Harvesting From my Older Posts on Online Facilitation

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

Online Facilitation, Twitter, Backchannel and Keynotes

As promised earlier, here is my reflection of the keynote I did at the Instructional Technology Council’s annual gathering on February 22nd. The topic was “Online Facilitation: 14 years on. What have we learned and what do we need to learn.” As usual, I decided to try something new. Why do the same old shtick … Continue reading Online Facilitation, Twitter, Backchannel and Keynotes

ITC Keynote: The History and Future of Online Facilitation

Wow, they got the video up fast, so I guess there are two Monday videos today! Here is a recording of the keynote I did a little over 90 minutes ago! The presentation wiki has slides and I’ll reflect on the Twitter backchannel experiment (and thank all the Twitterfolk who helped make it happen) later … Continue reading ITC Keynote: The History and Future of Online Facilitation

What is YOUR history of online facilitation?

In just over a week I’ll be in Ft. Worth, Texas, opening Monday’s session of the Elearning 2010 Conference. My topic is “Online Facilitation 13 Years On: What We Learned and What Do We Need to Learn?” Despite all best intentions, I’m just now getting concrete on what I want to do in this more … Continue reading What is YOUR history of online facilitation?

My Old Online Facilitation Workshop Materials

This curriculum and materials have not been updated in many years, but they are still a valuable resource that emerges from not only my work, but that of my teachers, Lisa Kimball, Howard Rheingold, Michele Paradise and many, many others. In a way, they are a glimpse back into the early days of the practice … Continue reading My Old Online Facilitation Workshop Materials