Engaging Learners through Online Interaction and Collaboration

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Engaging Learners through Online Interaction and
Collaboration
Joanna Weidler-LewisOnline Learning Environment
Coordinator James WentworthAcademic Coordinator,
Independent Learning
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Online Interaction

• Administrative Tasks
• Course Activities
• Engaging Students Outside the Classroom

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Administrative Tasks

• Paperwork
• syllabi, homework, policies and procedures
• Class Preparation
• pre- and post-reading questions, vocabulary
• Class Feedback
• surveys, online grading, announcements

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Administrative Tasks - Examples

• Pre-reading Questions
• Selective release
• Survey
• Anonymous feedback

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Course Activities

• Lecture
• Discussion
• Assessment
• Media

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Course Activities - Examples

• Geology Rocks
• http//cuil.org/Geology1010/index.html
• Discussion Types
• Threaded, Blogs, Journals

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Engaging Students

• Peer Interaction
• Discussions, group projects
• Communities of Practice
• Extending your Availability
• Virtual office hours, email protocol

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Engaging Students - Examples

• Spontaneous Discussion
• IM, Chat and Whos Online

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Media Creation Delivery

• Embedding Media - Flickr, Slideroll, Gabcast,
  Viddler Google Video
• Capture Stream Film Television Clips-
  iShowU, HandBrake, Quicktime Pro, Vimeo
  Screencast
• Distributing Syndicated Content- Podcasting
  Lectures, iTunesU, Collaborative
  Bookmarking Tagging, RSS Feeds

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Building Online Community

• Educational Communities of Practice- TappedIn,
  WCET, Educause, WikiEducator, NMC
• Independent Learning Online Communities-
  Sustainable Practices, Beyond Intractability,
  DiversityU
• Online Community Applications- Ning, Mambo,
  Joomla, Drupal . . .

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Online Collaboration Tools

• Online Collaborative Research- Del.icio.us
• Online Collaborative Writing- Google Docs, Blogs
  Wikis
• Online Collabortive Presentations- Google
  Presentations, Zoho Show

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Additional Online Tools

• Survey Applications - Survey Monkey, Zoomerang
• Application Sharing, Virtual Meetings -
  Acrobat.com, GoToMeeting
• Document Sharing Commenting- Scribd,
  VoiceThread
• Others- Frappr,

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• http//faculty.cuil.org
• Link to Bookmarks on Del.icio.us
• http//delicious.com/jameswentworth/coltt08