1. Traditional Group Work Goes Digital Dr. Julia VanderMolen Department Coordinator Health and Science and Laura Sandera Online Training & Development Coordinator
Introduction of participants or students (1 st day of class), find like members Teams of five or six (research-groups smaller than 5 lose energy Determine leader and recorder Topic selection (this should be done by the group) I moved above to Group Work-the Basics Instructor idea- Post a question to each group ( Nominal process… Logistics of group work: Emphasize that this is a cooperative endeavor, where individual opinions should be respected - the students are acting as a citizen research team. Have the groups identify roles that each member will play (roles may be doubled up, with exception of the role of the facilitator - only one person should hold this role): Speaker, Facilitator , Writer, Visual producers (Nominal Process) producers http://teacher.deathpenaltycurriculum.org/units/unit1appendix1.htm
- Online groups are only as effective as you want them to be. -Instructors must have a positive attitude and be excited. -Tools: conferencing software, collaborative tools, interactive tools. -Organized spaces-group pages, blackboard threads, etc. -Central to learning: learners learn from interaction with others Forming teams: How you form them and provide guidelines in critical to success.
Introduction of participants or students (1 st day of class), find like members -Common interests -Common majors -Topical focus Teams of five or six (research-groups smaller than 5 lose energy Determine leader and recorder Topic selection (this should be done by the group) -Enables them to integrate personal values and skills valuable to them -More passionate about topic/more likely to bond as a group and work better Instructor idea- Post a question to each group ( Nominal process… Logistics of group work: Emphasize that this is a cooperative endeavor, where individual opinions should be respected - the students are acting as a citizen research team. Have the groups identify roles that each member will play (roles may be doubled up, with exception of the role of the facilitator - only one person should hold this role): Speaker, Facilitator , Writer, Visual producers (Nominal Process) producers http://teacher.deathpenaltycurriculum.org/units/unit1appendix1.htm
http://hagar.up.ac.za/catts/learner/cooplrn/c1.html Review and provide links to articles APA http://designthinking.typepad.com/atelierd/cdi-5-supporting-collaborative-group-work-in-web-20/ http://www.google.com/educators/index.html
Each of these will be described from basic to the meatier version. Herbivore, omnivore, carnivore. Edmodo- http://www.edmodo.com/
Gliffy ID PW Flowchart ID PW YackPack ID PW
docs.google.com http://archive.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.php?articleID=196605337 http://eduscapes.com/sessions/google/ GoogleDocs (students can use their DU Panther Mail) ID- PW Zoho ID PW Writeboard ID PW
VoiceThread: A few websites that recommend VoiceThread: Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008 - http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/top100.html Wesley Fryer at Moving at the Speed of Creativity - http://www.wesfryer.com/ 50+ Web 2.0 Ways To Tell a Story by Alan Levine - http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/50+Ways Paul Allison & The Writing Project Institute -http://teachersteachingteachers.org/?p=177 Animoto Animoto is an automated presentation generator that focuses on using images to communicate a message. This tool is great for class collaboration and it is easier than using PowerPoint. http://animoto.com/ http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/Presentation+Tools http://www.myplick.com/ http://www.go2web20.net/#tag:presentation VoiceThreads ID PW SlideShare ID PW
http://www.go2web20.net/ http://www.thejournal.com/the/printarticle/?id=24386 (WebNotes Pro) Here is the link to the books: http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Tips-Teaching-Online-Groups/dp/189185934X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1248965768&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/Building-Online-Learning-Communities-Strategies/dp/0787988251/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1248966134&sr=8-1
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