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See clear guidance and expectations for a discussion

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See clear guidance and expectations for a discussion

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The facilitator will inform the participants about what goals they have to achieve by the end of the workshop. It’s so important for them to become familiar within the different strategies that will help them to meet their expectations. There should be enough guidance from the facilitator with clear instructions.

It’s important that the facilitator have to inform participants that they are required to post their messages and encourage them to read others messages and give feedback about them.

The online facilitator will monitor participation discussion forums and the completion of assigned tasks.

He or she has to be sure that the participants are following the guidance and the instructions given by him or her.

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Post weekly summaries with concrete feedback 

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Post weekly summaries with concrete feedback 

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As an online facilitator, the role of providing feedback to participants in an online workshop is crucial. Providing constructive feedback to participants increases positive behavior and motivation. It also provides guidance on how to proceed. For this reason, the tone and dose of feedback should be determined well in online training. If the facilitator gives very limited feedback or does not even give feedback, this affects the motivation of the participants negatively. The language used in feedback also plays a role in the participant's learning journey. The facilitator should use positive and development-oriented language.

The facilitator can give individual or collective feedback. Personal email, one-on-one chat, skype or phone call can be used for individual feedback. Inactive participants in particular should be contacted immediately.

The facilitator can provide collective feedback via the public discussion forum or group email. For this, feedback can be given to the participants on a pre-determined day of the week. This allows participants to have clear expectations. Facilitators need to use communication skills effectively to monitor, develop and guide learning.

Providing feedback is the key to learning and development. (Excerpt from Module 3 notes)
Gülşen

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Use an ice-breaker activity that will allow participants to introduce themselves. Attendees will feel comfortable participating when they start knowing each other. Finding their commonalities and differences will help the flow of the discussion.

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Use an ice-breaker activity that will allow participants to introduce themselves. Attendees will feel comfortable participating when they start knowing each other. Finding their commonalities and differences will help the flow of the discussion.

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If you want to stimulate interaction with others, build groups from different grade levels, other schools, or various roles. This will allow them to go out their comfort-zone because people generally intend to team up with colleagues they already know.

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Participating in a workshop with new people can be nerve-racking even on face-to-face events, not alone when it is taking place online. How to create a warm online environment; the first step is to know each other to build a comfortable learner’s community. 

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Encourage participants to introduce themselves

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Encourage participants to introduce themselves