tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484326206467025852024-03-18T15:30:30.302-07:00Webbed FeatSylvia Curriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915001468754392837noreply@blogger.comBlogger1065125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848432620646702585.post-45800210062703755382020-01-05T21:06:00.001-08:002020-01-05T21:10:26.016-08:00Farewell to the Webbed Feat blogAfter 15 years it is time to bring closure to the Webbed Feat blog.<br />
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I continue to be very involved in learning design work and less so in facilitation. My career focus has shifted from higher education to creating learning opportunities for dogs and their people, animal trainers, and behaviour professionals.<br />
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I've been writing about dogs, along with life in general, at <a href="http://sylviacurrie.ca/">SylviaCurrie.ca</a> since 2011. Time to move over there! Webbed Feat will remain here as an archive.<br />
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Sylvia Curriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915001468754392837noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848432620646702585.post-44546684945561654332019-08-20T20:24:00.000-07:002020-01-05T20:27:11.772-08:00Meet the FLO Facilitators: Leva LeeCross posted to <a href="https://bccampus.ca/2019/08/20/meet-flo-facilitator-leva-lee/">BCcampus News</a>.<br />
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Over the years, individuals from institutions and organizations across British Columbia have taken <a href="https://bccampus.ca/topics-of-practice/learning-teaching/facilitating-learning-online/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">Facilitating Learning Online </a>(FLO) to the next level by participating in the Facilitator Development/Mentorship program and co-facilitating one or more of the FLO courses. If you are thinking about adopting FLO courses at your institution, these are the people who can help!</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">What got you started on this path to becoming a FLO facilitator and mentor?</span></div>
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I work at BCcampus in the area of Learning + Teaching. I was a student in the <a href="https://bccampus.ca/topics-of-practice/learning-teaching/facilitating-learning-online/flo-fundamentals/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">FLO Fundamentals </a><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; text-decoration-skip: objects;">and </a><a href="https://bccampus.ca/topics-of-practice/learning-teaching/facilitating-learning-online/facilitator-development-online/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">FLO Facilitator Development </a><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; text-decoration-skip: objects;">courses and later a course reviewer for the </a><a href="https://bccampus.ca/topics-of-practice/learning-teaching/facilitating-learning-online/flo-design/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">FLO Design </a><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; text-decoration-skip: objects;">pilot. Recently, I was invited to co-facilitate the </a><a href="https://scope.bccampus.ca/course/view.php?id=485" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">FLO MicroCourse on Liberating Structures</a><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; text-decoration-skip: objects;"> with </a><a href="https://bccampus.ca/2019/05/16/meet-flo-facilitator-beth-cougler-blom/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">Beth Cougler Blom</a><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; text-decoration-skip: objects;">, which posed the interesting challenge of figuring out how best to facilitate learning of these facilitation techniques designed for face-to-face engagement in an online and asynchronous learning space.</a></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">What experience and expertise do you bring to this new support role of helping others to adopt and/or facilitate FLO courses? </span></div>
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With a background in open learning, learning design, and educational technology, I have many years’ experience designing, developing, and experimenting with online courses, resources, and experiences for the secondary and post-secondary educator communities. I enjoy the design process of adapting our work so that we may maximize the potential of online space and continue to support learners using evidence-based teaching practices. Led by Sylvia Currie, the FLO community is such a wonderful and enthusiastic bunch of educators. I’m pleased to be part of the facilitator “family”!</div>
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Sylvia Curriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915001468754392837noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848432620646702585.post-3333772677899296862019-08-06T20:36:00.000-07:002020-01-05T20:36:39.512-08:00Tips from Tech Buddy GinaCross posted to <a href="https://bccampus.ca/2019/08/06/tips-from-tech-buddy-gina/">BCcampus News</a>. Written by Gina Bennett.<br />
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This post provides recommendations for creating a good tech buddyship experience and is a follow up to <a href="https://bccampus.ca/2019/08/02/our-flo-enthusiasts-tech-buddyship-experience/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">this article</a> on the recent FLO Enthusiasts gathering at Thompson Rivers University.</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Find out what technology will be used for the event (Skype, Zoom, etc.) and make sure both you and your buddy are not only familiar but comfortable with it. If possible, introduce yourselves and practice a bit beforehand.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">It’s really handy to have an alternate means of communication if something goes wrong. Share mobile numbers with your buddy ahead of time.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Advise your remote buddy to use a headset with a microphone (you — the event buddy — will probably not be able to use a headset because you’ll need to follow what’s going on at the event).</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Given the current state of technology, it seems a laptop (rather than a cell phone or tablet) still works best for the event buddy. You’ll want to make sure your battery is charged AND bring your power cord as well.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Find out if your remote buddy has received any event resources: an agenda, a slide deck, supporting documents, list of attendees, etc.</li>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Once you’re at the venue, connect to the Wi-Fi and check the connection. You’ll need a relatively strong connection to share video. Find out if someone is available to provide tech support on-site.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sit at the front so your remote buddy gets the best sound reception and an unobstructed view. Have a look around to see where the nearest electrical outlet is (in case you have to charge your battery at some point).</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">You will need a table or desk to set your laptop on. Holding your laptop on your lap is just not practical and the bouncing around will drive your remote buddy crazy.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ensure your remote buddy can hear and see what’s going on (e.g., the speaker, whiteboard, presentation). If the video feed is really flaky, suggest your remote buddy stop sending their video feed. (By this time, you should already know what they look like.)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">It sometimes happens that an event whiteboard or flipchart gets so marked up that your remote buddy can’t read it via webcam. Now you will be glad you shared mobile contact info: take a photo with your cell phone and send it that way.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">While the speaker is talking, you probably won’t be able to talk to your buddy (whispering works poorly over a remote connection, especially if there’s background noise). If you and your remote buddy want to chat while the presentation is underway, use the text chat. You really should check every 10 minutes or so to make sure your remote buddy is able to follow along.</li>
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It’s mainly about presence…</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">If the event organizer doesn’t introduce remote attendees during the event introductions, introduce your remote buddy after you introduce yourself.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">The most important tip of all: Don’t forget that your remote buddy is there. When the action shifts to another part of the venue, make sure you bring your remote buddy along. If there’s a vote on something, get your buddy’s vote, too. If small group discussions are part of the event, do what you can to include your buddy in the discussion.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">If you have to disappear for a few minutes, let your remote buddy know. If you’re going to be gone for a length of time (e.g., maybe you are presenting a session yourself), introduce your buddy to someone who can take over as event buddy while you’re gone.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Maybe your remote buddy has their own plans for lunch and coffee breaks, but if not, bring them along or encourage other event attendees to come over and chat with them.</li>
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Perks of being an event buddy!</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">You get to sit at the front, and you get to have a table/desk, even if these resources are scarce.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">You have someone with whom you can share side conversations and observations about the presentations, etc.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">You have the opportunity to give your videoconferencing software a real workout and gain proficiency in supporting your remote students or clients.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">You will get to meet somebody who is willing to push the boundaries of access, and you will feel way more confident about trying remote attendance yourself when the opportunity arises.</li>
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Sylvia Curriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915001468754392837noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848432620646702585.post-57692905633034012492019-08-06T20:23:00.000-07:002020-01-05T20:26:40.276-08:00Meet the FLO Facilitators: Colleen Grandy<br />
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Meet FLO Facilitator: Colleen Grandy</h2>
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Over the years, individuals from institutions and organizations across British Columbia have taken <a href="https://bccampus.ca/topics-of-practice/learning-teaching/facilitating-learning-online/flo-fundamentals/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">Facilitating Learning Online </a>(FLO) to the next level by participating in the Facilitator Development/Mentorship program and co-facilitating one or more of the FLO courses. If you are thinking about adopting FLO courses at your institution, these are the people who can help!</div>
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What got you started on this path to becoming a FLO facilitator and mentor?</h3>
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I had been teaching communication courses online at Yukon College for a few years, and I wanted to connect with and learn from other online instructors. I missed the collegial connectivity and peer support network that seemed so much easier to build in face-to-face teaching. After clicking on a link in a <a href="https://bccampus.ca/subscribe/?subscribe=" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">BCcampus newsletter</a>, I stumbled across the FLO community. It was wonderful! I quickly connected with other online facilitators, completed <a href="https://bccampus.ca/topics-of-practice/learning-teaching/facilitating-learning-online/facilitator-development-online" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">FLO Facilitator Development </a>(FDO), and participated in several FLO MicroCourses.</div>
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What experience and expertise do you bring to this new support role of helping others to adopt and/or facilitate FLO courses?</h3>
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I’ve been teaching in (first) physical and (now) digital classrooms for about eighteen years. Currently, at Yukon College, I teach face-to-face and online communication classes and support faculty as part of the Teaching and Learning team. After co-developing and co-facilitating a FLO MicroCourse through BCcampus (<a href="https://scope.bccampus.ca/course/view.php?id=472" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">“Experience and design a community building activity”</a>), I co-facilitated the same course through Yukon College’s learning management system. I’d be happy to chat with folks about finding and supporting the online teaching and learning community, and about adopting FLO at their own institutions. It is a privilege to be part of this growing and supportive community.</div>
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Please reach out by email at <a href="mailto:cgrandy@yukoncollege.yk.ca" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">cgrandy@yukoncollege.yk.ca</a>.</div>
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Sylvia Curriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915001468754392837noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848432620646702585.post-31943977050112227072019-08-02T20:31:00.000-07:002020-01-05T20:34:16.072-08:00Our FLO Enthusiasts Tech Buddyship Experience<header class="entry-header" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 10px 0px;">Cross posted to <a href="https://bccampus.ca/2019/08/02/our-flo-enthusiasts-tech-buddyship-experience/">BCcampus News</a>.<br />
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On June 19<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13.199999809265137px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">th</span>, a group of FLO Enthusiasts <a href="https://bccampus.ca/2019/07/26/enthusiasts-moving-flo-to-the-next-level/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">gathered together</a> at Thompson Rivers University to share experiences and plan next steps for the <a href="https://bccampus.ca/topics-of-practice/learning-teaching/facilitating-learning-online/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">FLO family of courses</a>. These face-to-face meetings that bring together a group of facilitators who typically interact in online spaces have become an (almost) annual event.</div>
