1. Facilitating Online Courses:
The Keys to Effective
Instruction
SABES is funded by the Massachusetts Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education, Adult and Community
Learning Services
2. Tutorial Objectives
After completing this tutorial, you will be
able to:
• Describe important differences between
online and face-to-face facilitation, with
an emphasis on communication
• Monitor participation and describe why
and how to communicate with
participants before, during, and after the
course in order to maximize retention and
participants’ satisfaction with their online
experience
• Manage and post to the discussion forum
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3. Tutorial Materials
Examples of supporting materials are referenced within
the lessons.
To download the document so you can refer to it as
you move through the tutorial, look on the left menu and
click Facilitating Online Courses Materials.
After, look on the left menu and click Fundamental
Concepts to continue.
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