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…
4 myths on how to spice things up in online learning
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSHow do we make an online course exciting? What makes people stay and do the work? We talk a lot about…
Don’t use the Moodle groups setting for online team work
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSWhen designing eWorkshops in Moodle, I never use the groups setting in forums. The ‘groups’ setting means that participants can only…
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…
9 tips for successfully including peer collaboration in an online course
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSThere are still many preconceptions regarding which types of tasks cannot occur online. Often when I ask new clients why they…
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…
‘Discussion forum’: don’t let the name of the tool put you on the wrong learning design track
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSThey’re usually called discussion forums or discussion boards and are the most commonly used tool for answering questions as well as…
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…
“Post once, reply twice”: uninspiring online discussion boards and what to do about them
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSHave you up-skilled through a university or other higher education institution sometime over the past few years? Chances are that the…
