Course Overview
NOTE: All registrants must first contact poly@bcit.ca Effective use of communication tools in online learning environments that support discourse leads to learner engagement and positive educational experiences. Using the Community of Inquiry Framework as a backbone, participants in this course will design discussion and collaborative activities that take advantage of the affordances of synchronous and asynchronous technologies. This fully online workshop is fully experiential with hands-on, authentic facilitating opportunities. Participants will lead discussion and collaborative activities with the cohort group twice, once with an asynchronous tool, and once with a synchronous tool, and they will give and receive feedback on facilitation practice. This course addresses fostering learning online for in-person, hyflex, blended and online delivery modes.
Prerequisite(s)
- S in POLY 1005
Credits
3.0
- Not offered this term
- This course is not offered this term. Notify me to receive email notifications when the course opens for registration next term.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Identify strategies and tools to facilitate and motivate learning online.
- Develop an action plan for creating engaging synchronous and asynchronous discussion and collaborative activities for in-person, hyflex, blended and online delivery modes.
- Develop methods for efficiently assessing learning and providing effective student feedback on learning through discussion and collaborative activities.
- Apply concepts of quality, presence, and interaction to the development of activities and assessments.
- Frame discussion questions to encourage divergent, reflective responses.
- Facilitate an asynchronous learning activity.
- Facilitate a synchronous learning activity.
- Apply techniques to encourage participation.
- Apply best practices to sustain a community of learning in an online environment.
- Monitor and support the progress of online learners to ensure meaningful participation.
Effective as of Fall 2023
Related Programs
Fostering Learning Online (POLY 1025) is offered as a part of the following programs:
Learning and Teaching Centre
- Polytechnic Teaching
Associate Certificate Part-time
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