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MODELING & COACHING THROUGH E-LEARNING

Research focusing on graduate-level students new to online learning, using e-learning and decision-based scenarios to promote academic collaboration. Incorporates Cognitive Apprenticeship Model teaching methods.

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MODELING & COACHING THROUGH E-LEARNING

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  1. MODELING & COACHINGTHROUGH E-LEARNING Jason Powell The University of North Texas

  2. Topic/Audience/Purpose • By 2011, over six million students were taking at least one online higher education class as a part of their studies 1 • This research addresses the needs of graduate-level students new to online learning environments • The purpose of this research is to explore ways to exploit e-learning and decision-based scenarios to give these students a “running start” on best practices for academic collaboration in online environments 1Allen, I. E., & Seaman, J. (2011). Going the Distance: Online Education in the United States, 2011. ERIC. Retrieved from http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED529948

  3. Three of the Six Teaching Methods Proposed by the Cognitive Apprenticeship Model are Employed Modeling Coaching Scaffolding Articulation Reflection Exploration Collins, A., Brown, J. S., & Newman, S. E. (1987). Cognitive apprenticeship: Teaching the craft of reading, writing, and mathematics. Technical Report No. 403. Retrieved from http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED284181

  4. An experienced virtual teacher serves as mentor and guide to important concepts in each e-learning module. She will both model expert-level problem solving skills and provide coaching and scaffolded support through decision-based scenarios.

  5. Undesirable choices result in redirection to the previous set of choices… Better choices receive better reactions and further modeling…

  6. Implications • The e-learning modules would augment a larger course that involves a collaborative writing assignment for new graduate students. • Synchronous class sessions would offer opportunities for the elements of articulation, reflection, and exploration suggested by the Cognitive Apprenticeship model, as well as additional opportunities for modeling and coaching. • The successful completion of project milestones and the finished paper provide opportunity for assessment. • Ideally, this course would offered early in an online program to provide a foundation for successful academic collaboration and group writing tasks. You can see the finished prototype for the first e-learning module at http://teachlearntest.com/6210/story.html

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