Beyond The Backchannel By Cynthia Calongne

Cynthia Calongne Colorado Technical University NMC Rock the Academy 2008 Beyond the Backchannel: Blending Student Content with Open Discourse Creative Whispers

Characteristics of a Backchannel
Whispers
Context
Meaning
Direct
Collaborative
Fresh
Lively
Engaging
Satisfying

The Backchannel and Open Discourse Connection Interaction Lurking with intent

Let Your Voice Be Heard Grand ideas, recorded and published in the time it takes you to say them

Exploration and Collaboration Meeting Minds

Novel class experiences recorded and turned into a music video http://animoto.com/play/3ca65bf4857a660a1464abf52f4e5309

Second Life’s Building Blocks
Second Life
Communication
Avatar Movement
Camera Controls
Tools
Learning Goals
Course Content
Activities
Assessment

Social Discourse and Creativity Learning to build while talking Exploring research ideas Pulling it all together Blogs Podcasts Music videos Slideshare Design, test and assess

Experimental Design Usability tests with collaboration and feedback from other schools

New forms of communication and interaction Movement and dance Discourse between people and created content

Links to Tools
Twitter at http://twitter.com
Animoto at http://animoto.com
Lyr Lobo’s research at http://ctusoftware.blogspot.com/
Slideshare at http://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo
Second Life at http://secondlife.com
Gabcast.com at http://www.gabcast.com/
Creative Whispers

Beyond the Backchannel: Blending Student Content with Open Discourse Cynthia Calongne at calongne@pcisys.net For info, contact Lyr Lobo in Second Life

Beyond The Backchannel By Cynthia Calongne

by Cynthia Calongne on Nov 06, 2008

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