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

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

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

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/

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