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Engaging Students through Collaborative Learning Tools

Engaging Students through Collaborative Learning Tools. Dr. Suzanne Ehrlich University of Cincinnati Signed Language Interpreting June 12, 2014. Today’s Agenda. 4 :00pm. 4:10pm. 4 :20 pm. Introductions Discussions of Challenges in Digital Collaboration.

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Engaging Students through Collaborative Learning Tools

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  1. Engaging Students through Collaborative Learning Tools Dr. Suzanne Ehrlich University of Cincinnati Signed Language Interpreting June 12, 2014

  2. Today’s Agenda 4:00pm 4:10pm 4:20 pm Introductions Discussions of Challenges in Digital Collaboration What does it mean to be collaborative via social media platforms? Examples of tool integration Other considerations for use Demo: Google Community and Dipity Demo: Voicethread and Glogster 4:30pm 4:40pm

  3. Introductions Do you consider yourself to be: • Innovator (risk takers) • Early Adopter (second edition) • Early Majority (waiters) • Late Majority (skeptics) • Laggard (last in line)

  4. Everett Rogers’ Technology Adoption Curve

  5. Communication in a new generation http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml

  6. Collaborating online is… • Connecting technology to student learning • Identifying the best tool to meet the need of the project • Usability and connectedness • Building communities (CoP)

  7. Benefits of collaborative learning… • Development of critical thinking skills • Co-creation of knowledge and meaning • Reflection • Transformative learning.  (Palloff & Pratt, 2005)

  8. Online collaboration should… • Include a sense of community • Include the student in the process and responsibility of learning • Include time for ‘fast’ and ‘slow’ time for discussion and reflection (Eriksen, 2001) • Critical thinking does not always equate action

  9. Collaborative Digital Discussions • Platforms/tools • Discussion boards • Whiteboards • Post it notes • Protocol-based discussions (Ehrlich, Ergulec, Zydney& Angelone, 2013) • Resources • 27 free tools: http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/08/the-top-27-free-tools-to-collaborate.html

  10. PBL and Collaborating Online Project-based learning is a dynamic approach to teaching in which students explore real-world problems and challenges. With this type of active and engaged learning, students are inspired to obtain a deeper knowledge of the subjects they're studying. (www.edutopia.org) …develop students' critical thinking skills, improve long-term retention of content learned, and increase students' and teachers' satisfaction with learning experiences (Ravitz, 2009) …framed around a driving question. …helps to drive change. …may be challenged by time and resources.

  11. Teaching Online and ‘Flipping’ (inverted) Classroom

  12. Voicethread for Discussion/Analysis https://voicethread.com/ (Speaking/Signing) https://voicethread.com/?#u1458086.b21651.i122786 (Video Doodling) http://voicethread.com/about/features/ Features

  13. Tool Integration for Collaboration • Collaboration Tools White paper (Deal, 2009) http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/technology/whitepapers/CollaborationTools_Jan09.pdf • Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything • http://www.schrockguide.net/online-student-collaboration.html • Educause: Assessment of Collaborative Learning Project Outcome • http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI80084.pdf

  14. Examples of collaborative tools • Example voicethread https://voicethread.com/?#q+deaf.b369423.i1950259 • Dipity (International Deaf Community) http://www.dipity.com/terpprof/Deaf-International-Community/

  15. More Examples • Glogster http://jenjensimpson.edu.glogster.com/helen-keller • Google Communities http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/communities/

  16. Other tools include: • Adobe connect, Skype Group or Google Hangout (synchronous) • Wikispaces, Prezi, Popplet • Top 100 http://c4lpt.co.uk/top100tools/ • Kathy Schrock’s Bloomin’ Apps http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html

  17. Questions and Comments

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