{"id":917,"date":"2020-10-18T11:28:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T15:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0125\/?p=917"},"modified":"2020-10-18T11:29:43","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T15:29:43","slug":"3-2-1-digital-facilitation-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0125\/3-2-1-digital-facilitation-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Facilitation 3-2-1\u2013 Revisited!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What a course! What a fantastic and demanding\nlearning experience. In this blog post, I am reflecting on digital\nfacilitation, having now engaged in planning and delivering a weeklong digital\nfacilitation experience with our peers in the MALAT program. I was part of a\nteam that facilitated a group learning experience on Digital Literacy Skills\nfor Effective Online Facilitation. <\/em>The focus of our week was exploring\nthe use of data-analytics and surveillance tools in educational technology.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have outlined my reflections, in connection\nto my 3-2-1 blog post<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>from the beginning of our course, in a 3 (Thoughts) \u2013 2\n(Questions) \u2013 1 (Simile) format <\/strong>below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 THOUGHTS about Digital Facilitation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. It calls for more\nplanning, preparation, and communication efforts (with learners) than my\nprevious face-to-face teaching experiences.<\/li>
  2. As stated in my\ninitial 3-2-1 blog post, I still feel that \u201cit is important for a facilitator\nto give frequent and specific feedback in a digital learning environment\u201d.<\/li>
  3. I found it to be more challenging to plan and\nnavigate when facilitating as a group of five, than it would be for me as an\nindividual instructor\u2014or co-teaching with a second instructor. There is more\nnegotiating of styles and priorities amongst a group than if working individually,\nor with one partner\/co-facilitator.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    2 QUESTIONS about Digital Facilitation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. In my initial blog post I questioned what\nmight be a more effective tool for a group discussion: Moodle or Mattermost?<\/em>\nI found Mattermost to be an excellent tool for discussion, particularly in the\ncontext of the asynchronous debate that was a central element to my group\u2019s\nfacilitation week.<\/li>
    2. A new question\u2026 I wonder what the ratio is for\ntime and effort that goes into planning a digital facilitation week, versus a\nface-to-face facilitation week. In the end, I am deeply aware of the fact that\nall good teaching efforts take time and commitment, regardless of the setting\nor modality.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      1 SIMILE about Digital Facilitation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      My initial post contained an image of a multi-armed,\nwise, omnipresent guide (in connection to an image of a Thai Buddhist statue<\/a>). In revisiting this simile about digital\nfacilitation, I remain committed to my thinking that digital facilitation is a\nrole that involves a significant and multi-faceted level of multi-tasking! As I\npointed out in my initial post: \u201cThere are so many more tools, and channels of\ncommunication (i.e., discussion forum or app like Mattermost, email,\nsynchronous sessions, blogs) to keep up with, particularly as a facilitator\u201d\n(McCarthy, 2020). To reconnect with the wise and multi-armed Thai Buddhist\nstatue from my initial post, I propose this image as one that captures my\nsentiments about digital facilitation\u2026 having just<\/em> finished our\nfacilitation week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

      Photo by Anton Shuvalov<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Reference<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      McCarthy, L. (2020, August 27). Digital Facilitation \u2013\n3-2-1 [Blog comment]. Retrieved from https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0125\/digital-facilitation-3-2-1\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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