Collaborative Learning Spaces
A place where students and teachers can work together in and out of the classroom
Essential Questions
- What are the most important qualities of an engaging online collaborative learning experience?
- What kinds of experiences does this enable for students and/or teachers in and beyond the classroom?
Discussion sparked at Educon 2.2
Examples of existing learning environments:- Alight Learning
- Moodle
- Blackboard
- Sakai
someone deleted the notes :( don't delete them... no saving right now
Instead of separate tools, what environment would you create?
::::Important Qualities::::
Cohesion between all the different parts
Real-time
Revision History - people are OK with editing
Importance of security
Certain activities may allow students to be anonymous (to normal visitors)...but not always
Asynchronous discussion
Synchronous discussion
Media from different sources
What do we do when students abuse system? (appropriate use = very important)
History feature (to undo edits)
Inviting and suggests open collaboration
Possible issues with unequal access of students being able to use a tool like this at home.
More than one person to be able to edit at the same time (real-time collaboration)
Tools for students to create different types of media (or bring in media that they have created with other tools)
Give students ownership of the environment
Visual Appeal: is it easy enough to use that students can use it, but complicated enough so that it's interesting?
Relevance
Rigor
In contrast with textbooks and other traditional printed resources, an online environment does not need to be static -- learners can contribute and evolve the content year after year. Improvements can be distributed to everyone
"Dont' underestimate the power of an audience"