E-Moderating Introduction

The essential role of the e-moderator is promoting human interaction and communication through the modelling, conveying and building of knowledge and skills. An e-moderator undertakes this feat through using the mediation of online environments designed for interaction and collaboration.
The e-moderator has an invaluable role to play in the successful implementation of the five stage model of learning.
  1. Stage 1 Access and Motivation - the e-moderators role is to welcome and encourage participants to interact,
  2. Stage 2  Online Socialisation - familiarising and providing bridges between cultural, social and learning environments,
  3. Stage 3  Information Exchange - facilitating tasks and supporting the use of learning materials
  4. Stage 4 Knowledge Construction - facilitating process
  5. Stage 5 Development - supporting and responding.
See the Five Stage Model page for more information about the E-moderators roles.

E-Moderating Resources
Climbing the Learning Mountain
Engaging Academics: Online Professional Development presented at Blackboard Teaching and Learning Conference, Swinburne Univesrity, Melbourne, August, 2013
Professor Janet Gregory and Dr Kulari Lokuge Dona