Leveraging Web 2.0 Tools to Engage Students

E XTENDED L EARNING I NSTITUTE Kim Monti Instructional Designer Nantana Wongtanasirikul Instructional Designer

Who we are, what we do
Community of Inquiry framework
Web 2.0 tools we use
Lessons learned and next phase with tool
What’s next with ELI and Web 2.0

Offered distance education for over 30 years
Fastest growing area in NOVA
Moving from print-based to online courses
Moving from self-paced to collaborative work

Garrison, Anderson, Archer , 1999

Tip: Have students post their username on their profile; Create GROUP in Skype to sort students by course.

Tip: Include your online office hour in your syllabus

Not many students interested in using chat with their instructors
Create special group projects, exam review
Give extra credit for participating

Tip: Keep it short and sweet

Old way of teaching in new tool
Discussion around the topic
Optional tool for students to use for presentations, class assignments
Using Viddler ( http://www.viddler.com /)

Tip: Create a username and password where entire class posts.

Some students found posting their videos difficult
Give students additional options to share videos beyond YouTube
Provide clear guidelines and examples
Additional materials required (webcam)

Tip: Collaborate together towards an end goal such as a project, paper, or presentation

Tip: Consider to turn on/off the notification email

Tip: Encourage students to invite their friends and family to their blogs

Difficult to keep track of each student’s contribution
Use for brainstorming. Not for final drafts
Incorporate synchronous communication
Group evaluation
Guidelines for interaction in tool
Enable notification in tools

So many tools, so little time. Please don’t overwhelm me

http://delicious.com/eliid/salt

For links to all of the tools mentioned today (and more!):
http://del.icio.us/eliid/salt
If you have any questions, please contact:
Nantana: [email_address]
Kim: [email_address]

Leveraging Web 2.0 Tools to Engage Students

by K Monti on Aug 23, 2008

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