Online Workshops 

Definition

• a training event with specific learning outcomes, prepared resources and activities where there are significant amounts of participant activity and interaction. The workshop takes place synchronously for a fixed amount of time, usually short, with pre-registered participants.

 Structure

• Invited moderator to assist workshop facilitator as guest subject "expert"
• Read/review of resources/case studies
• one discussion thread per case study or focussed resource
• Socialisation activity
• Open/unstructured question and answer in forum.
• Collation/summary of main points of discussion
• Structure of workshop is displayed clearly and is a tight set of co-ordinated "activities"

Activities

• Resources available in advance for reading and review (case studies, links, video/audio documents etc)
• Students invited to post an introduction about themselves in forum
• Students invited to chat in chat room
• Students invited to post open unstructured questions to forum, thread(s). Moderator/trainer/presenter responds in forum.
  •  Student responds to student., or
  • Faciliatator responds to student, or
  • Expert reponds to student
• Students requested to participate in online activity (glossary, wiki, or survey)
• Students invited to create and post summary of main points
• Student experience evaluation via survey or poll