Maryannes Draft Plan
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Maryanne’s Facilitation Plan
(Draft v1)
Identification and timing
Facilitator’s Name: Maryanne Wright
Class Identifier: Facilitating e-learning communities
Start Time: 9:00 am
Start Date: Monday 9th October, 2006
Finish Time: 6:00pm
Finish Date: Sunday 15th October, 2006
Reason for the meeting
What makes good emoticons?
Establish twenty emoticons that will be used in our group.
Medium used
For this activity I will be using asynchronous discussion areas an emit black board.
Some of the benefits of using this are:
Group members can discuss at different times of the day and night.
It is not dependant on everyone being on line at once.
A thread can be added to and re added to.
Topics can be re-visited
This gives a collaborative approach and fosters a community spirit.
Comments are able to be modified
Reflection is an important part of constructive discussion and by having discussion forums available all week, the reflection process is maintained.
Time to research the exercise.
I will be able to answer questions in my available times.
Description of the group
The group I will be facilitating will be ‘Limbs Jones’ group. ‘Limbs Jones’ comprises of fifteen members but not all are active.
The group started in 24th July 2006 and the gender is mostly female. There is a wide range of ages. The members of the group are in various locations around New Zealand and abroad. This can cause a slight delay in response as there is a 15 hour time difference between members.
All members are working towards developing online courses for their respective employment. Most members of the group are tutors or, in some way connected to education.
The learning styles are mixed but there is a lean towards the visual learner.
Some members have previously met on other on-line courses and face to face.
The group are approximately half way through their course - Facilitating E-Learning Communities and have formed a dynamic community.
So, they have formed, exchanged information in a collaborative community and could be between knowledge construction and development stage. I am certain that by the time I am facilitating this discussion the group would have moved to development stage.
The topic I have chosen to facilitate is:
What makes good emoticons/How useful are they?
How many emoticons would the group need?
Aim:
- To discuss the usefulness of emoticons.
- To research emoticons and to come up with a set of standard emoticons that the group would use.
Objectives:
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify and justify emoticons usefulness
Choose ten emoticons that would be suitable to use for the group
Planned facilitation of the meeting
Sparks / Initial ideas / Discussion starters:
Hi, welcome to my planned discussion topic. This week we are researching into the usefulness of emoticons. How useful are they for our group? As a group, can we come up with a set of standard emoticons that we would use?
First facilitator message:
- The first activity we will look at is at popular sites.
Once you have looked at these sites, I would like you to pick out what you think are the top 10 emoticons you would use. This may take a couple of days to gather information.
Second facilitator message including facilitation techniques to be used:
- The second activity is to bring back to the group your picks.
This must be in a fixed format, using photobucket software.
You need to justify why these are your selections. This will be posted in the discussion board.
Third facilitator message including facilitation techniques to be used:
As a group we need to decide on the most suitable emoticons to use.
(I would then post all the emoticons each member has chosen into a file and post it on the discussion board)
Please post your vote for the top 10 emoticons we will use. Justify your choices.
(I would post a message saying that we would all vote on line at 12 noon on Friday)
I would ask the question how useful does the group find emoticons.
Summarising message main points to be covered :
I would summarise by posting using photobucket the top ten emoticons the group had voted on and the reasons why each emoticon was chosen. This would be ranked.
Closing message:
I would thank every one for participating and show the top ten emoticons. I would reiterate the groups answer to; “How useful are they?”
How often will you facilitate?
I plan to host five major postings and to look in three times per day.
Maryanne
Here is the second
Maryanne’s Facilitation Plan
(Draft v1)
Identification and timing
Facilitator’s Name: Maryanne Wright
Class Identifier: Facilitating e-learning communities
Start Time: 9:00 am
Start Date: Monday 9th October, 2006
Finish Time: 6:00pm
Finish Date: Sunday 15th October, 2006
Reason for the meeting
What makes good emoticons?
Establish twenty emoticons that will be used in our group.
Medium used
For this activity I will be using asynchronous discussion areas an emit black board.
Some of the benefits of using this are:
Group members can discuss at different times of the day and night.
It is not dependant on everyone being on line at once.
A thread can be added to and re added to.
Topics can be re-visited
This gives a collaborative approach and fosters a community spirit.
Comments are able to be modified
Reflection is an important part of constructive discussion and by having discussion forums available all week, the reflection process is maintained.
Time to research the exercise.
I will be able to answer questions in my available times.
Description of the group
The group I will be facilitating will be ‘Limbs Jones’ group. ‘Limbs Jones’ comprises of fifteen members but not all are active.
The group started in 24th July 2006 and the gender is mostly female. There is a wide range of ages. The members of the group are in various locations around New Zealand and abroad. This can cause a slight delay in response as there is a 15 hour time difference between members.
All members are working towards developing online courses for their respective employment. Most members of the group are tutors or, in some way connected to education.
The learning styles are mixed but there is a lean towards the visual learner.
Some members have previously met on other on-line courses and face to face.
The group are approximately half way through their course - Facilitating E-Learning Communities and have formed a dynamic community.
So, they have formed, exchanged information in a collaborative community and could be between knowledge construction and development stage. I am certain that by the time I am facilitating this discussion the group would have moved to development stage.
The topic I have chosen to facilitate is:
What makes good emoticons/How useful are they?
How many emoticons would the group need?
Aim:
- To discuss the usefulness of emoticons.
- To research emoticons and to come up with a set of standard emoticons that the group would use.
Objectives:
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify and justify emoticons usefulness
Choose ten emoticons that would be suitable to use for the group
Planned facilitation of the meeting
Sparks / Initial ideas / Discussion starters:
Hi, welcome to my planned discussion topic. This week we are researching into the usefulness of emoticons. How useful are they for our group? As a group, can we come up with a set of standard emoticons that we would use?
First facilitator message:
- The first activity we will look at is at popular sites.
Once you have looked at these sites, I would like you to pick out what you think are the top 10 emoticons you would use. This may take a couple of days to gather information.
Second facilitator message including facilitation techniques to be used:
- The second activity is to bring back to the group your picks.
This must be in a fixed format, using photobucket software.
You need to justify why these are your selections. This will be posted in the discussion board.
Third facilitator message including facilitation techniques to be used:
As a group we need to decide on the most suitable emoticons to use.
(I would then post all the emoticons each member has chosen into a file and post it on the discussion board)
Please post your vote for the top 10 emoticons we will use. Justify your choices.
(I would post a message saying that we would all vote on line at 12 noon on Friday)
I would ask the question how useful does the group find emoticons.
Summarising message main points to be covered :
I would summarise by posting using photobucket the top ten emoticons the group had voted on and the reasons why each emoticon was chosen. This would be ranked.
Closing message:
I would thank every one for participating and show the top ten emoticons. I would reiterate the groups answer to; “How useful are they?”
How often will you facilitate?
I plan to host five major postings and to look in three times per day.
Maryanne
posted by Dragon at
2:13 pm
1 Comments:
I posted an incorrect date to start this off and it should read: 16th October to the 22nd.
After reading designing and Teaching an On-Line Course by Heidi Schweizer I have to pop in some 'quotable quotes' This book is really a little gem.
It discusses the quality on-line classroom and to consider when creating an on line course the "Control Theory" (Dr William Glasser - 1984 Harper and Row)He states that every individual has four basic psychological needsthat need to be fulfilled. Belonging, Freedom, Power and Fun. Heidi discusses that if these needs are met on line, then learning is optimized. The energy that is taken into fulfulling our psychological needs then be used to learning.
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