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">By Asif Devji, Gina Bennett, and Sylvia Currie</em></div>
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Immediately after sending out the invitation, requests started to roll in from very enthusiastic enthusiasts asking about the possibility of remote participation because they were unable to make the journey to Kamloops.</div>
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At BCcampus, we have <a href="https://bccampus.ca/2014/11/19/tech-buddy-program-lessons-learned/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">experimented with a Tech Buddy format </a>at events based on first-hand experiences with the <a href="https://wenger-trayner.com/all/ill-take-you-with-me/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">“I’ll take you with me…” approach </a>developed by Beverly and Etienne Wenger-Trayner. Shall we try it again?</div>
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The final motivation came from Asif:</div>
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“I’d be happy to volunteer to help set up/administer some of the tech required — if BCcampus would be willing to share its tech resources for this purpose.”</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Asif’s experience as a remote participant:</span></div>
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Offering to set up the tech that would let me access an event that I otherwise couldn’t have attended — an opportunity to exchange with other online learning wonks, no less — was a no-brainer.</div>
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As I sent that email to Sylvia, I was thinking in terms of a web conference — which would have obliged the event presenters and activities to cater in some way to that broadcast medium.</div>
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When she responded proposing Tech Buddies, things quickly shifted. It was a simpler and less labour-intensive solution. All that was required was a Skype video connection to a buddy at the event with a mobile device that could be used to carry you into the activities. The responsibility for <a href="https://www.w3.org/standards/webdesign/accessibility" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">accessibility </a>shifted from the event to the individual.</div>
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A Google Doc outlining the Tech Buddy process was emailed to all event participants. It included a coordinating table that we could use to input our Skype/contact details and to buddy up. Buddyships were quickly established.</div>
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I was lucky enough to be able to buddy up with Gina Bennett, whom I already knew as a facilitator of an online course I had participated in. That pre-existing relationship helped cement the buddyship. We had a quick email exchange to confirm and organize.</div>
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On the day of the event, at the time allotted on the schedule — about 10 minutes prior to the start — Gina Skyped me and we established an issue-free video connection. The participants were finishing up breakfast as Gina toured me around the room and introduced me to people around her. This really helped me feel that I was “there” and part of the group.</div>
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Once the event began, my buddy ensured I had a good view of the presenters and their presentations on the big screen. She checked in to make sure I could hear what was going on. When questions were asked and answered, she pivoted her camera to capture the back and forth between participants and presenters. I felt well taken care of.</div>
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My video and audio feeds were always live on her end, and I could mute either on my end when I chose. This allowed me to jump into discussions freely. The experience was very different from watching a webinar presentation — I felt more like a participant actually at the event rather than an individual audience member watching from home.</div>
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Things got more interesting when it came time to participate in the <a href="http://www.liberatingstructures.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">Liberating Structures </a>activities, which called for time-limited interactions with multiple participants. While some were simple to tweak for remote participation — for example, creating a drawing on my end, then holding it up to my camera to show the group as part of the visual interviewing activity — others required more accommodation from the event participants.</div>
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For impromptu networking, in which participants filtered around the room and spoke to three different people for three minutes each, I was placed on a table in the hallway — as the background noise of all the conversations made it difficult for both sides to hear — and my event buddy had to recruit people to come out and talk to me.</div>
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For the crowdsourcing activity, which involved writing ideas on recipe cards and then shuffling those cards through multiple people, my event buddy had to create my cards by copying text that I typed into the chat — while also completing her own cards, and so effectively doing two jobs in the limited time allotted — and then one of the presenters had to play my part in shuffling my cards through the group.</div>
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The event presenters and participants were constantly thinking on their feet to make sure that we three remote participants were included and accommodated. There were a couple of surreal moments — such as having a screen-to-screen conversation with another remote participant (while our two tech buddies held their devices up to one another) — and hearing from event participants about the weirdness of my disembodied head moving around the room like some kind of robot.<a href="https://bccampus.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Picture3-Techbuddyship.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Asif's image on a laptop on a chair" class="size-medium wp-image-749294 aligncenter" height="300" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" src="https://bccampus.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Picture3-Techbuddyship-225x300.png" srcset="https://bccampus.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Picture3-Techbuddyship-225x300.png 225w, https://bccampus.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Picture3-Techbuddyship-769x1024.png 769w, https://bccampus.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Picture3-Techbuddyship-768x1023.png 768w, https://bccampus.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Picture3-Techbuddyship.png 874w" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0.5rem auto; vertical-align: middle;" width="225" /></a></div>
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As the day wore on, my event buddy’s device started to run low, and I was given a bit of a side perspective on things as she placed it close to a wall to plug in and recharge. In the end, the Tech Buddy experience was a complete success. I spent a full five hours (plus a one-hour break for lunch) actively participating in a remote event — something that would have certainly been more difficult in a webinar environment.</div>
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Stay tuned for the second part of this blog post: Tips from Tech Buddy Gina!</div>
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Sylvia Curriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915001468754392837noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848432620646702585.post-83857432779570247792019-07-24T20:28:00.000-07:002020-01-05T20:29:17.052-08:00Meet the FLO Facilitators: Sally BourqueCross posted to <a href="https://bccampus.ca/2019/07/24/meet-flo-facilitator-sally-bourque/">BCcampus News</a>.<br />
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Over the years, individuals from institutions and organizations across British Columbia have taken <a href="https://bccampus.ca/topics-of-practice/learning-teaching/facilitating-learning-online/facilitator-development-online" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">Facilitating Learning Online (</a>FLO) to the next level by participating in the Facilitator Development/Mentorship program and co-facilitating one or more of the FLO courses. If you are thinking about adopting FLO courses at your institution, these are the people who can help!</div>
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What got you started on this path to becoming a FLO facilitator and mentor?</h3>
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The allure of science fiction and robots, a penchant for chat/text communication, and fantasizing about free post-secondary education very likely pushed me in the direction that lead to FLO. Working for <a href="https://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">Yukon College </a>as an EdTech trainer and experiences in <a href="https://met.ubc.ca/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">UBC’s Master of Educational Technology </a>(MET) program refined the broad range of interests I now hold in the rapidly evolving social and communicative aspects of technology. I participated in my first FLO course in 2018 alongside a small cohort of colleagues at Yukon College and was impressed with the variety of strategies involved in the cultivation of meaningful online presence, activities, and discussions.</div>
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What experience and expertise do you bring to this new support role of helping others to adopt and/or facilitate FLO courses?</h3>
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When I made a conscious decision to pursue EdTech as a specialization, I thought a big part of it would be enhancing my repertoire of software and hardware skills and classifying technologies by what they do and how they work together. I was surprised to discover that MET courses focused on pedagogy, epistemology, and in some cases, history and psychology. What I have come to believe is that technology, like any tool, is not a “neutral” force; it is made for a specific set of purposes, and sometimes those purposes are clear and helpful for advancing educational goals, and sometimes they are not.</div>
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Whenever I’m working in an educational context with technology, my goal is for the tech to fade into the background, and when that happens, you realize that using technology is ultimately about the basics of good teaching and learning: modelling, listening, questioning, giving feedback, creating safe opportunities to practice and share, etc. Translating these activities into online spaces can be a challenge, and the FLO courses offer opportunities to practice.</div>
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I have only been working in this field for six years and often feel that I have more questions than answers, but I’m happy to share my experiences and questions with you.</div>
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Sylvia Curriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915001468754392837noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848432620646702585.post-82527928371771589672019-07-10T21:18:00.000-07:002020-01-05T21:18:50.218-08:00Meet the FLO Facilitators: Andy SellwoodCross posted to <a href="https://bccampus.ca/2019/07/10/meet-flo-facilitator-andy-sellwood/">BCcampus News</a>.<br />
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Over the years, individuals from institutions and organizations across British Columbia have taken <a href="https://bccampus.ca/topics-of-practice/learning-teaching/facilitating-learning-online/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">Facilitating Learning Online (FLO)</a> to the next level by participating in the <a href="https://bccampus.ca/topics-of-practice/learning-teaching/facilitating-learning-online/facilitator-development-online/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">Facilitator Development course</a> and then co-facilitating one or more of the FLO courses. This group has come to be known as the <a href="https://bccampus.ca/2017/08/31/governance-by-enthusiasm/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">FLO Enthusiasts</a>. If you are thinking about offering FLO courses to your faculty and staff, these are the people who can help!</div>
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What got you started on this path to becoming a FLO facilitator and mentor?</h3>
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My interest in online learning began when I became an instructional associate in the Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Research (CTLR) at Vancouver Community College in 2017. In this new role, I immediately found myself helping faculty with the development of blended and fully online courses. It made sense for me to increase my skills and background in online learning, so I registered for the <a href="https://bccampus.ca/topics-of-practice/learning-teaching/facilitating-learning-online/flo-design/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">FLO Design course</a>. My experience in this course was incredibly positive, and I was able to relate the principles and concepts of good online course design to my colleagues at VCC right away. Later, in 2018, I took the <a href="https://bccampus.ca/topics-of-practice/learning-teaching/facilitating-learning-online/facilitator-development-online" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">FLO Facilitator Development (FDO) course</a>, where I learned how to facilitate FLO courses. Following this, in the fall of 2018, I was invited to co-facilitate the <a href="https://bccampus.ca/topics-of-practice/learning-teaching/facilitating-learning-online/flo-fundamentals/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">FLO Fundamentals course</a>.</div>
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What experience and expertise do you bring to this new support role of helping others to adopt and/or facilitate FLO courses?</h3>
