CoI strategies for grades 8-12 digital educators

Use this link to view the infographic in more detail–use a trackpad or mouse to zoom in or out. When planning for grades 8-12 digital learning environments, using the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework has many advantages, including fostering connections,...

Facilitation Plan – Team Green

Cameras On or Off? Should digital facilitators require cameras during synchronous sessions? Our team, consisting of Jess, Rod, Megan, and Michal, has developed a facilitation plan centered around the topic of “Cameras On or Off?” Specifically, we are...

Creating Conditions for a Community of Inquiry Infographic

Figure 1: Creating Conditions for a Community of Inquiry Infographic. https://www.canva.com/design/DAFtsyO_yXg/vPfiGkqaYUhEz4DjcU83HA/edit?utm_content=DAFtsyO_yXg&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton The Community of Inquiry...

Creating a Community of Inquiry in Trades Education

Light-Teal-Illustrated-Types-of-Learner-Infographic-3-1Download Introduction As a skilled trades professor, I entered teaching practice as mainly a subject matter expert. Over time, as I have engaged in teaching professional development, I have slowly discovered that...

Week 3 Overview

by Clint Lalonde.  Hi all,No video from me this week as I think you have likely seen enough of my mug between the CoI video and the synchronous session archive .Thank you everyone for the excellent discussion this past week around how learners view themselves in...

Facilitating a Community of Inquiry

Click this link to view a full-size version of the above infographic: https://malat-webspace.royalroads.ca/rru0258/wp-content/uploads/sites/240/2023/09/facilitating-a-community-of-inquiry.png Introduction As a higher education web development teacher, I’ve...

DIGITAL FACILITATION – INITIAL REFLECTION

THREE INITIAL THOUGHTS, IDEAS or FEELINGS ABOUT FACIlITATION IN DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS Teachers will take on a number of different roles throughout their course to help the students to be successful. Teaching in a digital environment has unique challenges compared to...

Digital facilitation – initial reflection

Image Darren Wilson via Midjourney As we move into the final stretch of our course work in the MALAT program, we start to put all the pieces together: Digital networks, learning theory, instructional design, and facilitation. 3 Initial Thoughts, Ideas, or Feelings...

LRNT 528 – 3-2-1 Blog

(3) Three initial thoughts that I have regarding digital facilitation are more rooted in a hybrid model. I have found that facilitating any time of meeting digitally comes with challenges. The first is allowing individuals who are remote the same experience as those...

Digital Facilitation: 3-2-1 Activity

3 initial thoughts, ideas or feeling about facilitation in digital learning environments: Boettcher (n.d.) emphasizes in their article the significance of establishing clear expectations for learners regarding how to reach their facilitator and when the facilitator is...

Activity 1-4 |3-2-1 

Three initial thoughts, ideas or feelings you have about facilitation in digital environments.As the first-week ends, I am intrigued by the significance of learning environments and facilitation in shaping the learning experience. I greatly appreciate the facilitators...

3-2-1 Blog Post – Digital Facilitation

3 Initial Thoughts of Facilitation in Digital Environments I strongly relate to facilitation being similar to learners being on tour and the facilitator being a “tour guide” (Bull, 2013). In my mind, a facilitator should lay the foundation of a subject but...

LRNT- 528 – 3-2-1

3- Thoughts, Ideas or Feelings  Online facilitation takes a lot of planning and building on the back end to ensure that all needs for access and opportunities for learning meet student needs while having those backup plans ready, as Dunlop and Lowenthal (2018)...

3-2-1 Reflection on Digital Facilitation

As we begin a new course on facilitation in digital learning environments, we are asked to reflect on our initial thoughts about digital facilitation in a 3-2-1 format. Below are my thoughts.  3 Initial Thoughts  Effective facilitation in an online learning...

Digital Facilitation 3-2-1 blog post

3 initial thoughts, ideas, or feelings about facilitation in digital environments: Flexibility – Digital facilitation offers versatile learning opportunities through both synchronous and asynchronous activities (Boettcher, 2019). As a working professional, I...

3-2-1 Post regarding digital facilitators

After reading through Unit 1 readings for our Facilitating in Digital Environments course, I have the following reflections:  3 Thoughts *Digital facilitation is complex. There are so many aspects to think about, including creating community, providing relevant...

3-2-1 Blog Post

Photo by Andrea Zanenga on Unsplash 3 Initial Thoughts Flexibility and Reach: The first thing that comes to mind is how flexible and widespread it can be when I think about digital facilitation. Unlike regular classrooms, digital teaching lets us connect with people...

LRNT528 Facilitating in Digital Learning Environments, 3-2-1

My 3-2-1 blog post. 3 Initial thoughts: “Crowdsourcing to create an increasingly robust list of recommendations …” (Dunlap and Lowenthal, 2018). Educators with online crowdsourcing reach a variety of like-minded subject matter experts. Education online that will...