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Social Role – Building Community. Phyllis Streeter Unit 5 - Facilitator. By PresenterMedia.com. 1. 2. 3. Discussion Item One – Impacts of Attrition. Discussion Item Two – GSU Online Course Taking Stats. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Social Role – Building Community
Phyllis StreeterUnit 5 - Facilitator
By PresenterMedia.com
Discussion Item One – Impacts of Attrition
Discussion Item Two – GSU Online Course Taking Stats
Discussion Item Four – Five Critical Features for Building Virtual Learning Communities
Discussion Item Five – Conclusion
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Discussion Item Three – Five Roles Played in Online Courses
AGENDA
Building Community in Online Courses
Key to successful teaching and learning is relationships.
Relevant contact with instructors and peers contribute to overall satisfaction with the distance education.
Developing meaningful relationships online requires different strategies.
• Students Dropout • Failure to attain
personal and financial success
• Costly for the University.
• Affects Reputation of School
• Affects Financial Aid and Fund Raising
• Accreditation
• Society Benefits• Increased Tax
Revenues• Less Dependency on
Public aid• Improved Quality of
Life• Greater Civic
Participation
• Impacts of Attrition
• 31% of all GSU Students take at least 1 online class.
• More Undergraduates than Graduates take an online class.
• Graduate students prefer face-to-face classes.
GSU Students Taking Online Classes
Students Taking UG GR All
All Online Classes 15% 13% 14%
At least 1 Online Class
44% 14% 31%
No Online Classes 41% 73% 55%
Space Planner
Pacesetter
Host
Connector
Mirror
Roles played by
online instructors
that assist in
providing student
success and
community building
as described by Scot
Headley.
•The Five Roles Played in Online Courses
• Space Planner• Creates opportunities within the course module
for students to get to know the instructor, the course content and expectations and each other.
• Pace Setter• Involves good design of the timing and pacing of
the course. Instructors need to provide time for interaction and reflection and allow for depth and breath of learning.
Five Roles Played in Online Courses
• Host• Draws students into the learning
experience and responds to their needs and concerns.
• Connector• Helps students make connections with
each other, the course content, their work in the course and their work outside the course space.
• Mirror• Provides clear and appropriate feedback to
facilitate student learning and assessment.
Five Roles Played in Online Courses
Five Critical Features for BuildingVirtual Learning Communities
Rounds
Roles
• “Shaping the
Metaphor of
Community in
Online Learning
Environments”
by Richard
Schwier.
Ringers
Rules Rituals
• Discussion Forum – Building Community
• Discussion Forum – Ice Breaker Brainstorming
• One Page Paper – Social Networking with Facebook
• Peer Facilitation Review
•Discussions and Assignments
• Building Community
Members in an online course become a community of
learners when they begin to experience a sense of
belonging to the group.