eLearning eVolution

Times are tough all over. I was just reading an article, “BCC Faces Major State Funding Cuts” in the Bellevue Community College student paper about the school facing $838,000 in budget cuts for the 2008/2009 fiscal year, including decreasing faculty travel expenses by 50%.

So that means, like a lot of other schools, BCC has to get serious about reducing spending, innovative about meeting the needs of students, and creative about sustaining mission-critical initiatives like professional development. PD, in particular, has been on my mind lately as its often one of the first things cut from a strained budget.

Luckily, BCC will use Elluminate to replace some travel with web conferences. Here are some Elluminate resources that can help you make the case for online learning, meeting, and professional development.
- Top Ten Benefits of Using Elluminate Live!
- Top Ten Ways of Promoting Adoption of Elluminate Live!
- Top Ten Ways of Using Elluminate Live!

Keep on Elluminating!

- Beth, Elluminate Goddess of Communication

I’m sure this is a questions those of us in the eLearning world often ask ourselves. Well, according to Sting’s Teachning Tips blog (no, not that Sting), there are a number of basic characteristics a successful online facilitator should have:

- Life experience
- Openness, concern, flexibililty, and sincerity
- Comfort with written communication
- Accepts value of online learning
- Ability to introduce critical thinking into the learning process
- Appropriate credentials to teach subject matter
- Trained in online learning experience

Interesting. Learn more here.

At Elluminate, we’ve got some ideas as well. Here’s our “Top Ten Habits of Highly Effective Moderators.” My favorite is: smile and your participants will smile with you. Enjoy!

And keep on Elluminating!

- Beth, Elluminate Goddess of Communcation