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Prior to joining CTLR, I was a physics instructor at VCC, teaching both upgrading and university transfer courses for over thirteen years. During this time, I focused on how to make my classes as engaging as possible using demonstrations and activities to get my students excited about physics. I bring much of the same attitude to the design of online learning; I consider what experiences students will need to feel engaged with what they are learning.</div>
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In my role as an instructional associate, I work with a number of departments, leading them through curriculum development and the renewal of their programs. Many departments at VCC want to move their courses to an online or blended delivery mode, and I have facilitated several workshops to help faculty consider what is needed to create a good online experience for students. I have also worked one-on-one with departments such as our American Sign Language department to develop online courses. This year, I also developed an online course to help VCC employees prepare to sit on tribunal committees.</div>
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I love to learn and attend as many conferences as I can. I am a member of the steering committee for ETUG, which enables me to connect with colleagues from other institutions. I feel lucky to be part of such a wonderful educational community!</div>
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How can people contact you?</h3>
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By email at <a href="mailto:asellwood@vcc.ca" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">asellwood@vcc.ca</a></div>
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Sylvia Curriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915001468754392837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848432620646702585.post-36428333751597973112019-07-04T20:17:00.001-07:002019-07-05T08:09:07.334-07:00Enthusiasts moving FLO to the next level<div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span lang="EN-US">We have another successful <a href="https://bccampus.ca/topics-of-practice/learning-teaching/facilitating-learning-online/">Facilitating Learning Online</a> (FLO) Enthusiast Gathering under our belt. What a productive crew! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">13 enthusiasts signed up for a full day at Thompson Rivers University to share FLO experiences and hammer out ideas for ways to advance our work together. Our specific focus was on increasing adoption and inter-institutional sharing of FLO courses. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Why do we need to change what we're doing?</h3>
The original FLO Fundamentals course was developed at Royal Roads University as part of the BCcampus Online Program Development Fund (OPDF). In 2013 BCcampus began offering FLO and then developing courses to add to the “family”. Over the years we can count 37 offerings with 659 registrations representing 22 BC post-secondary institutions, and other institutions and organizations across Canada and the US. Participants consistently report that they are satisfied or very satisfied with their experiences. </div>
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<span lang="EN-US">So why are we encouraging adoption by other institutions instead of continuing to offer FLO through BCcampus? </span>Feedback like this: </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“It is an extremely useful resource and should be required learning for anyone wanting to teach or administer online learning.” FLO participant</span></blockquote>
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As successful as this program has been, we are not reaching all the faculty who need this professional development. At the same time, we struggle to reach our registration quota to run the courses on a cost-recovery basis. It's a paradox! The solution points to increased involvement by post-secondary institutions across the system. </div>
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<span lang="EN-US">As a quick recap, since our <a href="https://mywebbedfeat.blogspot.com/2017/08/governance-by-enthusiasm.html">2017 FLO Enthusiast gathering </a>we have:</span></div>
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<li>developed a <a href="https://opentextbc.ca/flofacilitatorguide/">FLO Facilitation Guide </a></li>
<li>continued to offer fee-based courses using a cost recovery model </li>
<li>provided opportunities for FLO facilitator mentorship </li>
<li>created a new offering: <a href="https://bccampus.ca/topics-of-practice/learning-teaching/facilitating-learning-online/flo-microcourses/">MicroCourses</a> - one-week asynchronous emergent courses related to designing and facilitating learning online </li>
<li>included FLO offerings in the <a href="https://bccampus.ca/grants-calls-for-proposals/learning-access-program-for-educators/">Learning Access Program for Educators</a> (LAP-E) to open up opportunities. </li>
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At that time we discussed phasing out the BCcampus offerings but identified the need to continue to mentor future FLO facilitators. To date 28 individuals have co-facilitated FLO courses hosted by BCcampus, of which 18 volunteered their time in exchange for mentorship. In addition, over 70 individuals, representing 21 institutions, have participated in the FLO Facilitator Development course so are ready to co-facilitate or mentor others to facilitate FLO courses. </div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The recent <a href="https://onlinelearningsurveycanada.ca/publications-2018/">public report of the 2018 national survey to track the development of online and digital learning in Canadian public post-secondary education</a> points to several indicators that we are falling behind in preparing faculty to teach online.
Tony Bates in his summary article “<a href="https://www.tonybates.ca/2019/02/25/is-western-canada-falling-behind-in-online-learning/">Is Western Canada Falling Behind in Online Learning</a>” elaborates on the need for better faculty development and training: </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> “Inadequate training/pedagogical knowledge available for faculty in online learning was reported by 82% of the institutions in Western Canada, compared to 73% in the rest of the country. It should be noted that this comes from institutional leaders, which suggests there are systemic issues in providing this training, i.e. there are factors beyond the power of Provosts/Vice-Presidents Education that prevent better training for faculty.” </span></blockquote>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">The beginning of our Fishbowl activity: The good, bad, ugly AND lovely!</td></tr>
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<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">hearing from those who are currently implementing or planning to adopt FLO courses in house – there is good, bad, ugly AND lovely!</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">mapping out the current state of FLO courses and processes – anything we aren’t doing? Need to rethink or abandon?</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">brainstorming ideas, actions, and recommendations, given our priority of adoption and inter-institutional sharing of FLO, and</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">contemplating our individual involvement going forward</span></li>
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Thanks to <a href="http://www.liberatingstructures.com/">Liberating Structures</a> and excellent facilitation by Tracy Roberts and Leva Lee, we arrived our top 10 ideas for moving the FLO project forward, several of which BCcampus is already able to technically and strategically support:</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">--> We do have <a href="https://solr.bccampus.ca/wp/">SOL*R</a> but need to revisit the issue<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">--> Can we build on what already exists with <a href="https://etug.ca/steering-committee-and-reps/">ETUG reps</a>?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">--> We've used the BCcampus <a href="https://scope.bccampus.ca/">Learning + Teaching Moodle site </a>for this in a very small and casual way. Most if not all individuals already have accounts. Build on that or rethink our use of tools to support this important community work?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sylvia Curriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915001468754392837noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848432620646702585.post-9452113311364448512019-05-16T19:08:00.000-07:002019-07-04T19:13:11.929-07:00Meet the FLO Facilitators: Beth Cougler BlomCross posted from <a href="https://bccampus.ca/2019/05/16/meet-flo-facilitator-beth-cougler-blom/" target="_blank">BCcampus News</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue light" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;">Over the years individuals from institutions and organizations across British Columbia have taken </span><a href="https://bccampus.ca/topics-of-practice/learning-teaching/facilitating-learning-online/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">Facilitating Learning Online</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue light" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;"> (FLO) to the next level by participating in the Facilitator Development/Mentorship program and co-facilitating one or more of the FLO courses. If you are thinking about adopting FLO courses at your institution, these are the people who can help!</span><br />
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What got you started on this path to becoming a FLO facilitator and mentor?</h4>
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In 2013 I co-facilitated my first Instructional Skills Workshop Online (ISWO) while working as an instructional designer for Royal Roads University (RRU). ISWO – which was later renamed to FLO – was “born” at RRU and I have been privileged to co-facilitate with and learn from the original developers. FLO facilitation has always been captivating to me because the courses are great examples of how engaging online learning experiences can be. When people have said to me, “I don’t like learning online” or “I don’t find learning online very engaging” I think, “Oh, you haven’t experienced online learning like I have!” Being part of the wonderful community of learners and facilitators who care deeply about outstanding learning online has been a great source of inspiration to me.</div>
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What experience and expertise do you bring to this new support role of helping others to adopt and/or facilitate FLO courses? </h4>
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I have facilitated FLO, the FLO Facilitator Development course (FDO), and one FLO MicroCourse so far with one more coming in June 2019. I developed and have facilitated within FLO Synchronous and I was an author of the recently published <a href="https://opentextbc.ca/flofacilitatorguide/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">FLO Facilitation Guide</a>. I was part of the FLO curriculum redesign and have contributed to the “FLO Enthusiasts” community. I was thrilled to have worked with, and been mentored by, Doug Kerr, the original developer of the Instructional Skills Workshop, upon which FLO principles are based.</div>
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I’ve been building on a career in education-related roles as an independent learning designer and facilitator since 2011. I work with higher educational institutions, non-profit organizations and other clients to design and facilitate great online and face-to-face learning experiences. As an associate faculty member at Royal Roads University I understand what it means to facilitate online in both for-credit and not-for-credit environments. I am happy to work with organizations that are interested in adopting one or more of the “FLO family” of courses.</div>
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How can people contact you?</h4>
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Find me at: <a href="mailto:beth@bethcouglerblom.com" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">beth@bethcouglerblom.com</a>, <a href="http://bethcouglerblom.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">www.bethcouglerblom.com</a> or on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bethcouglerblom/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">@bethcouglerblom</a>.</div>
Sylvia Curriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915001468754392837noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848432620646702585.post-40697642545565089712019-05-02T19:02:00.000-07:002019-07-04T19:14:12.779-07:00Meet the FLO Facilitators: Jamie BillinghamCross posted from <a href="https://bccampus.ca/2019/05/02/meet-the-flo-facilitators-jamie-billingham/" target="_blank">BCcampus News</a><br />
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Over the years individuals from institutions and organizations across British Columbia have taken <br />
<a href="https://bccampus.ca/topics-of-practice/learning-teaching/facilitating-learning-online/" target="_blank">Facilitating Learning Online (FLO)</a> to the next level by participating in the Facilitator Development/Mentorship program and co-facilitating one or more of the FLO courses. If you are thinking about adopting FLO courses at your institution, these are the people who can help!<br />
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Meet Jamie Billingham<br />
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What got you started on this path to becoming a FLO facilitator and mentor?</h4>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGJ53j_0IFainFPwJzYPxK7NYHTtdI1Rhxxinm_KWfVQWxbHLZgJ6nFe4gMoBgXrxqR4DLtaFCn_FOtE0jyZa9RhAQZeHFDLWzaTU7omB6BIrhfiaCmtwwNNT6Iku4TDtLA5PV45IlF2Mb/s1600/JamieB-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="306" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGJ53j_0IFainFPwJzYPxK7NYHTtdI1Rhxxinm_KWfVQWxbHLZgJ6nFe4gMoBgXrxqR4DLtaFCn_FOtE0jyZa9RhAQZeHFDLWzaTU7omB6BIrhfiaCmtwwNNT6Iku4TDtLA5PV45IlF2Mb/s200/JamieB-2.jpg" width="191" /></a>It was a long and winding path. I’ve been fascinated by how people (and organizations, communities, society) learn for decades but didn’t get really serious about learning and technology until 2004. That’s when I made a leap into higher education and began an MA in Distributed Learning. Due to life’s little potholes, twists, and turns I took a few detours and ended up with an Interdisciplinary MA by combining a passion for systems thinking (leadership studies) and learning and technology.
