Poster presentation by Ling Thompson at Regis University, CO.

1. A Case Study of Online Collaborative Learning in a Web- Delivered Graduate Level Class Ling Thompson Regis University Denver, CO

3. Research Phases Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Design Implementation Assessment

4. Participants Students enrolled in online EDSE651 Collaboration: Deaf and Hard of Hearing from UNC in the Spring of 2008. EDSE651 teaches the knowledge and skills to work with the students who are deaf or hard of hearing and to effectively collaborate with families, service providers and educational personnel.

5. Participants Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Amy Sally Mary Eva Carla Fiona Gina Helen Nicole Jane John Kelly Lisa Diana Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Amy Sally Mary Eva N/A Helen Nicole Jane Carla Kelly Lisa Diana Fiona

9. Research Findings RQ3: What was the relationship of the amount of collaboration to the quality of team product? Team Parti. Inter. Synthesis Indep. Collab. Overall Ranking 1 1(238.0) 2(15.0) 2(88.0) 3(0.5) 8 2 2 3(115.3) 4(0.0) 4(23.0) 4(3.0) 15 4 3 2(228.7) 1(18.0) 1(97.7) 2(0.3) 6 1 4 4(113.0) 3(9.0) 3(73.7) 1(0.0) 11 3

10. Research Findings RQ3: What was the relationship of the amount of collaboration to the quality of team product? Team Parti. Inter. Synthesis Indep. Collab. Overall Ranking 1 2(168.8) 2(7) 1(73.5) 1(0.0) 6 1 2 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 3 1(165.8) 1(10) 2(73) 2(0.5) 6 1 4 3(54.8) 3(4) 3(15.5) 3(0.7) 12 3

11. Research Findings RQ3: What was the relationship of the amount of collaboration to the quality of team product? First two projects: Team Degree of Collaboration Project Quality 1 2 1 2 4 4 3 1 2 4 3 3

12. Research Findings RQ3: What was the relationship of the amount of collaboration to the quality of team product? Last two projects: Team Degree of Collaboration Project Quality 1 1 2 2 N/A N/A 3 1 1 4 3 3