{"id":299,"date":"2022-08-24T13:24:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T20:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0209\/?p=299"},"modified":"2022-08-24T13:24:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T20:24:38","slug":"facilitating-digital-environments-activity-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0209\/facilitating-digital-environments-activity-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Facilitating Digital Environments: Activity 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" data-src=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0209\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2022\/08\/04ba540a2221add0cae737bc37d44ba6-300x279.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-300 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0209\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2022\/08\/04ba540a2221add0cae737bc37d44ba6-300x279.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0209\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2022\/08\/04ba540a2221add0cae737bc37d44ba6.jpeg 688w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/279;\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quotemaster.org\/group+facilitation\">image source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>My initial thoughts on facilitation in a digital environment center around my own experiences with online learning. There have been some highs and lows in regards to online learning, and many of my so-called challenging experiences have come from what I interpret as poor facilitation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3 initial thoughts I have about facilitation in digital environments<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Facilitation is a continuous process: A good facilitator is present often (sometimes daily), keeping the conversations going and responding to students in a timely matter. I find this maintains momentum of the learning environment and creates trust in the process.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Maintain a social connection: It can be challenging to see each other as people in digital environments. Facilitating a group of people requires everyone to see each other as people, and not an avatar or username in a chat room.<\/li><li>Be a model user: A facilitator is responsible for maintaining the standard for behaviour within the group, and this can be a challenge with large groups or among varied backgrounds. It\u2019s important for the facilitator to set the standard for conduct, participation, and overall tone of the digital space.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2 questions about digital facilitation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>How do you keep everyone at the same speed in a digital learning environment or online course?<\/li><li>How do you gauge participation from students who are more observers than contributors? (and is observing an equal participation?)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>1 metaphor I have for digital facilitation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cIt\u2019s like herding cats\u2026.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My initial thoughts on facilitation in a digital environment center around my own experiences with online learning. There have been some highs and lows in regards to online learning, and many of my so-called challenging experiences have come from what I interpret as poor facilitation.\u00a0 3 initial thoughts I have about facilitation in digital environments &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0209\/facilitating-digital-environments-activity-1\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Facilitating Digital Environments: Activity 1&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":222,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lrnt528"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0209\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0209\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0209\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0209\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0209\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0209\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":301,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0209\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299\/revisions\/301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0209\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0209\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0209\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}