I was fortunate enough to have bumped into FLO courses while setting up a Moodle site and developing a series of courses for a non-profit housing organization. FLO was a perfect solution to the problem of how to train facilitators working in that sector.<br />
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What experience and expertise do you bring to this new support role of helping others to adopt and/or facilitate FLO courses? </h4>
In addition to roles as a <a href="https://bccampus.ca/2017/08/31/governance-by-enthusiasm/" target="_blank">FLO designer, facilitator, learner, and enthusiast</a>, I have had the pleasure of adapting FLO Fundamentals for specific audiences. I think that’s one of the best things about FLO and OER in general – they are often built for adaptation.<br />
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How can people contact you? </h4>
Email me at jamie@justinsitetraining.ca or send me tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/jamiebillingham" target="_blank">@jamiebillingham</a>Sylvia Curriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915001468754392837noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848432620646702585.post-77137439839216905222019-04-23T19:11:00.000-07:002019-07-04T19:12:26.193-07:00Meet the FLO Facilitators: Sylvia Riessner<div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 1.1rem; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1rem;">
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<span style="font-size: 1.1rem;">Over the years individuals from institutions and organizations across British Columbia have taken </span><a href="https://bccampus.ca/topics-of-practice/learning-teaching/facilitating-learning-online/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; font-size: 1.1rem; text-decoration: none;">Facilitating Learning Online (FLO)</a><span style="font-size: 1.1rem;"> to the next level by participating in the Facilitator Development/Mentorship program and co-facilitating one or more of the FLO courses. If you are thinking about adopting FLO courses at your institution, these are the people who can help!</span></div>
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Meet Sylvia Riessner</h3>
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What got you started on this path to becoming a FLO facilitator and mentor?</h4>
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I was part of a team at <a href="https://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">Yukon College</a> supporting instructors to move to teach online and heard about a pilot workshop that modelled many of the powerful features of the well-known <a href="https://iswnetwork.ca/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW)</a>. I participated in the pilot and was hooked!</div>
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I co-facilitated my first FLO workshop with Sylvia Currie in 2013 and discovered the “power of two” and the value of taking time to build community and integrate critical reflection in an online learning experience. After I moved to B.C., I went on to co-facilitate many other FLOs, FDO (FLO Facilitator Development), and contributed to the development of the curriculum. That’s what got me started, but what keeps me involved are the stories that are shared about the value of FLO courses for instructors and the positive impact on their confidence and skills in offering meaningful learning experiences online.</div>
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What experience and expertise do you bring to this new support role of helping others to adopt and/or facilitate FLO courses?</h4>
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I’ve been a freelance educational developer for more than 25 years in B.C./Yukon and was an EdTech instructor at Yukon College for many years. I completed the <a href="https://met.ubc.ca/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">Master of Educational Technology (MET)</a> from UBC while working for Yukon College and have facilitated learning online and in blended modes since 2000 for a range of higher education and not-for-profit groups. My focus for the last few years has been on mentoring or co-facilitating with instructors who want to develop their online teaching confidence and skills.</div>
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How can people contact you?</h4>
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Email me at <a href="mailto:sylviar@educomm.ca" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">sylviar at educomm.ca</a></div>
<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Sylvia Curriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915001468754392837noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848432620646702585.post-77080189836310235212019-03-25T19:15:00.000-07:002019-07-04T19:17:10.256-07:00Meet the FLO Facilitators: Ross Mckerlich<div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 1.1rem; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1rem;">
Over the years individuals from institutions and organizations across British Columbia have taken <a href="https://bccampus.ca/topics-of-practice/learning-teaching/facilitating-learning-online/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">Facilitating Learning Online (FLO)</a> to the next level by participating in the <a href="https://bccampus.ca/topics-of-practice/learning-teaching/facilitating-learning-online/facilitator-development-online/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">Facilitator Development course</a>and then co-facilitating one or more of the FLO courses. This group has come to be known as the <a href="https://bccampus.ca/2017/08/31/governance-by-enthusiasm/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">FLO Enthusiasts</a>.</div>
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Meet Ross McKerlich</div>
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This is the second in our Meet the FLO Facilitators series. If you are thinking about offering FLO courses to your faculty and staff, these are the people who can help!</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">What got you started on this path to becoming a FLO facilitator and mentor? </span></h4>
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I started the FLO experience as a learner, taking all the courses over a period of about a year. I then had the opportunity to co-facilitate FLO Synchronous in October 2017, and this was a hook. I loved it! Later I co-facilitated FDO and FLO Fundamentals and continue to build on my previous FLO experiences.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">What experience and expertise do you bring to this new support role of helping others to adopt and/or facilitate FLO courses?</span></h4>
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I have both the learner and co-facilitator experience in FLO, bolstered by 15 years of experience in education technology. Part of my learning journey included being mentored by one of the authors of the <a href="https://coi.athabascau.ca/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">Community of Inquiry (COI) model</a>, and it is great to see the COI model being applied in the FLO courses. I also appreciate the commitment to quality in the FLO Courses</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">How can people contact you?</span></h4>
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Email is best – <a href="mailto:rcmckerlich@gmail.com" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">rcmckerlich@gmail.com</a> – or look for me on <a href="https://ca.linkedin.com/in/ross-mckerlich-49bab43" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;">LinkedIn</a></div>
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Ross McKerlich and Clint Lalonde will be co-facilitating the upcoming<a href="https://bccampus.ca/event/facilitating-learning-online-flo-synchronous-2/?instance_id=2778" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none;"> FLO Synchronous course</a> April 1 – 19, 2019. There are still spaces available!</div>
Sylvia Curriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915001468754392837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848432620646702585.post-78772279512350011072019-03-14T23:00:00.000-07:002019-07-04T19:06:12.041-07:00Meet the FLO Facilitators: Gina Bennett<div id="E86" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 1.1rem; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1rem;">
Cross-posted from <a href="https://bccampus.ca/2019/03/14/meet-the-flo-facilitators-gina-bennett/" target="_blank">BCcampus News</a></div>
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Over the years individuals from institutions and organizations across British Columbia have taken <a href="https://bccampus.ca/topics-of-practice/learning-teaching/facilitating-learning-online/" style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration: none;">Facilitating Learning Online (FLO)</a> to the next level by participating in the <a href="https://bccampus.ca/topics-of-practice/learning-teaching/facilitating-learning-online/facilitator-development-online/" style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration: none;">Facilitator Development course</a>and then co-facilitating one or more of the FLO courses. This group has come to be known as the <a href="https://bccampus.ca/2017/08/31/governance-by-enthusiasm/" style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration: none;">FLO Enthusiasts</a>.</div>
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Post by Sylvia Currie, Manager, Learning + Teaching, BCcampus</em></div>
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This marks the launch of our Meet the FLO Facilitators series. If you are thinking about offering FLO courses to your faculty and staff, these are the people who can help!</div>
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Meet Gina Bennett</h3>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i>What got you started on this path to becoming a FLO facilitator and mentor?</i></span></div>
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Probably my interest started in 1996, the year my family moved from Nova Scotia to Kelowna. It was a tough transition for me: I didn’t know anybody and couldn’t seem to find a job. I credit the internet with saving my sanity. I was able to stay in touch with friends and colleagues from N.S. and I kept busy with some adult education courses and a little online teaching. So outside of family life, my social, professional, teaching, and learning lives were all online. One takeaway from that experience was that you can have meaningful relationships and transformational learning experiences without being physically present with the Other. And I’ve been fascinated by the art and science of making that happen for others ever since. The FLO courses are a perfect fit!</div>
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For almost 19 years I was a faculty member at College of the Rockies, working to support and encourage e-learning, educational technology, academic innovation, learning-centered approaches, and faculty development generally. A lot of that work involved helping faculty make the transition from classroom-only to online instruction. Learning to use the technology was only part of the process; faculty also needed support as they learned to teach in new ways, developing skills in facilitation rather than lecturing, and mentoring rather than just delivering content. So I do understand the context! More recently, I’ve completed several FLO courses myself (including the <a href="https://bccampus.ca/topics-of-practice/learning-teaching/facilitating-learning-online/facilitator-development-online/" style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration: none;">FLO Facilitator Development course</a>), assisted in the development of the <a href="https://bccampus.ca/2019/01/31/support-a-community-of-learning-with-the-flo-facilitation-guide/" style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration: none;">FLO Facilitation Guide</a> (workbook), co-facilitated one MicroCourse, and participated in several others.</div>
