2. Stage 3: Information
Exchange
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At the end of this session
you’ll be able to:-
• Explain the stage 3: Information
Exchange
• Create e-tivities for the stage
Information Exchange
Objectives
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Exchange
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• At this stage, information is
exchanged and co-operative tasks can
be achieved.
What is Information Exchange?
Participant learning requires 2
kinds of interaction:
With Content With people
e-moderator Other
Participants
5. Participant Needs;
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Exchange
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•Knowledge of tools for remote access to
information
•Knowledge of strategies for purposeful
information retrieval
•The moderator to provide direction
through the mass of messages
•Encouragement to start using the most
relevant material.
What is Information Exchange?
Demands of help can be considerable because the
participants seeking searching and selection skills
may be low
6. E-tivities
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Exchange
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What is Information Exchange?
• well structured
•Include regular
•summaries or plenaries
•‘Lurking’-Too many posts and no reply/
acknowledgement from e-moderator
•E-tivities should concentrate on:
Discovering and exploring aspects of
information already known by them
The information should be easily
retrieved by the learners
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Exchange
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What is Information Exchange?
should encourage;
Presenting
linking of data
Analysis
ideas
in interesting way….
so that they will encourage information
sharing
E-tivities
8. Spark
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E-tivities
• Information in e-tivities
should be short and should
be there initiate action and
interaction
called as spark• It should divert participants to active and
interactive learning
9. Learners learn how to find and exchange
information productively and successfully
through e-tivities
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Exchange
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E-tivities
Number of people lurking browsing will be
minimal
Stage 3 will be over when;
Familiarity with the technology is achieved
10. Etivities….Framework based on opening,
weaving, summarizing, and closing
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Exchange
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E-tivities
Invitations…be friendly, state the purpose
of the discussion, incentive, use great
opening messages, encourage them to reply
E-moderating skills
11. Key sources of information..
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E-tivities
When using electronic
information keep 3 points in mind:
•Indicate why a participant might want
to access, read or use them –the benefit
•Indicate your view/opinion on the
quality and validity of the information
•Workout how you can use the resource
to encourage participation.
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Exchange
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Enable participants to impart
information to each other with clarity
• Students should explore and
communicate with peers about the topic
online
• Students work towards common
objectives by
cooperating with each other.
•Students should practice their
questioning and summarizing
E-tivities
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Exchange
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•Use the great thinkers from your
discipline for sparks
•Give topics for skill development
•Evaluation
•Political debates, voting on issues, role
plays etc..
•Creative techniques like brainstorming
•Pose intriguing questions
•Invite an ‘outsider’ such as topic expert to
stimulate discussion
E-tivities
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Exchange
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Purpose: compile a list of useful sources of
information for e-moderators.
Task: our aim is to build a list of our
favorite sources of information on the
Internet for e-moderators. Aim to find one
source and post the URL in a message.
Respond: pick out at least one source from
another participant and comment on your
view of it. Suggest how it might be used as a
‘spark’ for contribution or to promote
interaction
E-tivities
15. Stage 3: Information
Exchange
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Purpose: Collect important facts related
to
online learning
Task: Post 5 key facts about the e-learning
identifying the sources of each one
Respond: Respond on someone whose facts
surprise you commenting on how this new
information has contributed to your
knowledge or perspective
E-tivities
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Exchange
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Purpose: To identify key concepts from
a given model
Task: Go through the model carefully and list the key
concepts with a brief description
Respond: Respond to any 2 posts of the participants
who have mentioned different concepts then yours.
Suggest an alternative view on any other posts which
you like.
E-tivities
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Exchange
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Purpose: To develop a set of agreed definitions
for the key terms in our course
Task: Post your answers to the question “what is e-
learning?”. Include any web or text references which
helped you formulate your answer.
Respond: Read other people’s sources and visit
atleast two of the listed sources. Request additional
information by asking a question.
E-tivities
19. Stage 3: Information
Exchange
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Create an E-tivity on any one of
the following topics:
1. Multiple inteligences
2. Perception
3. Attention
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Exchange
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• Etivites by Gilly Salmon
• http://www.gillysalmon.com/blog.html
• http://www.gillysalmon.com/five-stage-
model.html
Bibliography