About to start a small workshop on advanced online facilitation practices in elearning in Melbourne. Our agenda is a short intro activity (tags!), then looking at multiple perspectives through empathy mapping. I’m putting this on G+ in case any one else wants to chime in! Hashtag #conVerge11. If you are doing this at home, google +Dave Gray and “empathy mapping.”
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Nancy White - I have just asked everyone to write one or two words on their badges that describe their strength as a teacher. Online folks, write yours here.
Nov 24, 2011 - Edit
Nancy White - The room is full of talking. (And happy Thanksgiving to my American netfriends!)
Nov 24, 2011 - Edit
Gabrielle Harrison - I’m not a teacher in the true sense, but I guide and coach people
Lynne Gibb - Thinking: Its actually quite hard work but its really exciting
Hearing: Student “I love learnng in my pyjamas at home!”
Sayng: ” I will lead you and then I will get out of the way and let you explore and discover on your own. But I will be beside you if you need me.”
Seeing: More and more teachers and students havng a go – yay!
Nov 24, 2011
Gabrielle Harrison - I am finding this very hard in this context. Nancy says this is not surprising. I like seeing the lights go on!
Nov 24, 2011
Michelle Hollister - Changing relationship – when you have a light-bulb moment with something finally becoming clear.
Nov 24, 2011
michael chalk - Feeling: often i feel excited and engaged about meeting in a web conferencing space, especially when well-prepared. i try to feel the energy of the room, to add positive energy to the environment, even though it’s a virtual place.
Nov 24, 2011
Nancy White - When relationships change online – conflict is a clever breakthrough technology! Creating the connection – mirroring, conflict, authentic storytelling – talking from experience.
ian knox - I love !!!! marks. You don’t always have to agree with students
Nov 24, 2011
Nancy White - Are we perfect?! No! Allowing ourselves to learn from our mistakes (online leaves a trail!)… Use empathy map to learn where your strengths are and how you might shift your focus a bit.
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Nicholas V - Are you an “invisible” facilitator online or an “in-your-face” one? Not wrong or right either way, but responding to your online class’ comments, reactions and being prepared to switch camps when you need to is important.
Jill Koppel - Those choccies were good… thanks for all the ideas, Nancy.
Nov 24, 2011
michael chalk - Applause Nancy, thanks! Will definitely use that spectrogram in a web conference.
Nov 24, 2011
Luis Suarez - Whoaahhh! Fantastic exercise, +Nancy White ! Catching up with it after it’s all over now, for sure, but having a blast seeing the flow of how it went, even virtually! I have been wondering about this and how G+ provides perhaps a much better user experience w.r.t. engagement in this type of exercises where folks can convene in almost real-time virtually, just as if they were F2F. What was the experience like, Nancy, to conduct it? Can you share a line or two? Would love to know more… And thanks for starting the thread over here!
Nov 25, 2011
Nancy White - Luis, it figures you would notice this. I ran a 50 minute workshop yesterday at the ConVerge11 conf (#converge11 for interesting tweetflowage) and after probably leaving people dazed and confused with my keynote the day before, I knew I wanted to be both concrete, but to hold space for being, for being the change, for recognizing that our interactions via technology still hold their humanity. And to be USEFUL to the group.
I also knew I wanted to use visual methods, so I settled on the empathy map, picking up on comments on day one about how we talk about designing FOR students, but recognizing we need to design for ourselves, for other teachers, admin, etc. So I thought the mapping and comparing between maps might be interesting.
THEN when I rocked up to the room, I just had this idea to tap my network (even though the time zone was not hot for European frends and all US friends were offline with Thanksgiving. I was hoping some Canadian’s would find it and sure enough, +Rob Cottingham did.. THANKS Rob. I plugged your cartoons. Google+ seemed likely. I quickly could not facilitate and type, so Evan volunteered to scribe. Obviously we did not capture everything, but I could probably go back and create a narrative from the notes when I have a bit of time. But now it is day off in OZ and I am going to enjoy the beauty of Bells Beach and the pleasure of visiting with “imaginary” friends, now well met F2F.
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Luis Suarez - +Nancy White WOW!! Absolutely fantastic, Nancy! Thanks much for taking the time to detail so nicely what the event was like and how folks were participating and what they got out of it. Fascinating to use the empathy map for such exercise to demonstrate how it is all about a dual lane highway, going both ways! Really sorry the timing was not right with me, I would have wanted to chime in as well. Sounded like lots of good fun!
Have a wonderful weekend and safe travels back home! Speak soon!
Nov 25, 2011
Pauline Wilson - Hi Nancy, I thoroughly enjoyed your presentations at ConVerge. Unfortunately my iPhone was playing up and I couldn’t contribute to this Google+ stream at the time. This was disappointing because I thought it was such a great idea to use this tool. I think Google+ has huge potential in education. Also really enjoyed Ian Knox’s presentation on using Google+ for communicating in a Social Media course. Thanks for “adding me back”! I look forward to following you on Google+
Nov 25, 2011
Junita Lyon - Hi Nancy hope the weather picks up for your visit to prom, you will find Gippsland also beautiful in the rain..Thankyou for your pearls of wisdom.. Great to meet you..Cheers
Nov 25, 2011
Dave Gray - Hi Nancy, cool to see you doing innovative work with empathy mapping!
Nov 25, 2011
Manjit Bhamral - Hi Nancy
All your presentations were great- ver inspiring! Thanks for adding me back on Google+
Nov 25, 2011
Jayne Cravens - I found audiences in Melbourne and all over Eastern Australia very receptive to using the Internet to engage & support volunteers – Western Australia, not so much (still a lot of apprehension). On another note – the Pho in Melbourne is to die for.
Nov 28, 2011
Nancy White - I had Pho last night in Melbourne! Natch! And I have to say, the networks of change and interesting people in Melb are WONDERFUL. #KMLF#CalmintheCity#improv etc..
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Alfred Penny - Will be following closely. You have some very interesting things to say. Glad to see here on Google+ as we become new friends.
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