THE CONSULTANTS-E E-MODERATOR’S COURSE October 2015
E-Moderator’s Course Resources Pack Created by: GROUP 1: Chris Bogner, Erica Lerdeman and Chris Meoli GROUP 2: Lizzy Adams, Barbara Milburn, Mary Gorman and Bruce Sommerville GROUP 3: Alex Jimenez, Brian Shade and Seetha Venunathan
E-Moderator’s Course Resources Pack Chapters 1. Starting off online – creating a good social environment on-line 2. Going Deeper – the development of knowledge and online content 3. Rounding up – assessment and ending a course
Brian’s parting reflections:
Chapter One:
Starting off online – creating a good social environment on-line Resources Complied by Teaching House North America Chris Bogner, Erica Lerdeman and Chris Meoli
Using Discussion in Online Courses: The importance of interactivity This article explores how interaction patterns that are frequent, meaningful and “just in time” help keep students motivated and feeling like part of a community. It also discusses how an online discussion facilitator has nine distinct roles, not dissimilar to teacher roles in f2f classrooms. https://academics.utep.edu/Portals/844/nofo/Using%20Discussions%20in%20Online %20Courses.pdf
Participating in Discussion Boards This short video was developed for freshmen college students showing them how to participate and respond to discussion board questions. It might be a nice resource to send to course participants who haven’t learned online before.
Using Discussion Boards to Engage Students An American university explains how she manages discussion boards in her online classroom to maximize contribution from her students. This is a good reminder for us all.
Meaningful Interaction in Online Courses This article explores the importance of creating a good online environment in ways that go beyond just writing. Good video conferencing systems can enable online classes to have more meaningful and less formal ways to communicate in the online world that both students and educators want. https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/higher-ed-beta/meaningful-interaction-online-courses
Establishing Teacher Presence and Building an Online Learning Community This slideshow presents some tips and tricks about ice breakers, and instructor presence online. http://www.powershow.com/view/30d5dNmJkM/Establishing_Instructor_Presence_and_Building_an_Online_Learning_Community_pow erpoint_ppt_presentation
Role Ambiguity in Online Courses This is a very interesting (and recent – 2013) research paper that investigates and compares the expected role of students and instructors in online courses. It can provide any online instructor with more in-depth, research-based data on how to manage expectations and what role to play in an online environment. http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/publications/role-ambiguity-in-online-courses.html
Exploring Four Dimensions Of Online Instructor Roles: A Program Level Case Study This is another research paper that explores online instructor role and emphasis. The findings indicate a dearth in social engagement on the instructor’s part and explores approaches to develop the skills in online courses. onlinelearningconsortium.org/sites/default/files/v9n4_liu_1.pdf
Socialization in Online programs This paper/report is more geared to online courses for school students; however, it does offer extensive information on the socialization process online and how the instructor can help facilitate this process. http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED509631.pdf
Nicky Hockley, “Activities for online courses: The Beginning” Link: http://www.emoderationskills.com/?p=71 Description: This blog has two concrete ideas with procedural detail for “get to know you” type activities - one called 3-2-1 and another using an online platform called “Glogster”.
Aditi Rao, “21st Century Icebreakers: 13 Ways To Get To Know Your Students with Technology" Link: http://teachbytes.com/2012/08/05/21st-century-icebreakers-10-ways-to-get-to-know-yourstudents-with-technology/ Description: This is a great list of icebreaker activities using a variety of online tools - Pinterest, comic strips, Weavly, surveys, word clouds, etc. There are some additional good ideas in the comments section.
Chapter 2 Going Deeper – the development of knowledge and online content Lizzy Adams, Barbara Milburn, Mary Gorman and Bruce Sommerville
This video is a screen cast of the whole group’s work made by Lizzy.
Chapter 3
Rounding up – assessment and ending a course Alex Jimenez, Brian Shade and Seetha Venunathan •
Assessing Asynchronous Discussions and Chats
•
Assessment of synchronous chats
•
Activities to round up and finish a course
The resources created for this chapter are all shared on a blog post:
Thanks to all involved in the course, I hope you all have wonderful online teaching careers and make really good e-moderators!