On Monday we had another great Elluminate meeting in which we got to know each other better, nutted out a few 'house-keeping' issues and discussed what we had learned so far about what an online community is. The link to the recording is here.Communicating with each other
We are still trying to decide what modes of communication are best for supporting each other and passing on resources. At the moment everything feels a little chaotic but this is normal for a course such as this. As we get to know each other better and become more confident with online communication, then we will settle into using tools that suit our own individual needs.
Blogging
At the moment the plan is to concentrate on developing our blogs, commenting on other participants' blogs and building a solid blogging network or community.
If you haven't done so already you should have written a blog post in which you explore your reflections and ideas about what an online community is.
If you have any resources you would like to share with course participants, write them up in your blog for others to learn about. Anything that you think is particularly relevant to assignment two and the mini conference, please feel free to add to the course wiki on the "Course Mini Conference Page".
Next online meetings
The next online meeting will be on Monday 17th August 9.30 am New Zealand time (check here for world clock) and will be facilitated by Chris Woodhouse. He will be showing everyone how to set up a Pageflakes page like the one he set up for the course. Please note this is half an hour later than Chris had originally stated in his blog post.
The following meeting will be on Friday 28th August at 12pm New Zealand time - see world clock here. At that meeting we will be concluding our thoughts about the differences between the roles of teacher, facilitator and moderator.
Other free online meetings and resources
Mireille has sent me the details of another free online seminar coming up.
Live Webcast: The Top 10 Tips for Successful Webcasts: Friday, August 21, 2009 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT / 5:00 PM GMT.
as well as the link to a book called "Online communities in business" . Thank you, Mireille.
Sarah
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2 comments:
it's great to see FOC is spinnin! I feel the buzz every time i read your posts Sarah - they are so interesting. I really like the way Chris Woodhouse has set up the PageFlakes page - it looks chaotic but also gives a sense of a busy and chatty community. Bron
Yes, Bron...it feels chaotic at the moment which I think is really normal for a course like this. I think students who are unused to this sort of communication get confused initially but find their way in the end.
As online facilitators we need to be able to handle the chaos for ourselves and in turn facilitate other people's way through it.
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