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Telecollaboration

Telecollaboration refers to using a computer connected to a telecommunications network like the Internet to collaborate with others at a distance.

Telecollaboration

Telecollaboration

The Internet adds another dimension to project-based learning experiences.

It poses new challenges for students and educators

These projects require students to collaborate with distant peers.

Telecollaboration

A systematic teaching method that engages students in learning knowledge and skills through an extended inquiry process structured around complex, authentic questions and carefully designed products and tasks.

--Buck Institute for Education

Project-Based Learning

In most cases, defined by:

• a central question or problem important to students and relevant to the curriculum

• a product that reports the results of the investigation into the problem

• active participation by students from question development through product presentation

• continuous evaluation


In most cases, defined by:

• a classroom with an atmosphere that tolerates error and change

TEACHER’s role = mentor, facilitator, guide


Learning to Learn

• working on problems in depth

• just-in-time learning

Potential Benefits of Telecollaborative Projects

Lifelong learning

• models the kind of learning one does throughout life

• uses new tools for intellectual work for research, distinguishing credible information, constructing knowledge with other learners


Active learning

• students learn by doing

• students have access to people around the world

• students find more relevance in their studies

• increased interest and participation


Cooperative learning

• working directly with people from other places and cultures

• working not only with peers but also mentors and experts in many fields


Contextual learning

• establishes a close relationship between students and the real-world context of problems and projects

• learning is less abstract and more interdisciplinary


High standards for all learners

• student as author and therefore accountable for accuracy and completeness

• elevates quality of work


Students as Teachers

Changing Roles

Teachers as Coaches

Changing Roles

Changing Roles

Peer and Community Involvement

•Interpersonal Exchange

•Information Collection and Analysis

•Problem-Solving

- Judi Harris, Virtual Architecture

Types of Telecollaborative Projects

• Learning with and from others

• Dealing with the technology

• Coordinating your activities

• Managing your time

Challenges

• Managing your classroom

• Changing roles

• Meeting your learning objectives

• Assessing learning impact

Challenges

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