I have dabble with using LS online, but the call to do more online is getting stronger, particularly in introducing people to LS and getting immediately to hands on use. facilitation Liberating Structures online facilitation online interaction MORE

Phil is interested in the problems of sustaining discussion in online forums and the role of the FutureLearn platform in this; FutureLearn claims to be a social learning platform. This is an interactive word cloud which they have called a Comment Discovery Tool (CDT). MORE

I received a request to grant usage rights to a VERY old piece I wrote years ago – a general set of heuristics for online facilitation called “Facilitips,” first published in 1999. facilitation online facilitation online interactionWay back in the old days! It was basically my distillation of everything I learned from people like Howard Rheingold, Sue Boettcher, and … Continue reading Updating “Facilitips” Source. MORE

I’ve been both working with some distributed communities of practice and talking to different folks in my networks about online meeting practices. I’m feeling a resurgence of the kind of interest we saw in the earlier waves of online interaction. … Continue reading Building Online Meeting Muscles – chunking and practice. collaboration engagement facilitation online facilitation online interaction technology stewardship MORE

Absent presence in online interaction. It will be interesting to see if they are followed through in the next conference in Zagreb, Croatia, 2018, and how much our thinking and ideas will have moved on. MORE

The technology now exists to map a more precise assessment of people through their online interactions. This week Stephen invited Viplav Baxi to join him in a discussion about this week’s topic – Recognition – for the E-Learning 3.0 MORE

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December’s will be around LS online and as I started marking up their draft, I realized it would be a good idea to get my thinking/practices more clearly outlined rather than trying to “think out loud” and potentially … Continue reading Moving Offline Liberating Structures Practices Online. facilitation Liberating Structures online facilitation online interaction liberating structures MORE

I have dabble with using LS online, but the call to do more online is getting stronger, particularly in introducing people to LS and getting immediately to hands on use. I wanted to share some 90 minute “studios” that I have been facilitating in … Continue reading Building an Online Liberating Structures Practice 90 Minutes at a Time. facilitation Liberating Structures online facilitation online interaction MORE

I received a request to grant usage rights to a VERY old piece I wrote years ago – a general set of heuristics for online facilitation called “Facilitips,” first published in 1999. facilitation online facilitation online interactionWay back in the old days! It was basically my distillation of everything I learned from people like Howard Rheingold, Sue Boettcher, and … Continue reading Updating “Facilitips” Source. MORE

counter narrative of open online education. This is the title of a new paper, co-authored with Mariana Funes and published today in Learning Media and Technology, by Taylor & Francis Online. MORE

I’ve been both working with some distributed communities of practice and talking to different folks in my networks about online meeting practices. I’m feeling a resurgence of the kind of interest we saw in the earlier waves of online interaction. … Continue reading Building Online Meeting Muscles – chunking and practice. collaboration engagement facilitation online facilitation online interaction technology stewardship MORE

December’s will be around LS online and as I started marking up their draft, I realized it would be a good idea to get my thinking/practices more clearly outlined rather than trying to “think out loud” and potentially … Continue reading Moving Offline Liberating Structures Practices Online. facilitation Liberating Structures online facilitation online interaction liberating structures MORE

An article in the New York Times caught my eye a while back about the power of joint use of schools and churches as community spaces for exercise, play and other community activities, particularly for communities where there is a lack of park space, or inability for the average community member to pay for private … Continue reading Joint Use in Online Spaces. collaboration community complexity engagement networks online interaction technology stewardship MORE