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Online learning communities are essential to achieve a productive online learning environment. This is why they are so popular, especially in higher education.
In online learning, community participants create an interactive canvas of diverse reactions and feedback.
These learning experiences instill a sense of belonging and camaraderie that keeps online learners engaged and motivates them to persevere.
However, most instructors struggle to make learners participate in the discussion board because learners attend the courses in their time-space.
However, there are ways that you can use to gradually establish participation and, in the end, a real sense of community.
In online learning, community participants create an interactive canvas of diverse reactions and feedback.
These learning experiences instill a sense of belonging and camaraderie that keeps online learners engaged and motivates them to persevere.
However, most instructors struggle to make learners participate in the discussion board because learners attend the courses in their time-space.
However, there are ways that you can use to gradually establish participation and, in the end, a real sense of community.
Establish Instructor’s Presence
Don’t forget that your initial postings in the discussion forum, your first messages sent to all by email, or the greeting you post on your course home page will do much to set the tone and expectations for your course....
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Filtering courses
In the left column of the courses display you find various terms that you can use to filter what courses are shown. There is also a search field.
Some of the filters, like
all show only the courses you are enrolled in
my shows you all available courses & events
certificate gives you courses you have received a certificate for
Under the heading CATEGORIES you can filter out courses by 'personas' [some more explanation here…]
At the bottom of the list are filters for [whatever we call these 'category' nowadays and what they give you]
Some of the filters, like
all show only the courses you are enrolled in
my shows you all available courses & events
certificate gives you courses you have received a certificate for
Under the heading CATEGORIES you can filter out courses by 'personas' [some more explanation here…]
At the bottom of the list are filters for [whatever we call these 'category' nowadays and what they give you]
After login page, pre quiz1
The beginning of your learning journey.
What will happen when I click Start your LEN journey and why should I do that?
Do we say something about the Inner weather check and the Find your coach? I think we should… they will always be here, as you companions…
What will happen when I click Start your LEN journey and why should I do that?
Do we say something about the Inner weather check and the Find your coach? I think we should… they will always be here, as you companions…
After login page, post quiz1
Welcome back, !
Based on your answers in the quiz, you have been assigned to what we LEN-people call personas…
The reason for doing that is to better serve your personal needs of current and new courses and events, announcements of new opportunities and …
The personas are:
In a coming version of TheLEN you will be able to update your persona as you transform…
Based on your answers in the quiz, you have been assigned to what we LEN-people call personas…
The reason for doing that is to better serve your personal needs of current and new courses and events, announcements of new opportunities and …
The personas are:
| Ambitious professional | Description |
| Change agent | wer |
| Change maker | ewrt |
| Community activist | wert |
| Community catalyst | wert |
| Passionate transformer | wert |
| Strategic moderniser | wert |
| Transformation seeker | wert |
| Transformative educator | wert |
| Transformative leader | wert |
| Workplace Modernizer | wert |
In a coming version of TheLEN you will be able to update your persona as you transform…
Skills acquisition
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Fluency in spoken English/French (tailored vocabulary)
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The art of listening
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Effective meetings
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Design of a behaviour-change program
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Handling conflict
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Introductions to coaching & facilitation
Consulting and coaching
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Leadership development programs
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Employee behaviour change strategies
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Sustainability, resilience, regeneration
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Wellbeing for all
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Cross-cutting educational offerings
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Building futures: from vision to action
Delivery formats for courses & Events
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Seats or exclusive/tailored programs
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One-off or long-term vision-driven work
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Annual program of events
IT / Platform
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LearnWorlds platform solutions
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Employee behaviour change strategies
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Package deals for online learning projects
Those elusive visions
There’s talk of a meta crisis, of missed ambitions.
No matter whether the focus is on sustainable development/the SDGs, or on climate change, or on eroding social structures or increasing burn-out, or any of the other polycrises:
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Only 15% of SDG targets were on track for 2030
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Burnout caused an estimated $322 billion to $1 trillion in annual global losses
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The estimated cost of the top 10 climate-related disasters was over $122 billion
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Total global economic damage from climate change is projected to be even higher, including $145–$162 billion in insured losses
The missing element is not knowledge: almost everything we need to know is already ‘out there’. Adult education needs to go beyond knowledge transfer, to promote the competences needed to create conditions for transformative action.