How do you change from being a sage-on-stage to a guide-on-the side?
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSAre you keen on making sure you treat adult learners… well, like adults? Are you good at it in face-to-face workshops…
5 words to avoid in e-learning for professional development
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSIf you want your adult learners to run a mile from your course, ‘teach’ them content, call them ‘students’ and make…
Earn the privilege to train your learners
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSAre you one of the many people who are now automatically blocking advertisements in your browser? In fact, I’ve been blocking…
Universities’ e-tutoring methods should not be used in facilitated professional development
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSIn most online courses at universities, tutors set a minimum number of discussion forum posts per week. For example, students must…
How to become a better asynchronous e-facilitator
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSIt’s been 15 years since I read Gilly Salmon’s ‘E-moderating: The key to teaching and learning online’ which, back then, was…
From e-tutor to e-facilitator: 4 things to un-learn
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSE-tutoring and e-facilitating are terms that are frequently used interchangeably, yet it’s important to differentiate because they are based on different…
2015 GOLD LearnX Impact Award for Best Online Facilitator!
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSI am so excited to be awarded the 2015 GOLD LearnX Impact Award for Best Online Facilitator. Many past participants of…
Asynchronous e-facilitation: watching or listening?
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSAre you running reports and checking course data to verify whether your learners have done the work in your e-course or…
A step-by-step guide to weaving online feedback
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSWeaving online feedback is one of the most important things e-facilitators do. Weaving feedback means: summarizing a discussion by finding threads…
Boost your participation rates in your online course!
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSAre your forums barely used? Do some people post but no-one replies? Are your learners not interested in contributing to the…
