Communication and Conversation Skills

Communicating effectively in your online course demands specific conversation skills running the gamut from positive phrasing to critical thinking. This module will cover specific skills designed to help you encourage, redirect, engage, and challenge your participants in the core content of the course.

At the completion of this Module, you will be able to:

• Construct student-centered feedback incorporating approval statements.
• Diagnose discussion forums, determining the most appropriate facilitator response
• Utilize best practices in moderating blogs, wikis, and synchronous chats.

Module Three Activity Checklist

Open the Learning Activity Checklist (pdf).

The Checklist can be saved to your local drive by clicking Save on the toolbar. As you complete Module Assignments, check them off on this electronic copy. Alternatively, you can print a copy to complete.