eModeration Workshop
Conglomerscope
Thursday, August 21st, 2003
1.45 - 4.15 pm

Program

1.45 - 1.55 Introduction
1.55 - 2.55 Chat
2.55 - 3.15 BREAK
3.15 - 4.15 Forums

Session Outcomes:

• increased awareness of the issues involved in being an effective online moderator (emoderator)
  
• strategies for hosting successful online chats
  
• strategies for hosting successful online asynchronous discussions

ACTIVITY ONE

1. everyone go the Gasbags chat room and introduce yourself
   
2. answer this question: how can you guarantee that today's session is a complete disaster?
   
3. now answer this question: how can you guarantee that this session is successful?

ACTIVITY TWO

1. split into three chat rooms (Gasbags, the Bar, and Podium)
   
2. chat for 5 minutes on this topic: Good teachers are born, not made.
   
3. decide who will summarise your discussion
   
4. return to the main group in the Gasbags room
   
5. one person from each group summarises the discussion

ACTIVITY THREE

1. go to the discussion board (forum) area
   
2. enter the Chat Experience Summary (Educause) Forum
   
3. write a brief summary (5 - 10 lines) of activities one and two