Facilitators Manual. Part 1

 

This manual will contain specific information for facilitators on the Certificate in Journalism course. It is important that you  follow , in consultation with AVU headquarters in Nairobi, what works best in your situation.

 

Role of the facilitator.

A.  To take attendance each time the class meets for the course. The attendance record will be very important in awarding certificates. These certificates will be awarded by the Center for Continuing Education’s Distance Education Program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  It is very important that a proper attendance record is maintained.

The attendance record will be sent to AVU in Nairobi for authentication. A signed copy will be forwarded to me and I will pass it on to the university from where a certificate will be issued.

 

B.  To moderate class activities.

The second course is Basic Journalism Skills. It will consist of several lectures. Each lecture is between one and one and half  hours long. Each session will be shown each week.  The class will meet once a week for one and half hour lecture. It is up to you to decide how and what times to meet. The course will last 10 weeks.

 

C. Videos must be shown in the order. They are marked and must follow the syllabus.:

 

 

D. After taking the attendance, the facilitator will show the video. Each video contains breaks every 30 minutes. Here the facilitator can stop the video and ask students to write down any questions or comments they may have about what they have watched. I suggest you break for 6- 10 minutes.

 

Here are questions for discussion:

1.      What have I learned from the video so far?

2.      What questions do I have about  what has been presented on the video so far?

3.      What contributions can I made about the role of journalism as described in the video?

 

After one and half hours the class can take a longer break. Here I want the class to discuss the following questions:

 

1.      What have we learned about community journalism so far?

2.      What questions do we have about what we have learned so far?

 

The facilitator must take notes of whatever students are saying.

 

The facilitator can also ask the students to discuss what they have learned in the video. Also help students to access class notes on webCT.

If there is a webCT test the facilitator can help students how to  access the webCT test.

 

E. If students have access to computers, they should be encouraged to use webCT email to send me  questions and comments.

 

Lecture notes.

Students can read  on webCT the lecture notes before or after the video showing.

Facilitators will help students log onto to the webCT. This will only be possible after all the names of the students have been sent to me so they can be issued with  usernames and passwords.

 

Detailed lecture notes can be found on this webCT course module.