On community, facilitating, moderating and teaching

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 … Read more

Facilitating Online Communities – motivation

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 … Read more

DIY

We have just started the second semester of 2008 and my intended quiet and leisurely sabbatical has turned into frantic activity again – as intense as when at school with my students (miss them but not the system). I’ve had some busy weeks lately trying out, creating and deleting databases and scripts, surfing in circles … Read more