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Write a post to your blog with ideas on what sort of communities exist on Second Life and how you might operate as a facilitator for a community communicating on it.It’s a shame that I cannot log onto and experience second life due to my poor Internet connection. I googled, read articles on Second Life and watched machinema from YouTube. All these efforts provided me a rough idea of what is

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This week we reflect on the experience and make note of the things that happened and what we learned from it all1. Preparation:The preparation of the practice was a bit rushing for me. Thanks for the online conference I attended with Leigh and Nellie (yes, only three of us for that online meeting) and Nellie would like to help me with the topic of “Connecting Online in Developing Countries”.

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Requirements for this week:You should now have more understanding about the difference between a community, a group and a team. Also how the roles of a teacher, moderator and facilitator differ and the diverse range of skills each role needs. Spend this week reflecting on what you have learned so far about different online communities and the roles and skills required of an effective

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This week we are required to:Help document the conference by posting commentary to your blog.It’s really good that we have a chance to facilitate an online session by ourselves. To me, this practice teaches me more than I expected.I was a bit rushing in organizing this session after returned back to NZ from overseas. But thank God finally before the session started, everything had been done in

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This week we are required to:Write up a description of your experience with your chosen community (one of the three: Facebook, Ning, LinkedIn) and include ideas on how you think facilitation would work in such a context. I’ve never been to above three communities before I start this course. Thanks Leigh this paper really brings me to a wider field of relearning and I have the opportunity to learn

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Sorry for the delay of the post. I had a very very very busy holiday in China for the last several weeks. Not handy to get online, and another main reason is – I’ve got no time to go to the Internet Café and spend hours there. Now it’s the time to catch up, thou a bit late.Week9 – Planning Mini-ConferenceThis week we are required to publish the plan of mini conference.Background informationThis

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1. Look at the Wikipedia entry for Blogosphere and pay particular attention to the See Also section. Read up on one of the listed blogospheres in that section and write a post to your blog that explains in your own words what a Blogging Network is and can be - cite examples. 2. Review this course as a blogging network to date. Does it connect out to a wider network, or is it insular? Does this

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Task for Week 6 - Discussion Forum1. Locate an example of an online forum and post to your blog a link to the forum with an assessment of the identifying features you might look for in an online community. Include in your post a comment or some ideas on how the forum might benefit from facilitation services - such as a coordinated event to help focus people around a particular issue, or the

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Teacher, facilitator and moderatorAs a teacher, the way knowledge is delivered is teacher-centred. Teacher provides all the learning information and explanation. Student learns in a passive way with no or less critical thinking. Teacher has more control in the learning process. I was a teacher in China before I came to NZ. Work as a teacher in China, sometimes you need to push student to achieve

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Task for Week 2 & 3:Write a post to your blog with your thoughts about the meaning of an online community and its uses. Include a list of identifying features that YOU would look for when assessing an online group or network for features which make it a community.According the definition from Whatis.com (what is virtual commuinty?, 2006), online community, (also called virtual community) is a

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Week 1 (28th July, 2008 -1st August, 2008) OrientationThe course of Facilitating Online Communities starts this week. I was looking forward to learn more online facilitating skills and imagined it would be very interesting and a challenge for me.Supposing as a tutor / trainer who facilitates online community should be very familiar with the "places" that can gather people together as a community,

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