Facilitation in online asynchronous topics

Course description

Increasingly our learners are looking for opportunities to learn when and where they want (anytime and anywhere). One way to do this is through Flinders Online. For academics, facilitating topics in an asynchronous learning environment presents unique challenges and opportunities.

This session will explore principles and strategies for facilitating an online asynchronous environment.

The session will cover principles and techniques to monitor and build student engagement and learning communities in an online asynchronous topic. This includes selection of tools and learning technologies to build a sense of presence and provide feedback without synchronous sessions.

Type of course

Web conference

Presenters

Who should attend

• Topic Coordinators teaching into Flinders Online topics
• Academics looking to extend their facilitation practice
• Academics interested in asynchronous teaching and learning
• Learning Designers
• Anyone interested learning design

What you will learn

At the end of this session you should be able to:

1. Understand the principles of asynchronous online facilitation
2. Apply facilitation principles and techniques in your topic/practice
3. Select and use learning tools and technologies to support learning, build a learning community and provide asynchronous feedback.

Prerequisites / assumed knowledge