If one were to take the Internet as one on-line community, then the term Facilitating is possibly a contradiction in terms – who is the Facilitator of the internet? John’s (Re: A bit of thinking on Learning Communities) first couple of lines said it all “Individuals with common interests, anywhere in the world, being able to communicate and collaborate with others to develop their interest or move their thinking forward. Individuals getting together somehow to learn; to learn not in a formal classroom and not in isolation, but to learn as part of a community, a community that is enabled and supported by Internet technologies and tools.” [click here for more]
Now you're on to something but I would take it a step further. I would put
that responsibility upon the participants themselves. And I think I
would call it an "evaluation". Of course an evaluation must be objective. So
what objectives could be stated? What would be some objective criteria?
On 02/09/2008, Greg Barcelon <gbarce...@shaw.ca> wrote:
> If one were to take the Internet as one on-line community, then the term
> Facilitating is possibly a contradiction in terms – who is the Facilitator
> of the internet<http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/columns/ajs_who_controls_internet...>?
> John's (Re: A bit of thinking on Learning Communities) first couple of lines
> said it all *"Individuals with common interests, anywhere in the world,
> being able to communicate and collaborate with others to develop their
> interest or move their thinking forward. Individuals getting together
> somehow to learn; to learn not in a formal classroom and not in isolation,
> but to learn as part of a community, a community that is enabled and
> supported by Internet technologies and tools." [click here for more]<http://servant02.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/on-facilitating-threaded-di...>
> *
This is a fascinating question, Greg.
I¹ll definitely follow your links, but even before doing that, I found your
question leading me into a blog post I wanted to write before we finish the
last two weeks¹ inquiry on types of facilitation... On more group-led,
collaborative ³facilitation² styles. Have a look if you¹re interested:
http://tinyurl.com/5m37st
> If one were to take the Internet as one on-line community, then the term
> Facilitating is possibly a contradiction in terms who is the Facilitator of
> the internet > <http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/columns/ajs_who_controls_internet...> ?
> John¹s (Re: A bit of thinking on Learning Communities) first couple of lines
> said it all ³Individuals with common interests, anywhere in the world, being
> able to communicate and collaborate with others to develop their interest or
> move their thinking forward. Individuals getting together somehow to learn;
> to learn not in a formal classroom and not in isolation, but to learn as part
> of a community, a community that is enabled and supported by Internet
> technologies and tools.² [click here for more]
> <http://servant02.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/on-facilitating-threaded-di... > -participation-in-on-line-communities/>
I very much like were this is going! I wonder if when we can see the
Internet as 1 big platform that we migrate across depending on our
information and communication needs - that facilitation skills become more
concrete and transferable.
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Amy Lenzo <a...@beautydialogues.com> wrote:
> This is a fascinating question, Greg.
> I'll definitely follow your links, but even before doing that, I found your
> question leading me into a blog post I wanted to write before we finish the
> last two weeks' inquiry on types of facilitation... On more group-led,
> collaborative "facilitation" styles. Have a look if you're interested:
> http://tinyurl.com/5m37st
> If one were to take the Internet as one on-line community, then the term
> Facilitating is possibly a contradiction in terms – who is the Facilitator
> of the internet <
> http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/columns/ajs_who_controls_internet...>
> ? John's (Re: A bit of thinking on Learning Communities) first couple of
> lines said it all *"Individuals with common interests, anywhere in the
> world, being able to communicate and collaborate with others to develop
> their interest or move their thinking forward. Individuals getting together
> somehow to learn; to learn not in a formal classroom and not in isolation,
> but to learn as part of a community, a community that is enabled and
> supported by Internet technologies and tools." [click here for more] <
> http://servant02.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/on-facilitating-threaded-di...>
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