tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18223796.post6728836953055382311..comments2024-03-27T07:30:49.184+01:00Comments on The learning & technology blog: Non-verbal communication for online facilitators Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18223796.post-26501698958477267822012-12-12T11:04:50.248+01:002012-12-12T11:04:50.248+01:00Hi Joitske
We try to work with between 15 and 20 ...Hi Joitske<br /><br />We try to work with between 15 and 20 participants, the course being an online course on online facilitation, based on Gilly Salmon's 5-stage model and developed by the guys from University of Cape Town. (http://opencontent.uct.ac.za/Centre-for-Higher-Education-Development/Centre-for-Educational-Technology/Facilitating-Online)<br /><br />Reading everything for me means I get the maximum opportunity to 'tune in' to participants' 'online body language'. It also helps me discover meta-themes in the various conversations. Guess it could get tricky with many participants.<br /><br />Still learning lots about online written communication, though... Like all of us, right..? BoyChildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02357479743177935318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18223796.post-70156447429630058042012-12-12T10:47:05.900+01:002012-12-12T10:47:05.900+01:00Hi Nancy and Gerrit, thank you very much for your ...Hi Nancy and Gerrit, thank you very much for your comments. I agree that we have bodies :). i wonder however how we can help people find a balance - it is often in their own hands? <br /><br />Gerrit - I agree that you have to get to know your participants. However, when it is a large group, it is difficult to read all. That's still a questions to me whether you need to read all. I tend to read all but some more carefully. Joitskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09087406142343521335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18223796.post-90570128651182102902012-12-12T07:52:47.093+01:002012-12-12T07:52:47.093+01:00Hi Joitske
Have you ever facilitated online where...Hi Joitske<br /><br />Have you ever facilitated online where you noticed that your participants had different personalities? Some quiet, some reflective, some boisterous, some humorous,...?<br /><br />What made you notice?<br /><br />The more I facilitate, the more I start to think that there is such a thing as verbal 'body' language - we just don't quite know how to decode it yet.<br /><br />What I do as facilitator, is to make sure I read everything everyone says. By doing so, I start to recognise personalities, and am able to respond to it, the same way as you would to physical body language. I recognise it in the choice of words, tone of 'voice', presence/absence,... many things. Look at Nancy's post, for example: Can't you just see her, busy composing her message, in your mind's eye?<br /><br />Have you ever had the same impression about online written-verbal cues ?<br /><br />Nice post, BTW...<br /><br />Gerrit WissingBoyChildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02357479743177935318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18223796.post-60642187073269977662012-12-11T21:35:37.750+01:002012-12-11T21:35:37.750+01:00Joitske, I found myself nodding in agreement with ...Joitske, I found myself nodding in agreement with all your ideas. There are a couple of small things I could contribute. <br /><br />First, use text body language. Like emoticons, we can include more cues that we traditionally have conveyed with body language. For example, I really found myself leaning into the screen as I read your post (as it, it really caught my interest.) <br /><br />I rolled my eyes, however, with those age old stats about verbal and non verbal communications, because that was a very limited study that was about the use of non verbals in stress situations. (I'm on the road, but I have a file of articles about that at home.)<br /><br />The last bit is remembering that while online communication is verbal, visual or textual, we still have bodies. I've taken to inserting stretch breaks in online meetings, and even cues in written instructions in courses such as "before you tackle this assignment, take a deep breath. Maybe go for a walk, away from your screen. It might help you focus."<br /><br />These days I think we are sitting too darn much! :-) (Of course, I had to include an emoticon!)<br /><br />Virtual chocolate to you...<br /><br />NNancy Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374074594611764684noreply@blogger.com