Social Role – Building Community

Phyllis StreeterUnit 5 - Facilitator

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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.