TGIF: How do you build community online?

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Thirty-sixth issue Volume Seven	TLT Group TGIF 5.20.2014
From Group World Headquarters	How do you build community online? There are several ways to join in this conversation: Two planning meetings on May 21 & 22 at 12:30 PM ET. Register for May 21st here Register for May 22nd here Twitter conversation, #tltgTOL4B VoiceThread conversation, FridayLive on May 23rd at 2:00 PM ET, Register here. TLT Membership You can become an individual member for $75.00 (USD).Did you know… if you have participated in or registered for TOL4B you will receive a $25 discount. Enter discount code TLO4B. if you have retired you will receive $40 discount. Enter discount code RETIREE. if you are a current student you will receive a $50 discount. Enter discount code: STUDENT. Join Us, Click  here to get started. .
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	Members Exchange Two opportunities to help us plan this week’s FridayLive event and to share your ideas related to building community online: May 21st, 12:30 PM ET,        Register Here May 22nd, 12:30 PM ET,         Register Here If you cannot attend but would like to share an approach that you have found successful, please add your thoughts via VoiceThread or tweet using the #tltgTOL4B hashtag. MOOCOW = Massively Open Online Course (Or Whatever) -- designed to capture the flexible and experimental nature of this course. Upcoming Member Exchange events May 28: Easing into Twitter Chatting* about LMS Features June 11: Easing into Twitter Chatting* about Self Intro Videos June 18: Learning More about Planning, Producing, Editing and Publishing Self-Intro Videos (TOL4B) June 18: Learning More about Planning, Producing, Editing and Publishing Self-Intro Videos (TOL4B)
	FridayLive Recommended Practices for Building Community Online for Teaching and Learning (TOL4B) Date: May 23, 2014 Time: 2:00 PM ET Presenters: Steve Gilbert and a panel of veteran online faculty. Register Here Description Veteran online faculty will share strategies they use to build community online for teaching and learning. Use the TOL4B Twitter hashtag (#tltgTOL4B) to share a question about building community online or an approach that you have found to be successful in building community online.   We will address the questions and share the strategies during the webinar. #tltgTOL4B It's not too late to join the TOL4B Moocow, click here for more information and to register. Link to MOOCow Schedule Video Overview MOOCOW = Massively Open Online Course (Or Whatever) -- designed to capture the flexible and experimental nature of this course.      Up-coming  FridayLive! schedule: May 30 Using Online Student Feedback (TOL4B) June 6 Video Self-Introductions for Teaching and Learning Part 1: Critiquing and Discussing in Small Online Groups (TOL4B) June 13 Video Self-Introductions for Teaching and Learning Part 2: Screencast-O-Matic and YouTube Demonstrations (TOL4B)
MOOCs Round Six MOOCow Teaching Online for Beginners (TOL4B) Video Overview MOOCOW = Massively Open Online Course (Or Whatever) -- designed to capture the flexible and experimental nature of this course.      Join the planning and help further shape the MOOCow: Link to planning document Provide feedback on tools and strategies to be included.  Link to survey.	MOOCow Teaching Online for Beginners (TOL4B)   May 11 - June, 27, 2014 Presenters; Steve Gilbert, Beth Dailey and Others Register Here DescriptionTeaching Online for Beginners (TOL4B) is a Massive Open Online Course or Whatever (MOOCow) designed to help you, as a successful faculty member in higher education, begin to teach entirely online or include more online resources and activities in your courses. You care about your students and their learning.  You care about your students and their learning. You are busy and will continue to be busy. By sampling available options, benefits and drawbacks to teaching online you will cross the starting line. You will experience and experiment with a variety of easy to learn, reliable, widely accessible and least expensive tools and resources and strategies related to creating social presence and building community online. You will realize teaching and learning online does not necessarily mean teaching and learning alone, does not require being overworked, giving up your best teaching or losing meaningful contact with students. It can be satisfying and fun. The "Action" path through the MOOCow is designed to help you achieve a variety of learning outcomes and ultimately produce a self-introductory video which will become part of a more complete introductory unit in an online course, as per rubric. You may also want to chose a Design It Yourself (DIY) path to meet your own learning goals. Link to MOOCow Schedule
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