Creating Collaborative Communities in E-Learning
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It is the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed. ~Charles Darwin
This course focused on concepts, methods and research for creating and facilitating a collaborative online community of practice.
*Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
A variety of deliverables were produced to demonstrate competence in my ability to utilize best practices when creating and facilitating an online learning community. Place the cursor over Creating Collaborative Communities in E-Learning on the navigation bar to view the course deliverables.
* Learning Outcomes courtesy of UW-Stout Creating Collaborative Communities in E-Learning Webpage
This course focused on concepts, methods and research for creating and facilitating a collaborative online community of practice.
*Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Develop a personal philosophy that reflects learning theory and guides online instruction that creates an environment for reflection, critical thinking, and collaboration.
- Analyze the role of the online facilitator and develop strategies to implement, encourage and manage interaction in the online classroom.
- Demonstrate appropriate planning considerations, guidelines and procedures to establish a productive, engaging e-learning environment.
- Frame critical thinking questions and design discussion prompts that lead to effective learning in the online classroom.
- Apply understanding of learner differences when facilitating an online community of practice.
- Evaluate application ideas for online discussions using recognized criteria and professional references and apply current research about successful teaching strategies to guide students before, during and after case scenarios, brainstorming, role playing, and reaction postings.
- Develop a facilitation eportfolio of useful tools, tips, and facilitation techniques as well as the beginnings of 70-30 course preparation developed during the course.
A variety of deliverables were produced to demonstrate competence in my ability to utilize best practices when creating and facilitating an online learning community. Place the cursor over Creating Collaborative Communities in E-Learning on the navigation bar to view the course deliverables.
* Learning Outcomes courtesy of UW-Stout Creating Collaborative Communities in E-Learning Webpage