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The most reliable way for the first contact is via email (<a href="mailto:bennett.gina@gmail.com" style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration: none;">bennett.gina@gmail.com</a>). I monitor my email pretty compulsively.</div>
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Gina Bennett will be facilitating the upcoming<a href="https://bccampus.ca/event/facilitating-learning-online-flo-fundamentals-3/" style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration: none;"> FLO Fundamentals course</a> from April 1 – May 3, 2019 – There are still spaces available! <a href="https://bccampus.ca/event/facilitating-learning-online-flo-fundamentals-3/" style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration: none;">Register today</a>.</div>
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Learn more about FLO:</h3>
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Sylvia Curriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915001468754392837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848432620646702585.post-25459678795786272772019-01-31T16:31:00.000-08:002019-01-31T16:31:08.488-08:00Support a community of learning with the FLO Facilitation Guide<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 1.1rem;">We are pleased to announce the launch of the </span><a href="https://opentextbc.ca/flofacilitatorguide/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; font-size: 1.1rem; text-decoration: none;">Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) Facilitation Guide</a><span style="font-size: 1.1rem;"> authored by experienced FLO facilitators Gina Bennett, Beth Cougler Blom, Sylvia Currie, and Sylvia Riessner. This guide is a companion resource for the five </span><a href="https://bccampus.ca/topics-of-practice/learning-teaching/facilitating-learning-online/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; font-size: 1.1rem; text-decoration: none;">Facilitating Learning Online courses</a><span style="font-size: 1.1rem;"> and a valuable addition to the resources designed to help with the FLO adoption process.</span></div>
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This guide will benefit individuals facilitating FLO courses as well as any course that emphasizes facilitating in a community of learners and supporting collaboration and reflective practice. It is presented with a consistent structure for each FLO course, making it easy to zone in on exactly what is relevant.</div>
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Over the next 12 months, the guide will be used by co-facilitators in each FLO course. Through this process, we will identify areas that need improving. If your institution/organization is implementing a FLO course this year, we welcome feedback!</div>
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The FLO Facilitation Guide, along with all <a href="https://scope.bccampus.ca/course/index.php?categoryid=16" style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration: none;">FLO courses</a>, is available for browsing, copying, adapting, or downloading and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Licence.</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://bccampus.ca/event/facilitating-learning-online-flo-microcourse-write-a-compelling-discussion-prompt/?instance_id=2741" style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fad; text-decoration: none;">Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) MicroCourse: Write a compelling discussion prompt</a></li>
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Sylvia Curriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915001468754392837noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848432620646702585.post-22770316789472711472018-12-05T10:04:00.000-08:002018-12-06T07:10:29.970-08:00What is it like to facilitate an online MicroCourse?<br />
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Another successful FLO MicroCourse ran from Oct 29 – Nov 2, 2018, with the theme: Experience and design a community building activity. Once it wrapped up, we asked the facilitators about their experiences. Here’s what they had to say:</div>
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“I’m grateful to have been invited to do this. I wasn’t sure what would come from completing Facilitator Development Online in May. My workload at Yukon College is pretty jam-packed and a full Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) facilitation seemed daunting. Collaborating with three facilitators for a MicroCourse made this such manageable and fun work.</div>
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“These inter-provincial-territorial-institutional relationships are not easy to build! When I leave Yukon for a 3-day conference, I get to meet other teaching and learning folks face-to-face, but it can be difficult to build relationships in such a short time, with many sessions and things-to-do competing for attention. For me, co-facilitating FLO became such a meaningful way to build relationships – not only with participants, but also with co-facilitators. Even though all our communication was via tech tools (e.g. Skype, email, GoogleDocs, Kumu, Padlet, Moodle…), I feel like we made good connections because of substantial, shared work on authentic tasks – something that can be tough to do at conferences.</div>
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“I’m grateful for the chance to learn from my co-facilitators and gain practical experience. The depth of participation in the MicroCourse blew me away! I also came out realizing how much I value co-facilitation and how rare it is to have co-facilitation opportunities in online academic courses. I’m hoping to change that!” – <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Colleen Grandy, Faculty Development Instructor, Yukon College</span></div>
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“Co-facilitating the MicroCourse has been GREAT. I was a bit apprehensive beforehand and felt I hadn’t done enough preparation for this. (I think I tend to over-prepare.) I was impressed by the quality of ideas people posted within such a short timeframe.</div>
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“Obviously, FLO has hit the Goldilocks sweet spot for “just enough” direction. As a co-facilitator, I found this to be a very enjoyable experience, easy to engage such a keen group, and not overly demanding time-wise. It sure didn’t hurt that I had such fantastic co-facilitators.” – <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Gina Bennett, Sessional Instructor, University College of the Fraser Valley</span></div>
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“The topics are timely; the amount of time and involvement is flexible; participating in the building of the FLO Community of Practice is rewarding; I feel valued and validated as a Micro FLO participant. I’m just a FLO enthusiast; what can I say…”</div>
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“It was helpful to see other examples of proposed community building activities – and try them out and discuss them – and have the chance to propose my own and get feedback on it.”</div>
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In this series we have attracted participation from across Canada and beyond, including public post-secondary, K-12, and private organizations. The courses offer:</div>
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Sylvia Curriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915001468754392837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848432620646702585.post-11626627273661289172018-10-23T20:12:00.001-07:002018-10-23T20:12:26.105-07:00E-Learning 3.0 for old fogies<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/pauldevoto/2339441860/in/photolist-4yJfyu-4UoM1m-6QMF63-epRc6b-HXbmFx-djYVMu-5cezBG-DFLYTf-ZhBrK6-2awZBxs-bsKTK3-4Ps2dH-6aK3Sk-f3Dc7K-7KcqY-6TwUuZ-62acCp-9tLNeD-5ceAaj-8rRTsU-8WDmuB-uV65y-6SHfEc-56yg1R-paDsaB-59UJtS-v9yUm-7aaLn8-fHtjwA-58SnfP-PFFm4-n77vp-JZ8bY1-9Y7W6q-Kxmuq-2uv7ab-n17mV-2UbQ5C-2P6TaS-eMyeF-7BFCQo-op8dYw-XXNohY-6XWNem-G6jW-522ir7-odPqpH-qgBhS9-cvAMJq-XsVuVe" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="Hammock"><img alt="Hammock" height="320" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3137/2339441860_b53a355da1_z.jpg" width="213" /></a><br />
I cannot lie. I think about retirement a lot. But instead of dreaming about all the free time I'll have to float around the lake, I'm actually obsessing a bit about all the things I still want to learn. So I submitted a professional development request to my employer <a href="https://bccampus.ca/" target="_blank">BCcampus</a> to take the <a href="https://el30.mooc.ca/" target="_blank">E-learning 3.0 MOOC</a>, facilitated by Stephen Downes.<br />
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Some of you might be thinking, wait, a PD request? MOOCs are free! And online! What are you in fact requesting? Answer: time. The request was approved the same day I submitted it. I think that says a lot about how my organization views learning online. BCcampus also offers free day care for on-location events. Ok, there's so much to say about BCcampus. Another post. :)<br />
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I love the idea of MOOCs and I'm also aware of the challenges. The first and ongoing challenge is how to situate yourself in a massive course. It's very easy to drift away but there are also many lures to keep you engaged. So far in this MOOC I'm appreciating:<br />
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<b>1. Daily newsletters</b><br />
I subscribed immediately because I know from years of experience that having things land in my inbox will remind me of what I'm supposed to be doing. That's right. Email! I've been relying on it since my first account at Simon Fraser University in the 80s. I told you I'm an old fogie.<br />
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<b>2. A facilitator who is super busy and working his butt off to make this course happen</b><br />
Why does this keep me engaged? Well partly because I've been a super busy facilitator working my butt off to make open, online events happen since the 90s. I told you I'm an old fogie.<br />
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<b>3. Familiar faces</b><br />
I'm not saying you're all old fogies out there, but I perked right up when I saw the roster of speakers. George Siemens kicked off the course, and I've been following his work for most of my life. Just kidding, but way before twitter. It probably goes back to the first edtech listservs. I told you I'm an old fogie.<br />
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<b>4. The hub</b><br />
This is <a href="https://el30.mooc.ca/" target="_blank">where I will come</a> to get a pulse on the course activity. Except I'm not sure it's the right place. Where is that list of familiar faces I mentioned in #3? Where are the videos? I'm either still not convinced that this is the best model for learning, or I'm a navigationally challenged old fogie.<br />
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<b>5. The connections</b><br />
I have complete confidence that I will learn a lot in this course. Why? Because I feel connected to the topic and many of the people involved. When I'm falling out of my hammock I'll just check in with my friend <a href="https://jennymackness.wordpress.com/tag/el30/" target="_blank">Jenny Mackness</a>!<br />
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In June we kicked of <a href="http://mywebbedfeat.blogspot.com/2018/06/learn-by-bad-example.html" target="_blank">our first MicroCourse</a> called "Create your course intro video".<br />
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Why MicroCourses?</h4>
There are several reasons for offering <a href="http://mywebbedfeat.blogspot.com/2018/04/introducing-new-flo-microcourses.html" style="background-color: white; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">MicroCourses</a>. Here are the top three:<br />
