Interaction: Tools for Collaboration
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Anastasia Trekles, Ph.D.
Use the Quality Matters rubric and Standards 5 and 6 to help guide your course development
Develop opportunities aligned with course objectives for students to engage in class –online or off
Use tools to promote both synchronous and asynchronous interaction in your classroom
As with other standards, QM stresses alignment of interaction and technology tools to course objectives
Always keep objectives in mind and use them as guidance when developing activities or choosing technologies
Good objective verbs for promoting interaction: Discuss
Present
Analyze
Solve
Design
Compare and Contrast
Critique
Argue
Group projects can sometimes become headaches for both students and instructors
While there are benefits, there are often challenges in coordination and getting students to truly collaborate
Try activities that promote collaboration, but still result in an individual grade
Provide groups a chance to work during class time (or incentivize online participation)
Teach AND assess team process skills as part of the activity
Assign roles to each group member to create structure
For more: https://www.cmu.edu/teaching/designteach/design/instructionalstrategies/groupprojects/challenges.html
In your requirements, ask students to provide feedback and hold each other accountable. Try the following prompt:
Everyone on your team is expected to contribute. The purpose of peer review is to provide effective feedback. Take time to conduct a peer review and submit a completed form for each of your team members.
Also, take a moment for a self-evaluation as well and submit the evaluations to your supervisor. Please be honest on the evaluations on yourself and your peers. Please post an evaluation for each team member, and one for yourself.
In an online class, groupwork gets a little more complicated
Individual responsibilities and assessment is even more important
Considering offering both synchronous and asynchronous options for working together
Synchronous tools: WebEx, Google Hangouts, Skype, Facebook chat, phone/text
Asynchronous tools: Discussion boards, wikis, Trello.com, email, Facebook groups
All users with a Purdue account have access (including students)
Visit http://purdue.webex.com to log in Webcam and microphone needed Start a conference – five types:
Personal room: always available from the start page
Meeting: For interactive presentations of a general nature
Event: For scheduled online events and webinars
Training: To administer online tests or quizzes, and conduct lab sessions or virtual office hours
Support: For helping others work through technological issues by sharing screens
Meetings and the personal conference room are the most popular and common way to set up a conference
Simple, easy to get started at any time One student can share the link to others to
connect Meetings can be recorded for later viewing
(or to share with instructors who want records!)
All published recordings go to the KalturaMediaSpace: http://mediaspace.itap.purdue.edu
You may log in at the MediaSpace website to access links to all recordings
You may also access recordings in BlackBoardthrough the Build Content -> Kaltura command
There is a lag time between recording and accessing the finished recorded link, which can be several hours depending on length
Google Hangout is a free alternative to Adobe Connect if your students need a meeting room or a tool for collaboration http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/
Available on: Windows
Mac
Tablets (iOS & Android)
Mobile Devices (iOS & Android)
Facebook can be a great way to get people together
Can be used synchronously or asynchronously
You can create groups or encourage students to create them on their own
Creates a more informal, fun space for discussion
Classic, simple threaded discussion forum
Perfect for asynchronous debate, brainstorming, and peer review
Create threads (messages) then reply to start conversation
Forums can be graded by points or rubrics
Subscribe to forums to receive message notifications in email
BlackBoard has some basic group tools including self-signup, group discussions, and group assignments
Group Tools can be a little difficult for students to understand at first, but can be useful
See http://help.blackboard.com/en-us/Learn/9.1_2014_04/Instructor/080_Collaboration/050_Course_Groups
Trello.com Answergarden.com MindMeister.com Mural.ly FlockDraw AWWApp.com More at
http://www.creativebloq.com/design/online-collaboration-tools-912855
Reach us at: [email protected]
Twitter and Facebook: @PNCOLT
http://www.pnc.edu/distance for all workshop notes, links, and training needs