The Consultants-E SL - E-moderation Course

E-Moderation: A Training Course For Trinity Online Tutors
Next course dates: 15 November 2006 - 15 December 2006
Term:
Fee: € 435

THE COURSE & AUDIENCE
The Consultants-E offer a tailor-made online course in E-moderation skills for Trinity Certificate and Diploma in TESOL trainers, course providers and moderators. From 2005, Trinity College London is making it a requirement for their distance course providers to have at least one tutor trained in E-moderation skills working on each distance course. This course is specifically aimed at Trinity ESOL trainers, course providers and moderators, who are interested in developing the skills necessary to become an effective e-moderator in their own online/distance courses.

TIMETABLE
Our next Trinity course will cover four weeks from 15 November 2006. Participants are expected to spend approx. 6-8 hours per week on online individual and collaborative group work, including offline reading and reflection. Deadlines for task completion are weekly, and participants can log on at any point during the week to work on the course. There are no 'fixed' times to be online - apart from regular timetabled online chats - these are negotiated to suit everyone. You will receive a detailed study timetable to help you organise your workload effectively once you have enrolled on the course.

SKILLS
You won’t need any prior experience or knowledge of online tutoring, although very basic experience of email and Internet use would be helpful.

CONTENT
The Trinity E-moderation course looks at the range of skills needed by an online tutor, and particularly how a Trinity Certificate or Diploma in TESOL course can best be delivered and managed online. Through the experience of the course, which is experiential and hands on, you will acquire and analyse these skills.

learn to effectively use a VLE (Virtual Learning Environment)

become familiar with the stages through which learners pass in online learning environments

acquire the necessary online tutoring skills for each of these stages

develop your own skills as an online tutor through collaborative group work

develop the skills necessary to effectively handle your trainees' online work

learn to set up and implement a variety of online task types

explore the principles of online versus f2f (face to face) learning

reflect on the skills needed for working effectively with students online. This includes moderating skills, climate setting, support, etc.

explore issues of formal and informal online assessment, and plagiarism

consider how to effectively deliver Trinity Certificate and Diploma in TESOL courses content online

create a final portfolio consisting of your own reflections, and a bank of activities and principles for the effective online tutoring of online components of the Trinity Certificate and Diploma in TESOL

COURSE STRUCTURE
You will follow the course entirely online, working individually, in pairs and in small study groups with a tutor. There will be a maximum of 15 participants per course.

WEEK 1:	Access and climate setting
WEEK 2:	Online social skills
WEEK 3:	Dealing with Trinity Certificate/Diploma in TESOL knowledge and content online; assessment issues
WEEK 4:	Development and reflection

CERTIFICATION
The Consultants-E will issue you with a Certificate on successful completion of the course. Successful completion of the course is defined as completing 80% of the course work, and especially the final course project, where applicable.

WHAT YOU NEED
You will need a PC or Mac with an Internet connection, a web browser (Internet Explorer or Netscape) and an email program.

ENROLMENT/FEES
You can enrol online by following this link. The fee for the course is € 435 and covers all course content, tutorials and chat, guest speaker sessions (where appropriate) and evaluation of final portfolio work (where appropriate).