On the Online Toys and Tools discussion forum, Sirin Soyoz from Istambul states
As far as I experience, it is instructional design that facilitates learning and learners must take on new roles in the learning process.
This is very much the discussion now taking place in Week 6 of the FOC08 course, which I am also following [...]
I will try to bundle two weeks of questions, readings and reflections on what I have observed until now.
What is an online community?
This is the first question in the FOC08 course and Leigh introduces the topic with a warning and some advice.
Most people use the phrase “online community” very loosely …and it is important that we try and [...]
When observing and reacting, I relate first and foremost to human beings. I do not believe this springs from my need of belonging, building a role or forming a community. What I have observed:
Some people trying to understand how all this happens but do not manage to follow as they expect, feel they are [...]
Fortunately, I do have some of the technical skills the course requires and know how to find my way in a distributed environment. However, as I mentioned before, I was consuming, commenting and contributing to f2f encounters and trying to digest them in the blog as well so I did not post anything FOC08 on [...]
Tagged facilitating, FOC08, learning, participation onlineSocializing and Connecting
As I joined late, I had a certain difficulty in finding who the other people from the course were for there was little interaction with them in the first phase. There is an introduction thread in the discussion area of the wiki but this, from what I gather, served mostly for people to [...]
I had seen the FOC08 course on Wikieducator but did not realize it was happeningt until Alex nudged me. The opportunity for conversation that drew me in - educators I know f2f , others with whom I have collaborated online, names I have seen in other spaces and places and finally the possibility of meeting [...]
Tagged Communities, COP, facilitation online, FOC08, multicultural issues