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Curt Bonk, Ph.D. Professor, Indiana University President, CourseShare and SurveyShare cjbonk@indiana.edu http://php.indiana.edu/~cjbonk. Collaborative Tools for e-Learning. My Background. Researcher of collaborative tools Author on collaborative tools Designer of collaborative tools
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Curt Bonk, Ph.D.Professor, Indiana University President, CourseShare and SurveySharecjbonk@indiana.eduhttp://php.indiana.edu/~cjbonk Collaborative Tools for e-Learning
My Background • Researcher of collaborative tools • Author on collaborative tools • Designer of collaborative tools • Instructor who uses collaborative e-learning tools
Mission of Indiana University is to Experiment with Technology
Issues for this Session • What factors led to emergence of collaborative e-learning tools? • Key features that differentiate them. • Goals of e-learning collaboration. • What works and what does not work? • Goals of work team collaboration?
Issues for this Session • Changing training practices. • Synchronous & asynchronous uses. • Key instructional design principles. • Guidelines in selecting collaborative e-learning tools. • Any success stories?
What types of tools? • Group Brainstorming and Decision Making • Application Sharing • Collaborative Writing and Annotation Tools • Team Workspaces and File Exchange • Discussion Forums and Real-Time Chats
1. Group Brainstorming and Decision Making with GroupSystems
1a. Group Brainstorming in GroupSystems • GroupSystems: Although each person has her own computer, everyone is working on the same list of ideas. If Mary from Marketing enters an idea, everyone else sees it.
1a. Group Brainstorming in GroupSystems • GroupSystems: However, all inputs are fully anonymous, so each participant is free to be honest and open. If Joe from Sales doesn't agree with one of Mary's ideas, he can enter his opinion without worrying about offending Mary. Likewise, Mary can debate an issue without even knowing who entered it. Ideas are the focus, not their authors.
1a. Group Brainstorming in GroupSystems • GroupSystems: At the end of the session, Sally, the team leader, creates a report that includes not only the team's end result, but full documentation of each step leading to that outcome. The report is complete and in the participants' own words.
2. Application Sharing and Virtual Classrooms • WebEx, Placeware, HorizonLive, Centra, LearnLinc, Astound/Genesys, Raindance, NetMeeting • VTOC (Virtual Tactical Operations Center) Army
Growth in Live-eLearning (US$M) (Anderson, 2002, IDC) 65% WW 54% growth in US
Online Learning Goes Synchronous(see Tom Barron, ASTD, Learning Circuits, Jan 2000) “Just when you were getting used to the idea of Web-based training (WBT), with its easy content distribution, electronic bulletin boards, and self-paced learning model, the Web’s technological juggernaut has thrown the workplace learning field a new curve: synchronicity.”
Synchronous WBT ProductsJennifer Hoffman, ASTD, Learning Circuits, (2000, Jan) • Deluxe (InterWise, LearnLinc, Centra) • 2-way audio using VOIP, one-way or two-way video, course scheduling, tracking, text chat, assessment (requires thick client-side software) • Standard (HorizonLive, PlaceWare) • One-way VOIP or phone bridge for two-way audio, text chat, application viewing, (requires thin client-side app or browser plug-in) • Economy (Blackboard, WebCT) • Browser-based, chat, some application viewing (Requires Java-enabled browsers, little cost, free)
Web Conferencing Tools(e.g., Meetings, events, seminars, application sharing;see Tom Barron, Demo’ing Synchronous WBT—on the Skinniest of Bandwidths, ASTD, Learning Circuits, Jan 2000) • Astound (Genysis) • Centra • HorizonLive • Interwise • LearnLinc (Mentergy) • Lotus LearningSpace (DataBeam) • NetPodium (Intervu) • PlaceWare • WebEx
“There are, say, 20 features that encompass live e-learning, and all the products have 17 of them.”Jennifer Hofmann, quoted by Wendy Webb, Online Learning, November, 2001, p. 44.
“…the two most important features to evaluate are the whiteboard and chat capabilities…If you have those two features, you’ll have real collaboration.”Jennifer Hofmann, quoted by Wendy Webb, Online Learning, November 2001, 5(10), p. 46.
Web Conferencing Features • Audio (VOIP, bridge) and Videostreaming • Application Sharing or Viewing (e.g., Word and PowerPoint) Includes remote control and emoticons • Text (Q&A) Chat (private and public) • Live Surveys, Polls, and Reports • Synchronous Web Browsing • File Transfer
Web Conferencing Features • Content Windows—HTML, PowerPoint • Discussion Boards—post info, FAQs, post session assignments • Archive Meeting—record and playback • Breakout Rooms • Shared Whiteboards • Hand-Raising and Yes/No Buttons
Web Conferencing Features • Assistant instructor options • Pre-session content distribution • Assessment/Testing—pre and post session • Button—for students to notify instructor they are stepping away. • Breakout Rooms—to share info or gossip • Web Tours
3. Collaborative Writing and Annotation Tools • Word Document Commenting and Tracking Changes • Electronic Book Annotations