Resources for practitioners 9 Time estimates

By far the commonest, and maybe the most important question anyone ever asks me is ‘How much time will creating and delivering e-tivities take?’. I present each of these issues in terms of quantities. You should be able to see how you can reduce or increase the amount of time by manipulating them.

Key factors

The stage of the model

  • Typically at Stages 1 to 2 of the five-stage model, e-moderators do more, participants a little less, while the group is being established.
  • At Stage 3, more structured tasks mean that participants do more, e-moderators do less (but this needs greater care).
  • At Stage 4, the group is well established, and constant e-moderating presence is rarely needed. Good e-tivity ...

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