These resources start with a general overview of the concept of course facilitation. There are some specific resources for synchronous events including chat and web-conferencing. Then there are resources about the concept of what makes for a good conversation and better communication.

 

Effective Online Facilitation

http://pre2005.flexiblelearning.net.au/guides/facilitation.html

 

The Art of Hosting Good Conversations Online

http://www.emoderators.com/moderators/artonlinehost.html

 

The Synchronous Non-Interactive Fallacy

http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/01/18/the-synchronous-non-interactive-fallacy/

 

The Synchronous Trainer's Survival Guide (book, takes you to Amazon) 

 

Learning in Real Time (book, takes you to Amazon)

 

Synchronous Discussion in Online Course: A Pedagogical Strategy for Taming the Chat Beast

http://www.learningcircuits.org/2006/July/smith.htm

 

Strategies for Using Chat

http://www.webster.edu/online/courseDev/pdf/using_chat.pdf

 

"Managing online chat tips

Chat sessions with 4-10 participants are quite manageable, however large groups can be very difficult to manage and are not recommended.

Issues to be aware of:

  • More than one "conversation" may develop - causing confusion and overload.
  • Two many users (i.e. 10+) will reduce the quality of a session.
  • Users with slow typing and/or screen-reading speed may find the environment frustrating.
  • "Shy" users can become agitated by those who "talk a lot" (similar to face-to-face sessions).
  • The synchronous nature of the tool (i.e. at a fixed time) means that some students may not be able to be involved.<28-Aug-2007udents are less likely to be involved at first, where as many younger students are quite used to online chat environments."

http://tlo.calt.utas.edu.au/deliver/manage_tools.aspx

 

The Real Time Minute

http://www.learninginrealtime.com/minute/

 

The Fast Path to Success - pdf of a book put out by Centra with lots of information about elearning and using Centra of course. If you want a copy, email Julia and she'll send it to you.

 

The eLearning Guild's Handbook on Synchronous eLearning or see following embeddable:

Handbook on Synchronous e-Learning - Upload a Document to Scribd

 

Tool Specific Resources

 

Check out our NMSU Centra Checklist

http://distance.nmsu.edu/help/centra.html

 

Check out Wimba archives

http://www.wimba.com/community/archived.php

 

Check out Elluminate events from CIDER

http://cider.athabascau.ca/CIDERSessions/sessionarchive/

 

Check out Adobe 

Adobe Case Study: Purdue University

 

Check out the CEL 580 Student Contributions pages 

 

From the Asynchronous and Synchronous page

 
Academic Applications
http://christytucker.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/ggg41-academic-applications

 

Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication Tools

http://www.asaecenter.org/PublicationsResources/articledetail.cfm?ItemNumber=13572

 

You Just Had to Be There

http://in-the-middle-of-the-curve.blogspot.com/2006/12/you-just-had-to-be-there.html

 

Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning Communities

http://christytucker.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/synchronous-and-asynchronous-learning-communities/

 

Hybrid Asynchronous and Synchronous Learning Networks in Distance Education

http://www.ctc.puc-rio.br/icee-98/Icee/papers/351.pdf

 

Academic Applications

http://christytucker.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/ggg41-academic-applications

 

 

Resources about Dialogue

 

The Art of Dialogue: Better Communication in Business and In Life

http://web.mit.edu/giving/spectrum/winter01/art-of-dialogue.html

 

The Art of Dialogue

http://www.ullerymanagement.com/art_of_dialogue.htm

 

The Power of Dialogue

http://informl.com/?p=555

 

 


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