Lesley Reilly from EdTech Leaders Online presented tips and tools for facilitating engaging online courses. She discussed building motivation and community, using collaborative activities and assessments, differentiating instruction, and integrating mobile devices and social media. Attendees provided feedback on challenges with group work and ways they currently facilitate online courses. Resources were shared for creating content, conducting discussions, and continuing the conversation on facilitating online.

1. March 10, 2015
3:30 PM Eastern Time

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4. About EdTech Leaders Online
www.edtechleaders.org
Goal: Build capacity to use online learning to meet
educational goals
• Based at EDC (education non-profit) since 1999
• For states, districts, regional centers, universities, other
educational organizations
• Online facilitator and course design programs
• 70+ online courses, including for Common Core and Blended
Learning
• Custom course and content development

5. Today’s Presenter
 Lesley Reilly, EdTech Leaders Online

6. Poll Question #1
 What is your current role?
A. Virtual School Instructor
B. K-12 Classroom Teacher (Brick & Mortar School)
C. Curriculum Director/Administrator
D. Other (Tell us about your role in the Chat Box)

7. Poll Question #2
 How many online courses have you facilitated?
A. None
B. 1-5
C. 6-10
D. 10 or More
Use the Chat Box to share more details about your experience
facilitating or developing online courses.

8. Poll Question #3
 I include collaborative activities in my online
courses…..
A. Never
B. Occasionally
C. Often
Use the Chat Box to share more details about your experience
with virtual collaboration and group work

9. Poll Question #4
 I integrate the use of mobile devices and social
media in my facilitation…..
A. Never
B. Occasionally
C. Often
Use the Chat Box to share more details about how you use
mobile devices and social media

10. Motivation and Community
Building
 Two Truths and a Lie
 Picture Collages
(http://pic-collage.com/) (Photo Grid)
 Interactions Online
 MUSIC model – Brett Jones:eMpowerment,
Usefulness, Success, Interest, and Caring.

11. “Science of Engagement”
http://info.shiftelearning.com/blog/bid/335884/The-Simple-Science-of-Creating-
Engaging-eLearning-Courses
Anthropologist Dr.
Grant McCracken,
psychologist Dr.
Olivier Oullier and
neuroscientist Dr.
Thomas Ramsøy

12. Content Ready Resources for
Engagement:
• Library Vox: Online Audio Books
• Interactivate free, online courseware for science and mathematics.
Activities, lessons, and discussions
• Storyline Online: Children’s books read aloud by famous people

13. Content Creation Tools
 WeVideo
 Comic Life
 Exploratree
What other tools can you use to
create engaging content for
students online?

14. Collaboration and Group Work
Keys to Effective
Collaborative Tasks
 Model and support
 Facilitate and be involved
 Make assessment clear
 Planning Template: Work
with a partner on Google
Docs
 Explore Synchronous
Video Tools

15. Collaboration with Padlet
Reflect back on a challenging experience you have had while working on a collaborative project or trying to
facilitate a group project with students. Add a post to the Padlet wall describing your biggest or most
frustrating challenge. Make sure to add your name to your post.

16. Meeting Diverse Needs
• Differentiation
Rubric: Self
Assess
• Explore Assistive
technologies like
UDL Editions and
Text to Speech
Translator

17. Voice Tools

18. Feedback and Assessment
 Best Practices:
Alignment, Clarity,
Feedback, Reflection,
Integrity, Technology
 Evaluating Discussions
 Creating Rubrics
 Create and share an
assessment
video

19. Social Media
 Twitter for back channel and sharing #advfacil,
#etlomobile
 Teach 100- Grow your PLN
 Social Bookmarking for resource sharing:
(Diigo list of resources from the course
 ETLO Google Plus Community

20. Let’s Continue the Conversation…
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21. Thank You!
Please contact Erin Earnst to request a CE
Certificate for today’s webinar:
eearnst@edc.org
Webinar recording and resources will be shared on ETLO
webinar website:
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