This document discusses building community in hybrid and online learning environments. It emphasizes that the method of course delivery is more important than content. Some strategies suggested for promoting interaction and authentic educational experiences include relevant and engaging lectures, providing flexibility for students, biographical posts, positive affirmation of student work, promoting critical thinking, and using various technologies like YouTube, Google Voice, and Twitter. The document cites research that found a positive relationship between sense of community and cognitive learning. It stresses that teaching is a process of communication and asks how educators can build community through participation requirements, explicit expectations, office hours, and other engagement strategies.

1. Building Community in a Hybrid/
Online Environment
Sean Williams
Leadership 3.0 Symposium
4.16.11

4. “The key to success in our online classes rests
not with the content that is being presented
but with the method by which the course is
being delivered.” Palloff and Pratt (2001)

5. How to promote interaction and
authentic educational experiences.
Relevant and Engaging Lectures
Provide Students With Flexibility
Biographical Posts
Positive Affirmation of Student Work
Promote Critical Thinking
Brian Muirhead 2006

6. There is a “positive significant relationship
between a sense of community and
cognitive learning” Rovai (2002)

7. At its most fundamental level, teaching is a
process of communication and one that all
educators have to understand. ~Conway, 1996

8. How?

9. Posterous
Posterous Groups

10. Jing
Jing Pro
Camtastia

11. VoiceThread

12. FaceBook
(really!)
Groups are good.

13. Twitter
Hashtags
#DS106

14. TitanPad

15. AnswerGarden

16. Wall Wisher

17. What can you
do?

18. Participation
as a grade

19. Explicit
Expectations
Post them!

20. Parking Lot

21. Office Hours

22. Two Truths and
a lie
1) A former career of mine was
a firefighter.
2) I have a mountain climbing
record for Mt. Whitney.
3) I love Italian food.
Text 300464 and your
answer to 22333

23. Let Me
Introduce
Myself

24. Embed a
Playlist

25. YouTube

26. Group Texting
Disco
Group Text
Text Plus

27. Google
Voice

28. Evaluations

29. Questions?

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