On-line Collaboration to Teach and Learn With Each Other Linda Castañeda GITE Group of Research in Educational Technology University of Murcia www.lindacastaneda.com www.um.es/gite [email_address]

ONE minute, ONE word What’s collaboration for you?

Prendes, M.P. Y Castañeda, L.J. (2006) FORMAL, NON FORMAL AND INFORMAL COLLABORATION: Relationship Models for the New Media

WIKIPEDIA (2008): Collaborative learning

Relationships Between People Learning Processes in Collaboration Tools

Relationships Between People

Learning Processes in Collaboration

Tools

People From crowds...

… To collectives ... People

People Collaboration ≠ Cooperation NO roles, Symmetry of Status

Collaboration ≠ Cooperation NO roles, Symmetry of Status NO extreme heterogeneity, Symmetry of Knowledge People

Collaboration ≠ Cooperation NO roles, Symmetry of Status NO extreme heterogeneity, Symmetry of Knowledge NO group responsibility, Interdependency, Symmetry of action People

Collaboration ≠ Cooperation NO roles, Symmetry of Status NO extreme heterogeneity, Symmetry of Knowledge NO group responsibility, Interdependency, Symmetry of action NO parts together, ONE ONLY work TOGETHER People

A Metaphor …

Process

LEARNING Build Knowledge Together Process formal No-formal Informal Reason Intentional Casual How? Organized Expontaneus Where? Curriculum Parallel to Curriculum Life Who decide? Teacher Learners Students Learners People

Formal Curriculum Collaboration as Method Tasks: EMPHASIS in INTERCHANGE > CONTENT HOW > WHAT

No Formal Scott, P; Castañeda, L; Quick, K & Linney, J. (2008) Symmetrical Synchronous symmetrical support: a naturalistic study of live online peer-to-peer learning via software videoconferencing . In International Journal of Interactive Learning Environments. DOI: 10.1080/10494820701794730

Informal

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ottonassar/1149873101

Informal

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mallix/2586969604/sizes/o/ My Twitter Class of '08

My Twitter Class of '08

Let’s collaborate!

To start thinking in collaboration http://trainersineurope.pbwiki.com/Online+Collaboration Word clouds www.wordle.net Pictures : flickr & Linda Castañeda Mi Twitter Network: http://www.tweetwheel.com

Shall we collaborate?

On-line Collaboration to Teach and Learn With Each Other Linda Castañeda Twitter: Lindacq www.lindacastaneda.com www.um.es/gite lindacq [at] um [dot]es www.um.es/gite