Teaching as Community Management: Engaging Learners through Online Discussions

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Teaching as Community Management Engaging Learners through Online Discussions Alex Enkerli, Concordia e.SCAPE, April 4, 2013 @enkerli #TchCM http://lar.me/e-scape

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Teaching as

Community

ManagementEngaging Learners through Online Discussions

Alex Enkerli, Concordia e.SCAPE, April 4, 2013

@enkerli #TchCM

http://lar.me/e-scape

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Context

As we’re moving away from the Industrial-Era

classroom, new models for learning are

emerging. From the “flipped classroom” to

MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses),

technology and pedagogy are intersecting in

potentially interesting ways.

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Summary

This session focuses on an approach to

teaching which benefits from online

interactions. By playing the role of a

community manager, a teacher can use

forums and other simple tools to broaden

learning experiences and, hopefully, enhance

learner engagement.

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Learning Objectives

1. Imagine opportunities for transforming a

class into a community.

2. Conceive of pedagogical implications behind

online discussions.

3. Create appropriate expectations as to the

use of technology in teaching.

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Quilt of belonging at the Inaugural exhibition at the Museum of Civilization,

Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. Photographer: Nick Wolochatiuk.

Community

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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tummler

Enabling Action

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Learning Network

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Commons

Class=Community

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Beyond Classroom

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Blended Learning

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Forums

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Prompt

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Reply

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Student Prompt

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Student Enquiry

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Driven by Students

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Platform Agnostic

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Peer Ratings

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Class to

Community?

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Change in

Pedagogy?

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Appropriate(d)

Technology?

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Alex Enkerli

@enkerli and @iethnographer

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http://enkerli.com