Richard Wilfred Yelle Collaborative Computing in Higher Education: Peer-to-Peer and Beyond

Internet2 January 31, 2002Parsons School of Design at New School University

Case Studies

The Antilium ProjectA Cross Disciplinary Collaboration With University of

Michigan College of Engineering

Comite Colbert Foundation Project with Columbia Business School

Techno Culture: A Liberal Studies Senior Seminar

Teach Others / Immediate Use**

Practice by Doing**

Discussion Group**

Lecture

Reading

Audio-Visual

Demonstration 30%

20%

10%

5%

50%

75%

80%

Average Retention

Rate

Source: NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Sciences

** Areas of Focus for TEAMThink

TEAMThink Leverages Online Interaction

P2P Question Development

• Question authoring– Question, foils, correct

answer, and rationale

• Review and comment on teammate’s questions

• Revise questions– Based on teammates

dialogue

A. Each User Authors

Questions

B. TEAM Review

C. Refine Question(s)

TEAMThinkServer

TEAMThink in Action

• Used to increase Peer-2-Peer Interaction – to encourage conversation between class

sessions– to apply content based on readings and

discussion– for students who need time to reflect – for students who prefer written over verbal

communication

– to show progress during the semester

TEAMThink Tools

• Real-Time “To Do List”• Pedagogy• Communication• Measurement• Faculty Administrative

“Student Homepage” dynamically organizes “To-Do’s” according to instructordefined schedule.

Current Project between Parsons & the University of Michigan

Synchronous discussion topics easily entered; click and collaborate.

Learner-Created Questions Students create questions to challenge their peers, including possible answer choices and rationales.

Attachments and references can also be added.

Questions are refined by team dialogue.

Teammates help sharpen each other’s thinking.

System tracks agreement status and promotes constructive improvement.

An Instructor or “Expert” Comment Can Be Added

Instructor Home Page

Instructor Home Page Continued

Measurement

Sample of individual performance across “rounds” or course modules.

Quick overview of team’s question activityavailable from Homepage

Easy instructor access to all questions.

Learning events & schedule selected and set by instructor.

Other Collaboration Tools

• Web Sites• Education Management Software• Collaboration Software• File Sharing Software• Video Conferencing• Voice• E-mail• Instant Messenger• Conference Calls

Posted questions for synchronous discussion & related hot links or design attachments provided by instructor and/or students.