To unravel the logistics of the eClassroom and create technical protocols for eClass interaction
	To orient students in online interaction netiquette and culture
	To institute ground rules and appropriate behavioural norms
	To explore how to create a social presence online
	To introduce the process of writing your learning journal

 

Session 2

Monday September 23, 2002

	To experience and observe how you negotiate membership in a group.
	To identify and articulate norms of human conduct.
	To demonstrate how self-disclosure is “icebreaking”.
	To link your inclusion style to theory.
	To identify interpersonal strengths and limitation connecting with others.

 

Session 3

Monday September 30, 2002

	To illustrate the role self-awareness plays in effective interpersonal communications.
	To practice appropriate self-disclosure and appropriate feedback.
	To demonstrate how fear limits students'' ability and willingness to communicate effectively.
	To understand the role fear may play in achieving interpersonal needs or desires.
	To explore the skills needed to enlarge each student's, and the whole class's open area.
	To articulate observable, concrete, measurable steps to achieve a desired interpersonal goal.

	To experience the role of Self-Disclosure in interpersonal trust formation.
	To experience how we are more similar than different from each other.
	To experience how the awareness of 'being in the same boat' increases the willingness to communicate authentically
	To illustrate the roles and rules of Feedback in the communication process.
	To commit to the process of increasing the Open Area of the community's Johari Window.

	To experience the process of values clarification.
	To demonstrate the 'power' of diverse worldviews and to encourage acceptance of others.
	To increase awareness of interpersonal choice and response ability.
	To explore behavioral communication skills, like Active Listening, as useful tools for enhancing interpersonal connections.
	To introduce students to the concepts of problem solving and conflict management.
	To illustrate how people 'buy and sell' values.
	To practice collaborative behaviors based on accepting and valuing of diversity.

	To explore issues in 'Perception' and to demonstrate the impact diverse phenomenological realities may have on interpersonal communications.
	To increase awareness of a natural tendency to make interpretations and react 'as if' these assumptions were absolute facts.
	To practice 'checking out' assumptions, before reacting to another.
	To demonstrate and encourage the acceptance of diversity.

 

Session 7

ASSERTIVENESS

Monday November 4, 2002

	To understand that 'assertiveness' 'aggressiveness' and 'passivity' are a set of beliefs, acquired skills and behaviors based on experience, which can be learned and can be unlearned.
	To define 'assertiveness' as: The ability to communicate clearly and honestly  The courage to stand up for oneself without violating one's rights or another person's rights  The willingness to express one's needs and feelings in ways, which reduce anxiety both for the sender and for the receiver.
	To familiarize students with the guide lines for appropriate assertive behaviors
	To explore available assertiveness training techniques and behavioral tools.
	To practice assertiveness by role-playing real life situations.

 

 

 

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