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Pedagogy & Webagogy -- Ready, Set … TRAIN and FACILITATE!
#602: Body Language Tells It All
Before you post directions for an assignment or course, give it to at least two different people to
read (someone who is familiar with the content and someone who is not) and watch their
reactions and body language. By doing this, it will help you identify areas of the assignment that
are unclear ahead of time.
Diana Voss
Stony Brook University
#603: Be There -- And Others Will Too
In my own experience, being "present" within the online course sets the stage for building community and
creating that environment that encourages participation. Usually I will send some kind of an email to kickoff
the week and often will try and get into the thread discussion myself over that same period of time.
People will respond to this and real "conversations" begin to emerge.
Susan Byrne
Brock University
#604: Be Professional
At the outset, agree to a time frame for responding to student questions / problems and stick to
it. To keep students waiting will frustrate them and probably hinder their progress.
Anonymous
#605: Connect 3 Ways
Trust is an essential component in building any learning environment but even more so in an e-
Learning environment where visual cues and body language generally are not the typical norm.
So design the e-Learning space to connect to your learners, connect learners with each other,
and connect learners with their own world so they can make a difference.
Mark Freeman
University of Sydney
#606: Experience = Learning
Remember John Dewey's key point: "All we learn, we learn by experience." Thus, e-Learning is
good, but b-Learning (b for blended) is even better. Make an effort to supplement the "e" of
learning with an on-site application /discussion or some form of "putting the e-Learning to work"
as soon as possible after each e-Learning event. Even better if the "putting-to-work" is on or
close to the job. Better still if with co-workers.
Richard S. Webster, Ph.D.
Abintra LLC
#607: Subject: Read This Now!
Use an action-based subject line in the class reminder emails so that the class enrollee knows that there is
work to be done prior to showing up for the class. This helps lower the rate of unprepared attendees,
expecially for the first-time attendee who needs to run a wizard to prepare for web-conferencing. For
example: Print Your Worksheets! or Prepare Your Computer For Class!
Cheral Stewart
CallSource
#608: Yes, Mixing Online And Face-to-Face Works, Did You Ever Doubt It?
I have found integration of online tools and classroom to be very effective. Participants learn a technique
and then access online tools to build and reinforce the learning using tools to change how they would
approach doing something at work. Some examples include meeting effectiveness evaluation (reinforces
effective meetings), project risk analysis and even brainstorming.
Steven Lesser
InfoWorks International
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