Growing the Community of Practice Online II Moderations
An Introduction…
The Evolution of Moderation The Importance of Moderation Evolution of the II Online Project Now and Where to Next
No Jargon
No step by step…
No Lecturing…
Who Am I? Ben Holt Intensive Interaction Team Leader Mount Ommaney Special School Brisbane, Queensland.
One of the rigorous tools for reviewing the progress of a student using Intensive Interaction
Do you have a working knowledge of the II moderation process? Data Gathering
Have you been involved in II moderations at some time in the last 6 months?
Data Gathering Do you have a regular group of staff that you moderate with?
Data Gathering Have you had someone new to your group join in on a moderation?
Data Gathering Has a moderation conversation significantly challenged or extended your thinking recently?
Do any of the situations mentioned align to your experiences?
Maintains currency of skill and knowledge. Gives every school and teacher ready access to a moderation panel. Develops the shared language of II. Easy to attend- no long drives to a different school Develops consistency in approaches to II Future capacity to develop regional moderations Develops consistency in making judgments. Expands the community of practice. Click to advance animation on slide. Why Online Moderations?
Video Sharing: Invites for Moderation and Video Streaming links II Network & iConnect: Web Conferencing Program for members Video Upload: Receiving and/or uploading Video to Share Elements of Online Moderation
II Network & iConnect Maintaining a network of practitioners through regular moderations, updates and events. iConnect is the Web Conference program that enables anyone, anywhere to join in the conversation. Parts of the Moderation Process
Video Upload Involves selecting the 10 minute portion of video, converting the video to a smaller size without losing quality and uploading the file via a secure website. Parts of the Moderation Process
Video Sharing and Moderations Sending out links to the network to access the web conference and the video. Parts of the Moderation Process
Overview of Project The project started taking shape in October From there, it has been a process of trials, testing and running initial moderations in Foundation Works
1. October 2012: iConnect identified as medium for Online Moderation 2. November 2012: Training in iConnect completed 3. July 2013: 1 st Online Moderation Discussion occurs- USB Drives in post trialed 4. August 2013: Testing starts on sending and sharing video files. 5. November 2013: 2 nd Online Moderation Discussion occurs- Video available online Time Line
Where are we at now? Setting up regular online moderation sessions in Term Continue refining process of moderation- hidden voting etc.
Where are we at now? Finding the right balance between file size and video quality Promoting across schools the existence of this resource
Where to next? Establishing online practitioner feedback sessions Training others to host online moderations Looking for new efficient methods to moderate online
Friday Funny “Ahh- you guys are doing in-tent-sieve interaction!”
Thank you Ben Holt