- Keith suggested that some of these elements may be affected by the time we have available to spend moderating and this will ultimately affect the "quality" of our moderation practice.
- Dave said that it would be impossible to prescribe ideal personal qualities for emoderators,
...and both ideas make a lot of sense! However, would you agree that there are some "elements/skills" that we would like to see in a moderator? Like a person being able to start and maintain a dialogic interaction, who is able to shift power and give it to participants and who can solve problems and if s(he) can´t, is able to ask for help. I would not say this person is totally a "constructed persona", but I totally agree with Davide when he says that a moderator should be able to develop an online persona that is an honest representation of his/her own self (with his/her own twist!).
The wordle below shows some of the elements the group thought could make a good moderator...and I could not agree more with Dave that self-awareness is what makes you put this collage together!
Thanks for continuing this discussion Elvina. I think that what we would like to see in a moderator, especially if we are participants, is the ability to be supportive, motivating, encouraging, helpful and the ability to give timely feedback on which participants can construct their learning.
ReplyDeleteBut I think there is also another factor which is the group whose course is being moderated. I mean the group should also be responsive for a moderator to want to belong to that group or support their learning. Isn't it the same with our f2f classes. Haven't we had groups that we just didn't want to go to or to teach? I think that what happens in the group is important for a teacher/moderator to want to be active and to do things with a group or vice versa. What do you think? Could this also affect moderator personality?