The document discusses the role and responsibilities of an e-facilitator. It begins by defining an e-facilitator as someone who helps groups achieve their online learning objectives. It then lists qualities of a good e-facilitator, such as experience in adult education, technical skills, and the ability to listen and mentor others. The document outlines key roles and responsibilities of an e-facilitator, including educational, social, managerial, and technical tasks. It also lists important personal skills and qualifications for the role, such as strong communication and problem-solving abilities. In closing, it provides resources for learning more about online facilitation competencies and courses.
4. ... traditionally a facilitator is someone who helps a group of people understand their common objectives and assists them to plan to achieve them without taking a particular position in the discussion...
12. 8 competencies of online interaction Online communications Tolerance for ambiguity Love your tools Facilitation skills Self awareness Learning with others Intercultural antennae Ability to switch contexts Thank you Nancy White: http://onlinefacilitation.wikispaces.com/
13. E-facilitator job description ... Scoping and designing an ... http://critical-metalearning.blogspot.com/2010/08/efacilitator-job-description.html
Explain the derivation – some from participants in Facilitation training at GFC, some from wikipediaInvite audience to google e-facilitator and see what they find
Explore a few of these attributes of good e-facilitationExplain my gallery of good e-facilitators – these are the ones who’ve influenced my style Nancy – experience in adult education – ability to inspire Steve – empathy with multiple global cultures – ability to enthuse Jonathon – confidence in being online – ability to instruct Sarah – supportive and approachable – ability to mentorAsk one person in audience to highlight one of the attributes to talk about – who influenced you?
Webtour to the wikipages to explore – 3. Love your tools and 7. intercultural antennaeOnline communications (perhaps most concrete)Tolerance for ambiguity (good at start since we will be working in an emergent fashion)(concrete, should be in week 1)(concrete, lots of material to refer to)(juiciest, most complex)(negotiation across experience)(skills about living in a more diverse world)Ability to switch contexts
Describe how this session topic came about:Facilitating a group of international facilitators who work for the GAC AcademyThey are currently collaboratively building a new set of job descriptions for the facilitation work they do.I then went hunting for some current online available e-facilitator job descriptions and came up with this one from Neal Barber in Otago, NZ:http://critical-metalearning.blogspot.com/2010/08/efacilitator-job-description.htmlShared Neal’s JD as a Googledoc and began the team task.
Some need to clarify what the purpose of efacilitation is all about:Two schools of thought:Facilitate elearningModerate virtual classroomsOne may include the other or maybe totally stand alone activities.Find out what type of efactilitators are in the audience.
Instruct on use of whiteboard to keep text small and succinctNumbers allocated to participants in order of raised hands
What does the eFacilitator do?How do they do these things?
Use app share to explore the middle section:How can I help online learners manage their workload?Preparation - providing a study guide and templatesStructure through deadlinesFacilitator interaction and feedbackCourse design and workload