For the third time I was going through all my resources- files and bookmarks to find online icebreakers. 10 online icebreakers (the picture relates to number 10!): 1. Source: Using online icebreakers to promote student/teacher interaction 2. Source: Using online icebreakers to I thought I'd do myself (and you) a favour by listing the most interesting ones.

Candace Whitehead, the Facilitator Support Specialist for the Florida Online Reading Professional Development project  funded by the Florida DOE and housed at the University of Central Florida  http://forpd.ucf.edu contacted me last month inviting me to participate in a web meeting with the cohort of online facilitators working in learning and particularly around literacy issues. First, it is helpful to clarify what we mean by “engagement” online or offline. The chance to have a conversation with practitioners is always an automatic YES for me. When we talked,

If you hesitate between a public ning (attracts new members online) or a private ning (makes it easier for members to share information that they don't want to be public) you have the option to choose for a public homepage and a private rest of the site. Tags: online community online facilitation online interaction elearnin I've been exploring Ning a little further than I did and compared it to other forums like socialgo, collectivex and grou.ps . Gro.ups is open source, has a lot of similar functionalities to ning (and more- you can upload files easily) and

15 Tips for Webinars: How to Add Impact When You Present Online By Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE July 7, 2009 Whenever you open your mouth, whether youre talking to one person or a thousand, you usually want to get a specific message across. How do you do that best when you are communicating through a webinar? Whats different when the lecture is in the virtual world?

There are so many cool ways to learn online now. Although Question and Answer sites aren’t new on the Web, we’re now at a point where there are enough experts online and enough Q&A sites to make finding an answer more feasible. Try these free online mind mapping tools, some of which are collaborative: Mindmeister (check out their Public Mind Maps), Xmind and Mindomo . Wow. The whole world is a school.

Technology has provided us with the ability to take an online course from anywhere.  However, the key to being an excellent online course instructor [...] Related Related posts:Using Online Forums in Social Learning Audio Tags: Online Forums Uncategorized video webcasting elearning Forum online courses Online While this may make being a student easier, it doesn’t necessarily make it easier to be an instructor.  Actually, in direct contrast it can make our jobs as trainers more difficult. 

Join our WikiEducator discussion group or Register now for free skills training. Facilitating online communities From WikiEducator Jump to: navigation , search Quick links To other things relating to this course HOME | Course blog | Email forum | Meetings | Participant blog list | Course Mini Conference Chat Room - A photo by iBoy Daniel Facilitation is a rare and valuable skill to have. It is a service that is often used in conferences, debates, panels and

do understand some of the reasons – many of them have never had the exciting online learning experiences we know are possible, or are constrained by very outdated brick-and-mortar policies at their institutions. The primary reason to adopt content-centric approaches is that good, constructivist online learning takes time. It's a fantastic tool Via Jane Hart . George Siemens is discussing whether the future of learning is in Learning Management Systems (LMS) or Social Networking Systems .

How can we apply these 5 laws of human nature, detailed in a recent New Scientist article , to help establish and maintain a thriving collaborative community online? For arguments sake let’s assume this community is feature rich (chat, shared calender, wiki, whiteboard, forum and so on) and is supported by online mentors/moderators. In recognition of this, many online communities promote these users Also please note this is speculation, inspired by reading this new scientist article. 1.

The stage is set for online learning to start making a serious impact on the education and training industries. online learning which concluded that 'Online education is more effective than face-to-face learning'. Big tech review websites like ReadWriteWeb and Mashable posting articles about online learning, both triggered by the above-mentioned report. In fact, the last time the term 'online learning' was mentioned on RWW it was November 2006, There have been a lot of indicators recently that illustrate this point, but here are 3 major ones that I've noticed: The US Department of Education's June 2009 meta-analysis on face-to-face vs.