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<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinleung/" style="background-color: white; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Robin Leung</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">, senior systems specialist at </span><a href="http://www.kpu.ca/teaching-and-learning" style="background-color: white; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Kwantlen Polytechnic University Teaching & Learning Commons</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">, was fresh out of the Facilitator Development Online course when he stepped up as our first facilitator. It was a wonderful experience working with Robin. Here's what he had to say:</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMMukJvGOk20HtTJFrrV9cmEfUV9fP7976WbjQHGX_yL-3lie2IeFD1C5fJ4wVWREmGEwuNe99gExSiTN_yQyW6qPlDnb72ud3iN973KgbTupl_BH8v04vDdM7pmHYY9DxAHJDEyJTzm9y/s1600/Robin.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="700" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMMukJvGOk20HtTJFrrV9cmEfUV9fP7976WbjQHGX_yL-3lie2IeFD1C5fJ4wVWREmGEwuNe99gExSiTN_yQyW6qPlDnb72ud3iN973KgbTupl_BH8v04vDdM7pmHYY9DxAHJDEyJTzm9y/s320/Robin.png" width="320" /></a>It was an absolute privilege to be invited to co-facilitate the first ever MicroFLO course with Sylvia. I was very surprised with the opportunity, as I had just finished taking the Facilitator Development Online course (FDO) just a few weeks prior and the information was still sinking in. I was totally not ready to co-facilitate with the things going on with at work and the fact that I haven’t even taken the FLO course yet. But without hesitation, I decided to dive into the deep end of the pool. I’d figure it was an excellent opportunity for me to take what I’ve learnt from the FDO course and apply it to this MicroFLO course.</blockquote>
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Unlike other FLO courses, the MicroFLO course focuses on one topic and is only a week’s time. I think this allows participants to focus on that particular topic and hopefully those who participates are really passionate about that specific topic also. The amount of time required to spend on the course is very flexible, but of course, the more invested, the greater the return. </blockquote>
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One thing I learnt from co-facilitating this MicroFLO course was to not underestimate the abundance of knowledge that is shared amongst the participants. At first, I was afraid of the lack of contribution or what if no one would respond or comment on each other’s work. I found that with co-facilitating, it is hard to gauge the need to respond or not respond to a discussion. Sometimes it is better to be silent and allow other participants to take lead or respond with an affirmation. And other times, you feel the need to take charge. </blockquote>
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The second thing I learnt is to be open to suggestions and feedback. Obviously, what is good to some may not be good to others. I’ve provided an example demonstrating universal design for learning, while it echoed for some, but the video sample was not perfect and some caught other parts which could be improved. I take it as every feedback is an opportunity to improve the next time. </blockquote>
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Lastly, I learnt that you need a co-facilitator that balances with your life well. And Sylvia was exactly that. I had a more technical background and she had more of the facilitation background. I am a night owl (catching most of the activities at night), and she’s the early riser (catching most of the activities in the day time). I think that complimented very well. </blockquote>
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The level of participation in the course was perfect -- enough to make it interesting but not so many we felt overwhelmed. Registrants showed up from a variety of institutions, including out of province and international. As always, you expect more registrants than active participants in a free course, but the ratio was good. 11 individuals submitted video projects and all were peer reviewed.<br />
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At the end of the course participants are asked to provide feedback about their experience. All reported they were satisfied or very satisfied. Here's what one videographer had to say:</div>
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<span style="background-color: #f9feff; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Friendly congenial group and instructor energy, great feedback and this was something I had been intending to work on for a long time - the course gave me the motivation to plunge in and start making intro videos!</span></blockquote>
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<br />Sylvia Curriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915001468754392837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848432620646702585.post-32017401190917575332018-06-11T11:28:00.003-07:002018-06-11T11:28:59.138-07:00Learn by [bad] exampleWe just kicked off a new one-week course at <a href="ps://bccampus.ca" target="_blank">BCcampus</a> called 'Create your course intro video' today. I'm co-facilitating this <a href="http://mywebbedfeat.blogspot.com/2018/04/introducing-new-flo-microcourses.html" target="_blank">FLO MicroCourse</a> with the amazing <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinleung/" target="_blank">Robin Leung</a>, senior systems specialist at <a href="http://www.kpu.ca/teaching-and-learning" target="_blank">Kwantlen Polytechnic University Teaching & Learning Commons</a>.<br />
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Robin and I decided ahead of time that he would <a href="https://scope.bccampus.ca/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=21520" target="_blank">post a good video</a>, and I would post a video that, well, sucks. I had fun demonstrating just about every mistake you can make!<br />
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It was a risky move because I don't let on until the end that I'm intentionally making bad video. Fortunately, Christina Thomas from Yukon College <a href="https://scope.bccampus.ca/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=21518" target="_blank">got it</a><span id="goog_1804494080"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_1804494081"></span>!<br />
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So what did I do wrong in this video? Here's a start on a list. I'll keep adding as more comments roll in:<br />
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<li>Um, don't call your students "folks" or "guys"</li>
<li>My opening words, the tone, and the HAT make you think I’d rather be doing something else. </li>
<li>I did a terrible job of <b>lighting</b> – never have the light behind your head. And also don't wear a hat that covers your face!</li>
<li>The background setting is nasty – ugly, dirty tarp outside the window, a pile of stuff on a bench...</li>
<li>Background noise! I grabbed a recording of dogs barking from <a href="http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/" target="_blank">BBC Sound Effects</a> because my own dogs were sleeping.</li>
<li>I read my script, rustled paper, and rarely looked at the camera. </li>
<li>I <b>told</b> my viewers all about course elements instead of actually <b>show</b> them. </li>
<li>I used my phone and held it vertically. Never do this! Only horizontal! </li>
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<a href="https://scope.bccampus.ca/course/view.php?id=466" target="_blank">Sign up</a> by Monday, June 11, 2018 (today!) if you'd like to join the fun - it's open and free.Sylvia Curriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915001468754392837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848432620646702585.post-23529661877512037722018-05-14T10:45:00.000-07:002018-05-15T09:31:04.091-07:00FDO Journal - Week 1I am currently co-facilitating the 2-week <a href="http://mywebbedfeat.blogspot.ca/2018/03/facilitator-development-online.html" target="_blank">Facilitator Development Online (FDO) course</a> with Ross McKerlich from Okanagan College. In this course, as with all FLO courses, we're all about reflective practice. Participants are asked to share out some nuggets at the end of each week. As facilitators, reading through these entries is when you really get a feel for how things are going. I highly recommend it!<br />
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Co-facilitation rules!</h3>
We have a synchronous panel session scheduled this week with past FLO facilitators. They will be sharing their tips and experiences and I can bet one of them will say having co-facilitators is the best thing ever. This week Ross had a fun adventure planned with his son that would take him offline for a few days. No problem! The key is finding the best way to work together. You learn from one another, you share the workload, and you need to be efficient. Google Docs for planning works wonders for that!<br />
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Marginalia annotations</h3>
I was delighted to see participants notice, then start using, then observing the benefits of, the <a href="http://webmarginalia.net/" target="_blank">annotation tool</a>. This week I used it to jot down my thoughts as I read journal posts. It can help to:<br />
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Creative introductions!</h3>
We had such a variety of tools and formats! Something that really stood out for me was the use of low-tech in such effective ways. One video intro was done standing in front of a whiteboard with extra info and thought bubbles drawn on it. Also, in a Flipgrid intro, a participant held up a card with "hi" handwritten on it. It seems like such a small thing, but it told me a lot about that individual.<br />
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This bugs me about FDO</h3>
The design of FDO invites a lot of quality contributions and peer review. It's fabulous. However, what I notice is that it doesn't provided opportunities to model good, inclusive dialogue. Since most replies are directly related to the original post (as opposed to weaving several posts and ideas together), there is a tendency to fall into one-to-one communication.<br />
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Ditch the prerequisite</h3>
The <a href="https://proflearn.bccampus.ca/workshops/fdo/" target="_blank">description of FDO</a> lists FLO - Fundamentals as a recommended prerequisite. The first person to try taking FDO without having a FLO course under their belt was Ross McKerlich. He has since co-facilitated FLO - Synchronous and is now co-facilitating the course about how to facilitated FLO courses. This builds a good case for ditching the prereq! Now we have several participants who are diving straight into FDO, and although they confess it takes extra time and effort (okay, a lot of extra time) they're thriving in this supportive environment. Maybe even having fun! :)<br />
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Babies</h3>
We often see photos of pets, but in this FDO the cutest photos of babies have popped up. I went back to to the forum this morning to smile at one nicknamed "nugget" :)Sylvia Curriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915001468754392837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848432620646702585.post-46155526517559585562018-04-26T11:02:00.001-07:002018-04-26T11:08:21.908-07:00Introducing the new FLO MicroCourses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Have you longed to take a Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) course, but wished it were shorter? We have just the learning opportunity to fit your schedule!<br />
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Beginning in June 2018, we will be rolling out a new series: <a href="https://proflearn.bccampus.ca/flo-micro-courses/" target="_blank">FLO MicroCourses</a>! These are short, single-topic, hands-on/practical and free. In one week, you will dip into the FLO experience, and leave with something practical and useful for your own teaching practice.<br />
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You will leave this course with new ideas and skills for creating personable and informative introductory videos. In addition, you’ll receive feedback on your own course video prototype.
