virtual communities in webtycho
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VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES IN WEBTYCHO. Frank Schindler University of Maryland University College , European Division Heidelberg, Germany. University of Maryland. Online Study since 1992 Leader in the field of E-Learning 2004 Award “ Price of Excellence ” from - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES IN WEBTYCHO
Frank SchindlerUniversity of Maryland
University College, European Division
Heidelberg, Germany
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University of Maryland Online Study since 1992
Leader in the field of E-Learning
2004 Award “Price of Excellence” from
International Council for Open and Distance Education of 142 Countries
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WebTycho Interactive LMS
Web-Based Technology
Fully Editable
Supports Problem-Based Learning
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Problems of Online Education
How to eliminate the feeling of isolation
How to help students to reach their learning goals
How to improve communication
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Special Study Support
Individual Activities
Group Activities
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Need for Group Activites
Some class activities must be performed in groups to avoid self-study
Certain balance between individual and group activities needed
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How to Implement Special Study Support
Need for
Virtual Communities
Their Creation, Management and Monitoring
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Means to Implement Special Study Support Electronic Study Materials
Discussion Forums
Video Conferences
Chat
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Individual Activities
Paper/Electronic Study Materials
Web-Based Conferences
Online assignments
Online Tests (Exams)
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Group Activities
Study Groups
Collaborative Projects/Documents
Online Exams
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Examples of Virtual Communities
Web-Based Conferences
Web-Based Study Groups
Chat
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Web-Based Conferencing
Created by teacher
A set of sample tasks posted online
Students are to discuss them online
Verbal Evaluation
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Web-Based Conferencing…
Should be mandatory
Necessity of Their Proper Scheduling
Participation counted toward the final grade
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Web-Based Conferencing…
Assumptions
Weekly schedule followed on time
Students do their independent readings
Policy on plagiarism needed
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Study Groups Created by teacher
Students can ask and answer questions
Can be marked if needed
Can be mandatory/optional
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Limited Number of Participants
Good for Online Teachers to Exchange Ideas
Some Limited Teacher/Student Communication desirable
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Chat
Good tool instead of conventional office-hours
Limited Number of Participants
Time-Zone sensitive
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Examples of Study Groups
Cybercafe Group Projects Online Assignments Online Exams Chat
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Management of Conferences
Teacher Monitors happening in the conference
Comments responses of students
Changes status of conference from read & write to read-only mode
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Managent of Study Groups
Teacher
Monitors actions in the study group
Answers some questions if needed
Changes status of study group
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Advantages of Virtual Communities Psychological support for students Creation of personal, social relations Feeling to be part of a community Avoiding communication bottleneck Speed and art of bi-directional
communication Reduction of grading work for
teacher
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Advantages of Virtual Communities…
Provide a way to steer and manage online course
Allow better course administration Allow to exchange ideas among
teachers Allow online testing
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Disadvantages of Virtual Communities
Limiting factor is number of participants
Mode (Synchronuous vs. Asynchronuous)
Hard to mark (grade)
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Conclusion
Lack of functioning virtual communities in virtual classroom means something is wrong
Better management and integration of virtual communities in online learning needed
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Od jesene 2004
Frank SchindlerKatedra aplikovanej informatiky avýpočtovej techniky, FEI STUIľkovičová 3812 19 [email protected]