As part of the last two weeks I have completed the synchronous and asynchronous facilitation for the group. This was an enlightening experience. Both challenged me in ways that I had not considered. The synchronous presentation was fun, but it was also hard to come up with a good prompt that would cause discussion in the group. Once the discussion started it was also hard to keep everyone focused on the points that I wonted to bring out. There certainly were some other good ideas brought out, but they were not necessarily the ones that needed to be covered from the article that I covered. In the end I was able to keep the class on track by asking leading questions that steered the conversation back to the points I wanted to cover.
For the asynchronous discussion I was better able to moderate the discussion, but here too there were some surprises. The responses I got were not as specific as I hoped. My biggest take away is that it is important to be very specific in your questions in the rubric. Overall this class was a great experience, and I am looking forward to taking these skills into my first real online teaching experience as my company develops the new software training.
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