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Beyond the Backchannel: Blending Student Content with Open Discourse

Beyond the Backchannel: Blending Student Content with Open Discourse. Cynthia Calongne Colorado Technical University NMC Rock the Academy 2008. Creative Whispers. Characteristics of a Backchannel. Whispers Context Meaning Direct Collaborative Fresh Lively Engaging Satisfying.

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Beyond the Backchannel: Blending Student Content with Open Discourse

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  1. Beyond the Backchannel: Blending Student Content with Open Discourse Cynthia Calongne Colorado Technical University NMC Rock the Academy 2008 Creative Whispers

  2. Characteristics of a Backchannel • Whispers • Context • Meaning • Direct • Collaborative • Fresh • Lively • Engaging • Satisfying

  3. The Backchannel and Open Discourse Connection Interaction Lurking with intent

  4. Let Your VoiceBe Heard Grand ideas, recorded and published in the time it takes you to say them

  5. Exploration and Collaboration Meeting Minds

  6. Novel class experiences recorded and turned into a music video http://animoto.com/play/3ca65bf4857a660a1464abf52f4e5309

  7. Second Life’s Building Blocks • Second Life • Communication • Avatar Movement • Camera Controls • Tools • Learning Goals • Course Content • Activities • Assessment

  8. Blogs Social Discourse and Creativity Music videos Podcasts Slideshare Design, test and assess Pulling it all together Learning to build while talking Exploring research ideas

  9. Experimental Design Usability tests with collaboration and feedback from other schools

  10. New forms of communication and interaction Movement and dance Discourse between people and created content

  11. Links to Tools • Twitter at http://twitter.com • Animoto at http://animoto.com • Lyr Lobo’s research at http://ctusoftware.blogspot.com/ • Slideshare at http://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo • Second Life at http://secondlife.com • Gabcast.com at http://www.gabcast.com/ Creative Whispers

  12. Beyond the Backchannel: Blending Student Content with Open Discourse For info, contact Lyr Lobo in Second Life Cynthia Calongne at calongne@pcisys.net

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