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Are Your Students REALLY Collaborating?
Jon OrechInstructional Technology CoordinatorCooperative Learning TrainerSouth High School,Downers Grove, [email protected]
Web Presence
Email: [email protected] Blog: jonorech.blogspot.com Twitter, Delicious, etc, “jorech” Delicious tag: “collaboration” Digital Storytelling resource:
http://jonorech.wikispaces.com
What have you heard here at Blackboard World that will transform student learning?
How do you make your classroom a
“collaborative learning space”?
PurposeDesign
What about here?
Or here?
Or even here?
Tool
Purpose
(Design)
Web 2.0
Are you over the
Frenzy…
and ready to focus (again)
on learning? Handbook of Emerging Technologies for
Learning
(Siemens and Titterberger, 2009)
http://tinyurl.com/handbookemerging
“Collaboration”and tech literacy
are NOTthe goals.
Purpose
DesignTools
BLOGS DISCUSSION BOARDSWIKIS
Where do I want to go?
The final product…
MUST be valuable to others.
Darren Kuropatwa
Why Discussion Boards?
”Anytime, Anywhere” learning
Increased process time
Permanence
Empowers “quiet” students
Deeper meaning, richer discussions
Duration
Assessment
Frequency
Audience
Instructor involvement
A “quality” post looks like…”
Discussion boards must lead to a purpose.
Wikis in the Classroom:Theory…
Wikis in the Classroom:Reality…
“Wiki” is a tool“Collaborative writing” is a process.
Positive Interdependence
• Goal
• Role
• Environment
• Resource
• Task
• Identity
IndividualAccountability
• Small Groups
• Frequent Assessment
• Random questioning
• History (Careful)
Draft: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3Revise: Part 2 Part 3 Part 1Proofread: Part 3 Part 1 Part 2
Support Graphics Presentationand and andorg. links documentation
Face to Face Interaction
• Preparation
• Revision
Group Processing
• Peer reflection
• Teacher interaction
Social Skills
• Netiquette
• Negotiate revision
• Recognizing strengths
Face to Face Interaction
• Preparation
• Revision
Is face-to-face interaction still essential?
Research
“Asynchronous writing results in richer communication” (Mabrito, 2006).
“Online collaborative writing produces higher quality writing than face-to-face collaboration” (Passig and Schwartz, 2007).Why?
Successful teaching today requires:
Experimentation.
Co-creation of content.
Relinquishing control.
Tolerance [encouragement] of failure.
Siemens and Titterberger
Resources
http://www.delicious.com/Jorech/collaboration