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Sylvia Curriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915001468754392837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848432620646702585.post-64729760521112532402018-04-12T10:24:00.000-07:002018-04-12T10:24:58.392-07:00What’s New With FLO?<div class="lead" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343230; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 16px;">
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Over the years FLO Enthusiasts have been refining and growing the collection of Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) courses, affectionately referred to as the “FLO family of courses”, and there’s no stopping us! Here’s a glimpse of what the future holds.<br />
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We’ve listened to your feedback and FLO will become more affordable and more modularized. We will still run our 5-week Facilitating Learning Online – Fundamentals course (October 1 – November 2, 2018), but in an effort to reach twice as many people it will cost half as much! Further, the first 3 registrants will receive a super deal. <a href="https://events.eply.com/FacilitatingLearningOnlineFLOFundamentalsOctober20182358722" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a4e4; text-decoration-line: none;">Register for the October FLO Fundamentals course here</a>!</div>
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Beginning in June 2018, we will roll out our first FLO-Micro course. Short, free, and focused, these online courses will provide an opportunity to dip into the FLO experience and leave with something practical and useful for your own teaching practice.</div>
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We will continue to offer Facilitator Development Online (FDO) to prepare individuals who are interested in facilitating and adopting FLO family courses. However, we’re working to better accommodate your busy schedules and learning needs by dividing FDO into four parts:</div>
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As community-based service learning offerings, FDO and FLO-Micro are free in exchange for your commitment to participate in course activities.</div>
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All of this new development to prepare facilitators is underway. Meanwhile, join the 58 educators representing 16 B.C. post-secondary institutions who are on the pathway to becoming awesome FLO facilitators! The next FDO course runs May 7 – 18, 2018 and is facilitated by Ross McKerlich, Education Technology Coordinator at <a href="http://www.okanagan.bc.ca/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a4e4; text-decoration-line: none;">Okanagan College</a>, and Sylvia Currie. <a href="https://events.eply.com/FDOWorkshop2018" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a4e4; text-decoration-line: none;">Register for the May FDO offering here</a>.</div>
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As always, FLO courses are openly licensed and available for institutions to implement in-house. <a href="http://solr.bccampus.ca:8001/bcc/searching.do?in=all&q=%22facilitating+learning+online%22&type=standard&sort=rank&dr=AFTER" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a4e4; text-decoration-line: none;">Browse or download (Moodle) the courses in SOLR</a>.</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://proflearn.bccampus.ca/workshops/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a4e4; text-decoration-line: none;">Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) Program – all Courses</a></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Article: <a href="https://proflearn.bccampus.ca/facilitating-learning-online-flo-more-than-just-a-collection-of-workshops/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a4e4; text-decoration-line: none;">FLO: More than a collection of resources</a></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Blog Post: <a href="https://mywebbedfeat.blogspot.ca/2017/08/governance-by-enthusiasm.html" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a4e4; text-decoration-line: none;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">Governance by Enthusiasm </u></a>by Sylvia Currie</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://bccampus.ca/files/2017/05/FLO-info-sheet-BCcampus.ca_.pdf" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a4e4; text-decoration-line: none;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">FLO Infosheet (pdf)</u></a>: an overview of all FLO offerings</li>
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Sylvia Curriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915001468754392837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848432620646702585.post-75334530186583842422018-03-23T12:20:00.004-07:002018-03-23T12:21:30.330-07:00Facilitator Development Online<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">The course remains open to participants after the completion date. After all, the workshop experience is really all about what the learners contribute -- rich discussions, and artefacts they plan to re-use in their own facilitation. </li>
<li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Participants are invited to return to participate or assist in future workshops, also at no cost.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">The learning experience relies on the distributed expertise of the members.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">The workshop facilitators take on the typical tasks: welcome, model, clarify, support, advance dialogue, etc. However, the to-become-facilitators share that role, and are invited practice.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">During the workshop we often reach out to engage groups and individuals outside the workshop</li>
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<li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">The workshop space is available to registrants only. However, everyone is encouraged to share out using social media.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">There is no pressure to "complete" -- the learner decides when the outcomes have been met.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Discussions about how to improve the workshop experience are encouraged and ongoing</li>
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Sylvia Curriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915001468754392837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848432620646702585.post-40448510810585343872018-03-22T16:11:00.002-07:002018-03-26T15:52:53.463-07:00Festival of Learning 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The <a href="https://bccampus.ca/festival-of-learning-2018/" target="_blank">Festival of Learning</a> (May 28 - 30, 2018) is a biennial conference that brings together multiple groups and individuals with an interest in advancing their work as educational professionals. The organizers of the event also encourage participation from students, and I hope many take them up on that invitation! For starters, I can't wait for the student panel on Tuesday morning facilitated by one of my favourite people, Jonny Morris.<br />
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This year I submitted a proposal very close to the deadline and right before taking off for the Christmas holidays -- not enough time to round up collaborators. I still plan to do that!<br />
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UPDATE: <a href="https://etug.ca/2017/11/20/member-profile-meet-ross-mckerlich-of-okanagan-college/" target="_blank">Ross McKerlich</a> from Okanagan College will be co-facilitating the session. So happy to share this news!<br />
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The Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) – Fundamentals workshop has been implemented through BCcampus since 2013. During this time three new FLO workshops were developed, one of which is designed to prepare upcoming FLO facilitators, and each offering of FLO workshops provides an opportunity for these individuals to practice alongside experienced facilitators. In addition, all participants provide input into design and content revisions, a process that has been successfully managed because of the small scale of the project.<br />
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Ultimately, the goal of designing and hosting FLO workshops at BCcampus and preparing future facilitators is so others can successfully implement a high-quality experience for faculty and staff. All FLO workshops are openly licensed and available for institutions to implement in-house. Several B.C. institutions and non-profit organizations are actively exploring options for FLO adoption.<br />
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Typically support for the adoption of open educational resources (OER) centres around evaluation, and mechanics of using the resources – how to check for relevance and quality, how to integrate into a course environment, and so on. The focus is on the receiving end of the resources.<br />
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However, those involved in FLO facilitation and implementation, affectionately called FLO Enthusiasts, agree that there are specific elements that make FLO flow, so to speak. In other words, adoption goes beyond handing over the content. The success of these workshops requires an ongoing effort to advance the use of these OERs as a collaborative effort.<br />
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In this session, we will explore the Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) family of workshops as a case for establishing a “handle with care” model for open educational resources (OER) adoption that both engages and serves a community of adopters. We will draw on experiences and expertise from session participants to sketch out a model that is functional and realistic.<br />
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Sylvia Curriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915001468754392837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848432620646702585.post-20932905846306376792017-12-08T13:01:00.000-08:002018-03-29T14:04:00.051-07:00Sharing design stories in the FLO-Design course<div style="text-align: center;">
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At BCcampus we're currently offering the 4-week <a href="https://proflearn.bccampus.ca/flo-design/" target="_blank">Facilitating Learning Online (FLO)-Design</a> course for the first time since running the pilot in January/February of this year.<br />
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During the first round, the course designer and facilitator, <a href="https://www.educomm.ca/" target="_blank">Sylvia Riessner</a>, invited a group of <a href="https://proflearn.bccampus.ca/workshops/fdo/" target="_blank">Facilitator Development Online (FDO)</a> alumni to join in a 'splainers activity where we each shared design stories, online, in 7 minutes. We also shared written outlines, and were available afterwards for a Q&A in the forum. The 'splainers were <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bonniejeannicholas/" target="_blank">Bonnie Nicholas</a>, <a href="http://bethcouglerblom.com/" target="_blank">Beth Cougler Blom</a>, and <a href="https://ciel.viu.ca/stephanie-boychuk" target="_blank">Stephanie Boychuk</a>. Sylvia Riessner also shared a story.<br />
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Preparation for this session was almost as much work as PechaKucha! As 'splained by <a href="https://www.commoncraft.com/explainer-tip-what-explainer-video" target="_blank">Lee LeFever of Common Craft,</a> "explainers don't simply explain ideas, they bring focus and attention to making an idea easy to understand. Their communication is intentional and goal oriented." So we needed to be concise, zone in on important details, and keep it to 7 minutes. </div>
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During this offering of FLO-Design Sylvia Riessner and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-bourassa-595bb730/" target="_blank">Emma Bourassa</a> shared a couple of the stories from the past session. (I don't think they could fit the full 'splainers activity in this round because we have almost double the number of registrants.) This got me thinking about FLO and the challenges of open practices.<br />
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With FLO workshops, we are always playing with this tension of closed versus open learning spaces. It's a topic that has been on my mind a lot lately as I imagine the future of FLO courses and the facilitator community.<br />
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'Splainers is an example of an activity that would benefit faculty and learning designers outside of the course. Why put in the effort when such a small number of people (15) benefit?<br />
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For many reasons, this activity rightly belonged in a closed space. For one, the individuals who were listening and engaging in the stories were strongly relating to their purpose -- at that moment these people were living and breathing course design. It wasn't an activity that someone could happen upon and make sense of without adequate context. A second reason is that, despite best efforts for anonymity, some stories that were shared contained details that might be recognized by design clients or university faculty.<br />
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This experience stands out for me because, as someone who has felt challenged by moving from facilitating in the open to working in password-protected cohort-based learning spaces, I am appreciating more and more how difficult moving in the other direction can be -- from closed to open. We need to consider the trade-offs, and not feel pressured to adopt open practices. Open does not mean better.<br />
