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Collaboration
Who?● Instructor→ Instructor● Student → Student● Instructor→ Student● Student → Instructor
Academia
● Overcome limitations of Blackboard● Fill a void● Applies some of the best features of:
o Reddito Facebooko LinkedIno Forums
Features
Academically Exclusive- .edu e-mail account required to create an account
- Promotes internal moderation of material
Features (Cont.)
Emphasis on fostering a social-learning communityKlatsch provides a platform for users able to create posts that ask questions or or provide information and to allow others to view and respond to them.- Text posts
- Link posts
- White-board posts
- Questionnaire posts
Features
Whiteboard Posts- HTML5-based digital whiteboard
allowing users to convey complicated ideas in a guided and visual fashion.
Features
Questionnaire Posts- Built-in forms that allow users
to post a questionnaire related to the topic they are posting in.
- Users browsing that topic could fill out the questionnaire and the results would be viewable by the user that created the post.
Features (Cont.)
Users can enroll in topics/classes they are passionate about
- Users have complete control of the type of content they see.
- User’s home dashboard will aggregated all topics/classes they are enrolled in.
- Users have the ability to aggregate multiple topics via saved groupings.
Features (Cont.)
Topics
- Main platform for informal conversation and to engage in social learning on various subjects
- Evergreen topics consisting of major courses of study at most colleges
- Non-Evergreen topics require Instructor-level users to vett.
Features (Cont.)
Classes- Instructor-users with Academic accounts (paid subscriptions) are able to
create classes individually.
- The Instructor-users are the moderators of the class though can elect additional moderators if they choose (ex: TA).
- Intention is to support and enhance the classroom experience, not to serve as a replacement for paid-online educational platforms such as Blackboard.
Features (Cont.)
Community Engagement FeaturesAbility to tag topics/classes that are relevant to a post- Fosters interdisciplinary discussion of ideas
Features (Cont.)
Community Engagement FeaturesPost Endorsement
- Posts have the ability to be endorsed by members that are enrolled in a topic it’s associated with.
- Mousing over the Endorsement value will give the user a breakdown of user-types and endorsement values.
- Posts can be filtered by user-type endorsement level (Standard-users, Premium-users, Instructor-users)
Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees
We take the best of all worlds!● Ads
● Premium Accounts
● Academic Accounts
Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees
We take the best of all worlds!● Ads
● Premium Accounts
● Academic Accounts
Wrapping it up...
Casual Conversation
● Post/Reply/Lurk on topics you are passionate about
Informal Gathering
● Find like-minded individuals while engaging in casual conversation
Wrapping it up… (Cont.)
Social Learning● Informal conversations with like-minded individuals
who are passionate about their topics provide the foundation for learning to occur between people
24/7 / Worldwide Resource● Klatsch is always available, regardless of: location
and time.