Harvesting From my Older Posts on Online Facilitation

I am preparing a background article for week 5 of our Hague Technical University “Project Community” course. I realize I have not written a general piece in a long time. As prep, I’ve started by scanning older articles I’ve posted on my blog and the very old stuff in my Online Community Toolkit. Here is … Continue reading Harvesting From my Older Posts on Online Facilitation

Reconceptualizing facilitation and participation in a networked (MOOC) context

Well, since Stephen quotes me, and I’ve fully dived into Lisa Lane’s critique  (the real juice is in the comments) of the Curtis Bonk/Blackboard/Coursesite’s MOOC  “Instructional Ideas and Technology Tools for Online Success , I guess I had better blog my thoughts here on my own space. 🙂 Please forgive the stream of conciousness, because if I … Continue reading Reconceptualizing facilitation and participation in a networked (MOOC) context

Tips for Facilitating a Week in Change11 MOOC

A friend asked me to share any tips I had after facilitating week 8 of the massively open online course (MOOC) Change11. In the interest of openness, here is a copy of my response! I clarified my hasty email a bit and added a few more things in [brackets]. At 01:44 PM 12/22/2011, you wrote: … Continue reading Tips for Facilitating a Week in Change11 MOOC

Telephone Conference Call Tips

By Nancy White, last updated 5/13 Note: My last post about this topic was dated 2009. In preparing for a workshop this week, it seemed like a good time to update the resource. have any suggestions or additions? Please share them in the comments. Why use a call? The medium of voice conversations is pretty … Continue reading Telephone Conference Call Tips

How I use social media

This afternoon I’m spending a half hour on a Skype video conversation to share a bit of how I use social media. I figured it would be good to exercise my memory a bit and unearth some of the key stories that led me to to my social media use today, and perhaps surface some … Continue reading How I use social media