This overview from the Australian Flexible Learning Framework is an excellent summary of key aspects of good online facilitation. It begins to explore the complexity of this function and demonstrates why this is a skilled and specialised role in effective elearning.

Fortunately as elearning has evolved it has become clear that technology is a vehicle for learning, an opportunity to enable collaboration over distance, and can enhance the learning experience – but is NOT a substitute for skilled facilitation.

The recommended reading for this week describes a framework for effective virtual facilitation. This is a useful overview which gives a sense of what good online facilitation means. The approaches described here, are the best practise approaches we use ourselves.

We offer a wide range of elearning courses through our own E-Campus. Our E-Campus uses the Moodle learning management system, widely used by the best Tertiary Education organisations throughout the world.