <[email protected]> wrote: > I have set up an online workshop in the WikiEducator Moodle course > management systemhttp://moodle.wikieducator.org/ > > Please join the discussions. > > Online Teaching and > Learninghttp://moodle.wikieducator.org/course/view.php?id=26 > > In 1987 Chickering & Gamson published the now famous Seven Principles > for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education. These principles are > based on the perspective that the goal of a proper undergraduate > education should be active, cooperative, and challenging. > > This workshop is an ongoing discussion forum. New topics will be > introduced each week. Each topic will run for 2 weeks. The idea is to > have some quality discussions on important topics in online teaching > and learning. > > All WikiEducators are welcome. Lurk or actively participate. Suggest > discussion topics. Subscribe to the discussions and have them come to > you. > > The first topic will begin Thursday Feb 12 and run for 2 weeks. > > 1. Encourage student-faculty contact (Feb 12 - Feb 26) > > As technology is added, students have more opportunity to initiate > contact - send emails, ask questions in an online forum. The > instructor is still essential to the dialog, but students now play a > more active role in the contact. More student interaction, greater > responsibility for learning, empowering students in ways not > previously available to them. > > How is student-faculty contact changing? What can be done to encourage > it? Are there barriers to student-faculty contact? How can these be > removed? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
