Facilitating Online Learning: Effective Strategies for Moderators

This book is aimed specifically at new or relatively new facilitators of online education or training courses. The authors guide you in learning the ground breaking techniques and skills necessary to effectively facilitate online dialogue, community, and, ultimately, education. Chapters include topics such as: Principles that Support Effective Moderating, Negotiating Space: Forms of Dialogue and Goals of Moderating, Key Facilitators Roles, Healthy Online Communities, Voice, Critical Thinking Strategies, and Roadblocks and Getting Back on Track.