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Welcome!Please tell us what you think.
What are your thoughts about instructor interactivity, teaching realities, and collaborative learning in online education?
What is your favorite activity that promotes collaboration?
Successful Online Foreign Language Classrooms:instructor interactivity, realities, collaborative learning- Whitney Dubrulle, Angela Martin, Katherine Kiss
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Successful Online Foreign Language Classrooms
instructor interactivity, realities, collaborative learning
ACTFL 2010Whitney Dubrulle, Angela Martin, Kate Kiss
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Instructor Interactivity
Students are more likely to succeed if:
courses are highly interactive
students communicate to exchange perspectives and insights
teachers have mastered online communication skills
interaction focuses on students
teachers use available technology to communicate with students
http://info.sreb.org/programs/EdTech/pubs/PDF/Essential_Principles.pdf
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Instructor Realities
Building relationships
Fostering communications
Time management
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Instructor Realities
Create a learning community that is intellectually exciting and challenging
Encourage learners to perform to the best of their abilities in all aspects
Demonstrate effective use of group dynamics and dialogue techniques
Use a variety of learning activities and demonstrate instructional methods other than lecturing
Integrate curriculum designed to provide learners with a learning environment that is experientially based and in a learning style that is collaborative and supportive
(See Palloff & Pratt (2007) pages 108, 109, 110)
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Instructor Realities
Use both asynchronous and synchronous modes of interaction
Make the class as interactive as possible
Provide timely and meaningful feedback
Encourage learners to learn from each other
Adapted from this link: http://home.sprynet.com/~gkearsley/OItips.htm
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Instructor Realities: HOW? Attitude Individual email Class email Participation in discussion forums Feedback given on assignments Course homepage
Availability through pager system, phone or Skype
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Agree or Disagree?
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Agree or Disagree?
A/D You can do the same collaborative activities online as face-to-face.
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Agree or Disagree?
A/D Class "community" is the first and most important step to a successful classroom.
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Agree or Disagree?
A/D Interdependence is more important than independence for online classes.
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Collaborative Learning
Community and Interdependence
Critical elements Helps learners achieve a deeper level of knowledge
generation Moves learners from independence to interdependence Strengthens the foundation of the online learning community Development of shared goals – important element of
community.
“When I succeed, we succeed!”
adapted from Paloff & Pratt (2007)
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Collaborative Learning
Collaboration and Asynchronous Discussions
Start with introductions
Share clear expectations
Respond to each introduction
Encourage students to do the same
Design discussions for quick and regular S—S engagement
adapted from Paloff & Pratt (2007)
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Collaborative Learning
Develop the art of asking expansive questions: What do you think about x?
Design for student leadership – share responsibility among participants
Require students to provide constructive feedback to one another
Create a role for instructor as equal player in the discussion –helps with respectful time management
adapted from Paloff & Pratt (2007) p. 170
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Collaborative Learning5 Tools we have used to successfully enhance andencourage collaboration and community building:
VoiceThread http://voicethread.com/
Jing Project http://www.techsmith.com/jing/
E-pals http://www.epals.com/
Voki http://www.voki.com/
Wikis http://www.wikispaces.com/ http://pbworks.com/
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Brainstorming activity
How might you translate your favorite F2F class collaborative (or other great) activity for use in an online class?
OOVOO.com skype but more!!
Tokbox
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Thank you for coming!
http://apling696-fa09.wikispaces.umb.edu/
Whitney Dubrulle, GAVS [email protected]
Angela Martin, [email protected]
Katherine Kiss, Umass, Boston [email protected]