• Focus on Facilitators

    For the last topic before you devote the remainder of your time to the assessments, we’ll shift our focus back to ourselves as teachers – or as is more appropriate in flexible learning terms: ‘facilitators’. What does teaching in the online environment mean for teachers?

    • Primary Objective:

      • To become aware of and discuss the 'effects' on the role of a teacher/facilitator within the online environment.

    • Key Content:

    • A) Facilitator's roles

      Credit: Jeremy Briggs, Wintec

      The below resources outline different opinions on the various roles of eLearning Facilitators. Have a read and even do your own Google search (Try: "roles of eLearning facilitators") to see what people/trainers/bloggers/the literature have to say about them.

      Think about how this differs from the role of a Face-to-Face classroom teacher (approx. 20mins).

      You can respond to these in the Secondary Objectives activity below.
    • Four Pairs of Shoes URL

      By Ed Hootstein

    • Roles of an eLearning Facilitator Slides URL

      Slides presented on SlideShare.net

    • Teaching in an Online Learning Context URL

      Scroll down just a little bit and view Figure 11-1 to see their version of the roles. You can also read the words if you wish whētero

    • How to Encourage Asynchronous Engagement URL

      From Faculty Focus

    • Key Tasks:

    • 1) Fears and issues bank

      Here is your opportunity to tell us your anonymous concerns about being an eLearning facilitator.

      Use the link below to type in any fears you have, or issues you think exist, around moving your teaching into the online environment (approx. 20mins).

    • Students must
      Mark as done

      2) Second Web Conference

      Once it has been established, the time for our Second Web Conference will be emailed to you.

      ...See below for the recording after the session.

      ...Click the tick box ---> to mark the Second Web Conference as complete if you were able to attend.

    • Remember, everything below here is optional, but you need to complete at least three of these activities across the module to pass Assessment 1.

    • Cool Tool:

    • FlipGrid Video Interactions URL
      Students must
      Mark as done

      FlipGrid is a tool for enabling video interaction (i.e. stimuli and responses) between facilitators and learners, as well as between learners.

      It makes it super easy to record videos that are automatically uploaded to the facilitator's account. It does require a free app on mobile devices, but it works through your computer browser if you have a webcam.

      Click the FlipGrid logo to learn more about it then click the link above to contribute to the video discussion (or download the app and enter the code e5b4f6). 

      You can tick the completion box once you have done it.

    • Secondary Objectives:

    • a) Online teacher's role discussion

      After reading the Key Content resources click on the link below to contribute to a discussion about online teachers' roles and the changes online teaching means to 'traditional' (classroom) teaching practice.

    • Online Teacher's Role Discussion Huinga
      Students must
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