COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY BUILDING

Making the Move to K-12 Online Teaching: Chapter 5 by Kerry Rice

Chandler Stroup

When I Grow Up…

When we were younger, we all had aspirations for who we wanted to be when we were older.

Please share with the group what you wanted to be when you were younger.

“I wanted to be…. because…”

Overview

Social Presence Working with Others Tools for Online teaching

The Online Community

Social Presence How a learner feels they are part of the

community For online education, easier to establish as

compared to brick and mortar setting Social networks- Classroom 2.0, TeacherStream YouTube

Building the Community

Introduce yourself Have learner’s introductions

Sharing photos, stories, interests etc. Icebreakers

Profiles Immediate feedback

Email, phone calls, homework, etc. Contributing to discussions “Be yourself”

Collaboration Online

Benefits Less inhibition Reinforce community Exchange of ideas Meaningful Learning

Challenges Privacy/

Communication Skill with technology

required Structure needed “Groupthink”

Quick Consensus vs. diligent problem solving

Collaborative Activities

Email Discussion Board Tools for Sharing

Chat Phone Conference Web Conference

Asynchronous Tools (Delayed)

Synchronous Tools (Real Time)

Collaboration Outcomes (Table 5.3, page 109)

Shared Resources http://www.citeulike.org/

Brainstorming Concept Mapping

https://www.text2mindmap.com/ Reflection

Learning Log Outreach and Authentic Learning

Experiences Collaborative learning

Collaboration Outcomes (Continued)

Problem Solving Case Studies

Product Development Creating papers, websites, or videos

Immersive and Quest Based Learning Role playing

Demonstration of Mastery Portfolio

Collaboration Guidelines

Communication Standard for how the communication between group

members (i.e. email, discussion board) Tool requirements

Standard access to the same resources for all members and provides the educator with access to the information gathered

Use of Similar file types Needs to be able to be accessed on any computer

platform File sizes

The smaller the better

Thanks for Listening

Any Questions?