NOTE: We will be using a blog for the first couple of weeks until Blackboard has been setup. Students must create an account on blogger, go to the following link: http://www.blogger.com.
Original Post Due NLT Midnight: Sunday, August 28, 2011 Peer Reponses (2) Due NLT Midnight: Monday, August 29, 2011 First Online Class Meeting: Tentatively Scheduled Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 8pm |
WK2-Discussion Question 2 Original Post Due: Sunday, September 4, 2011 Peer Reponses (2) Due: Monday, September 5, 2011 2nd Online Class Meeting: Tentatively Scheduled Tuesday, September 6, 2011 - 8pm |
Original Response: Collaboration is critical in the e-learning environment. The current technology innovations have provided instructors with multiple methods to maintain meaningful “conversations,” synchronously or asynchronously. The use of wikis, blogs, learning management systems, or interactive discussion programs such as Skype; provide quick and easy communication between learners and the instructor. “When collaboration is not encouraged, participation in the online course is generally low and may take the form of queries to the instructor rather than dialogue and feedback” (Palloff & Pratt, 2001, p. 33).
Palloff, R., & Pratt, K. (2001). Lessons from the cyberspace classroom: The realities of online teaching. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Peer Response: Using collaborative projects does provide more opportunities for authentic learning. Educators must remember to use differentiated instruction to reach all different learning styles. Today's learners are multi-taskers that require many different forms of learning styles. Collaborative projects do provide an opportunity to multi-task and work in an environment that faciliatate multiple learning styles depending on the task assignment.