Online II Moderations Growing the Community of Practice

Online II Moderations Growing the Community of Practice

An Introduction…

The Evolution of Moderation Now and Where to Next Evolution of the II Online Project The Importance of Moderation

No Jargon

No step by step…

No Lecturing…

Ben Holt Intensive Interaction Team Leader Mount Ommaney Special School Brisbane, Queensland. Who Am I?

Moderation of II One of the rigorous tools for reviewing the progress of a student using Intensive Interaction

Data Gathering 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?

A Moderation Story Do any of the situations mentioned align to your experiences?

Expands the community of practice. Maintains currency of skill and knowledge. Easy to attend- no long drives to a different school Develops consistency in making judgments. Gives every school and teacher ready access to a moderation panel. Develops the shared language of II. Future capacity to develop regional moderations Develops consistency in approaches to II Click to advance animation on slide. Why Online Moderations?

3 Video Sharing: Invites for Moderation and Video Streaming links 2 1 Video Upload: Receiving and/or uploading Video to Share II Network & i. Connect: Web Conferencing Program for members Elements of Online Moderation

II Network & i. Connect Maintaining a network of practitioners through regular moderations, updates and events. i. Connect 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 2012. From there, it has been a process of trials, testing and running initial moderations in 2013. Foundation Works

Time Line 1. October 2012: i. Connect identified as medium for Online Moderation 2. November 2012: Training in i. Connect 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. 4 1 2 3 5

Where are we at now? Setting up regular online moderation sessions in Term 2 2014 Continue refining process of moderationhidden 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

“Ahh- you guys are doing in-tent-sieve interaction!” Friday Funny

Ben Holt bholt 13@eq. edu. au Thank you