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I shared the story of SCoPE seminars, a series spanning 10 years and came to a close in 2015. This was uncomplicated because those activities were all designed to be open from the start. This is the outline I worked from.<br />
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Introduction</h4>
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SCoPE - an open, emergent, sharing community<br />
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I’m part of the professional learning team at BCcampus. My focus these days is mostly on supporting all things related to Facilitating Learning Online workshops.<br />
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Designer(s)</h4>
I designed this as a coordinator, moderator, and facilitator, in collaboration with participants.<br />
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Purpose of Design</h4>
I wanted to provide flexible, open opportunities for educators to learn together about topics relevant to their work as teachers, educational technologists, administrators, and researchers. I also wanted to engage educators in the design process.<br />
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The “problem” I was trying to address was the limited number of authentic and emergent learning opportunities for educational practitioners. For example, face-to-face “training” to learn how to teach online was/is commonplace.<br />
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Scope and Delivery Mode</h4>
The format was informal, open enrolment, and non-credit. However, many of the design principles can be applied to credit courses.<br />
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This was more like an online series than a course, spanning 10 years! It has been described as one of the first, and an extra long, MOOC. We called it a seminar series. Although the home base for these (almost) monthly, topic-based, events was an LMS (Moodle,) the access was completely open. We also experimented wildly (not a typo :) ) with other tools and platforms. An account and login were required to contribute to forum discussions and manage participation settings, but otherwise anyone could read along, download resources, etc.<br />
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SCoPE Seminars in a Nutshell</h4>
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<li>Monthly (almost) asynchronous discussions and other learning activities</li>
<li>Facilitated by volunteers, ranging from novice to expert&nbsp;</li>
<li>Free and open to the public, no registration required</li>
<li>No obligations to "actively" participate</li>
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Design Considerations</h4>
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<li>Participation on the periphery</li>
<li>Attention to history</li>
<li>Rhythm and variety, build anticipation</li>
<li>Focus on people and dialogue, not content</li>
<li>Focus on structure, not what to "cover"</li>
<li>Ideas for activities ermerge through participation</li>
<li>Mutual exchange of services / collaboration</li>
<li>Different modes and levels of engagement</li>
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Number of Learners</h4>
The seminars were designed for busy professionals, and it was expected that learners would come and go according to their own schedule and interests. As such, the numbers varied from one seminar to the next, but also seemed to self-regulate. In other words, we were never overwhelmed with numbers despite the large number of accounts (+5000)<br />
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How often the course/workshop design has been tested?</h4>
The basic format was repeated each month, for 10 years.<br />
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Unique, Innovative, Interesting, Challenging?</h4>
This model relied completely on volunteer involvement, and keeping a pulse on the conversations to see what topics might be suitable for future seminars, and who was developing as a potential facilitator. While the structure of scheduled, facilitated discussions was carried throughout, there was a great deal of flexibility, experimentation, and risk. Not only did the topics for discussion emerge, so did decisions about design. In other words, we designed for redesign.<br />
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Outcomes? Intentions?</h4>
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<li>Build a community with the common goal of learning together</li>
<li>Sustain with limited administrative overhead, governance, and cost </li>
<li>Share resources, practices, ideas across institutions / borders</li>
<li>Identify over time: Immediate value, potential value, applied value, realized value, reframing value (see Wenger et al resource below)</li>
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What did you learn about your design approach?</h4>
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<li>Build in ongoing and scheduled conversations about design</li>
<li>Trust that things will work out (For example, don’t design for worst case scenarios; we never had to delete posts!)</li>
<li>Don’t base the success of your design on what you see in front of you in the moment. Impact can show up later and elsewhere.</li>
<li>I keep these design elements in mind always: Open, flexible, emergent, experimental. And I never use the word “delivery” when talking about learning :)</li>
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Links</h4>
SCoPE Seminar Discussions<br />
https://scope.bccampus.ca/course/view.php?id=8<br />
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Wenger, E., Trayner, B., and de Laat, M. (2011) Promoting and assessing value creation in communities and networks: a conceptual framework. Rapport 18, Ruud de Moor Centrum, Open University of the Netherlands.<br />
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http://wenger-trayner.com/resources/publications/evaluation-framework/<br />
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Sylvia Curriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915001468754392837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848432620646702585.post-86203733938679786412017-08-31T09:53:00.000-07:002018-03-29T10:33:10.308-07:00Governance by Enthusiasm<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65EBZfBplMTi3u0daxii574FM7mOCAn4xZm9KrlOBMnXvxPeW3jEkMSP5FXjQF46Tr4Tluf-0JJd6gU8QV5FGpP2grMWGkF696tu5uSjcrMvMvzeNAXVk7tbMnMhrLkl2_rJQo9MPnsrQ/s1600/IMG_3251+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65EBZfBplMTi3u0daxii574FM7mOCAn4xZm9KrlOBMnXvxPeW3jEkMSP5FXjQF46Tr4Tluf-0JJd6gU8QV5FGpP2grMWGkF696tu5uSjcrMvMvzeNAXVk7tbMnMhrLkl2_rJQo9MPnsrQ/s320/IMG_3251+copy.jpg" width="240" /></a>The <a href="http://mywebbedfeat.blogspot.ca/search/label/FLO" target="_blank">Facilitating Learning Online project</a> is guided by a group called FLO Enthusiasts. This includes educators who have followed the path to becoming a FLO facilitator. We define ourselves as:<br />
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A group that exists to guide FLO open educational resources through the process of widespread adoption while maintaining integrity of the program</div>
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In June, 2017 this group gathered together to envision the next steps for FLO. The session objectives were emergent, however the following goals and intended outcomes informed our work for the day:<br />
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Goals</h3>
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<li>Strengthen/lengthen Facilitator Development (facilitators of FLO courses)</li>
<li>Encourage institutions to adopt FLO, and to share opportunities and resources with each other - sharing agreements?</li>
<li>Provide a centralized location to:</li>
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<li>Submit and advertise all institutions’ offerings</li>
<li>Find a facilitator to facilitate a FLO course, or provide mentorship for the process</li>
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<li>Support the Facilitator Development Community of Practice (FD-CoP)</li>
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Intended Outcomes</h3>
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<li>Define the min specs of FLO to be clear about what makes it unique and what needs to stay intact in order to be called “FLO”</li>
<li>Decide where the master copy of FLO should sit and if one entity should maintain its resources, including FDO</li>
<li>Determine concrete ways to support institutions to adopt FLO to help spread it</li>
<li>Find a way to track revisions to FLO</li>
<li>Initially explore sharing across institutions</li>
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<a href="http://bethcouglerblom.com/" target="_blank">Beth Cougler Blom</a>, <a href="https://www.educomm.ca/" target="_blank">Sylvia Riessner</a>, and I (aka SylviaC) were the facilitators of the facilitators :) and used a variety of facilitation techniques (purpose to practice, low-tech social network, cover story, min specs). Twelve enthusiasts contributed to the process and outcomes for the day, resulting in a set of recommendations. See Sylvia Riessner's excellent <a href="https://www.educomm.ca/flexing-facilitation-muscles-at-ubco/" target="_blank">Flexing Facilitation Muscles</a> article that summarizes each step.<br />
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Recommendations</h3>
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<b>BCcampus will</b> provide infrastructure and support in the following ways:<br />
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<li>Maintain and host course open resources</li>
<li>Establish and coordinate a 2-year revision cycle, with minor revisions tracked in the CoP</li>
<li>Make courses and outcome resources available for download</li>
<li>Work with FLO facilitators to publish case studies (using templates) that explain proposed changes to FLO content and facilitation</li>
<li>Prepare and mentor FLO facilitators</li>
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<li>Continue the Facilitator Development Online course</li>
<li>Host and steward the Facilitator Development CoP</li>
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<li>Coordinate schedules and resources across institutions</li>
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<li>List available facilitators and mentors</li>
<li>Maintain a centralized calendar of courses</li>
<li>Report on status of offerings, development and facilitation by institutions</li>
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<li>Create and publish FLO information packages</li>
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<li>Adoption Guide</li>
<li>Facilitation Guide</li>
<li>Promotional materials</li>
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<li>Design and produce FLO logos, branding, course graphic collections</li>
<li>Market FLO</li>
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<li>Through mailing lists, social media channels</li>
<li>Through direct communication to VP Academics</li>
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<li>Enable FLO Enthusiasts to continue by exploring support options such as</li>
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<li>Release time for institutional representative</li>
<li>Funds for annual gathering</li>
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<li>Discontinue offering FLO courses and focus on facilitator support and adoption</li>
</ul>
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<b>BC Post-Secondary Institutions/Organizations</b> will:<br />
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<li>Host and implement FLO family courses</li>
<li>Designate a “FLO Enthusiast”</li>
<li>Indicate whether registration is available to individuals outside the institution</li>
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<b>FLO Enthusiasts</b> will:<br />
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<li>Plan and participate in Facilitator Development Community of Practice activities</li>
<li>Assist with research and reporting on FLO activities</li>
<li>Promote FLO within their institutions</li>
<li>Facilitate and mentor future facilitators</li>
<li>Assist with coordination of course implementation at home institutions</li>
<li>Act as a gatekeeper - maintain integrity of FLO across iterations at own institution</li>
<li>Commit to updating a centralized calendar of offerings</li>
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<b>The Facilitator Development CoP</b> “enthusiast group” will:<br />
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<li>Decide how to move forward/coordinate</li>
<li>Organize scheduled meet ups and learning events</li>
<li>Share responsibilities for the CoP space</li>
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Anyone is welcome to use and modify the FLO courses. However, in order to remain part of the <b>FLO project</b>, the course design and implementation will:<br />
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<li>Be evidence based</li>
<li>Include a reflective practice component</li>
<li>Engage all participants in the experience of facilitating an activity</li>
<li>Offer instructor and peer feedback on each learner’s facilitation</li>
<li>Provide a safe and encouraging learning environment</li>
<li>Continue to be openly licensed</li>
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Additional qualities and actions are identified as ideal, but not essential. The course design and implementation will:<br />
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<li>Create opportunities to experience working in teams</li>
<li>Encourage exploration of a variety of online tools</li>
<li>Issue certificates of completion</li>
<li>Courses remain available to learners / or takeaway processes are implemented</li>
<li>Integrate a mentorship model for preparing facilitators</li>
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This list is comprehensive and a more than a little bit intimidating! As a community of enthusiasts with limited time and funds available, we promise to do our best to carry out these recommendations. </div>
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