Friday, August 15, 2008

FOC08 Course Outline

1 Facilitating Online Communities blog
2 Participation
3 Learning objectives
4 Schedule
4.1 Wk 1: Orientation - 28 July - 3 August
4.2 Wks 2 and 3: What is an online community? - 4 - 17 August
4.3 Wks 4 and 5: Facilitating, moderating, or teaching - 18 - 31 August
4.4 Wk 6: Looking for online community: Discussion forums - 1 - 7 September
4.5 Wk 7: Looking for online community: Blog networks - 8 - 14 September
4.6 Wk 8: Open versus closed communities - 15 - 21 September
4.7 Wk 9: Looking for online community: Wiki collaborators - 22 - 28 September
4.8 Holiday Break: 29 September - 12 October
4.9 Wk 10: Looking for online community: Virtual Worlds - 13 - 19 October
4.10 Wk 11: Looking for online community: Social networking platforms - 20 - 26 October
4.11 Wks 12 and 13: Facilitate an event for an online community - 27 October - 9 November
4.12 Wk 14: Reflect on different kinds of online communities 10 - 16 November
4.13 Wks 15 and 16: Evaluate the facilitation of an online event - 17 - 30 November
4.14 Wks 17: Round up assignments, course review - 1 - 5 December
5 Assignments
5.1 Assignment 1: Weekly reading and blogging
5.2 Assignment 2: Facilitate an online event
5.3 Assignment 3: Evaluate a facilitated online event
6 Related courses

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