Louisa Fordyce, PhD
Westmoreland County Community College
Presented in Conjunction with the Department of Public
Services/Humanities/Social Sciences/English
ELT 7008-4
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This presentation will be posted in two
locations:
https://lrfordyce.wikispaces.com/
WCCC >Blackboard > Resources for Faculty
◦ https://wccc.blackboard.com/webapps/portal/fram
eset.jsp
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Necessary life skills
Necessary job skills (Borges, Dias, & Cunha, 2009)
Improve college experience
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Collaborative learning
◦ Learning is active
◦ Constructing rather than acquiring knowledge
by Palloff and Pratt, 2005)
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(Piaget, 1969, cited
Social/Constructivist Context
◦ Constructing meaning from life experiences
2002, cited by Bender, 2003)
(Berge and Muilenberg,
◦ Critical thinking, higher level thinking, distributive
thinking (Berge and Muilenberg, 2002, cited by Bender, 2003)
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Reflective/Transformative Learning
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theory
Learning experiences
Revisions
Previously held views and beliefs
(Hokyung, 2011)
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Establish and create a community of
collaboration and learning
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Community
Interactive
Communications
Reflective/
Transformative
Learning
Social/Constructivist
Context
Presence
Technology
Collaboration
(Palloff & Pratt, 2005, pp. 8-9)
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Step 1: Instructor
◦ Involvement
◦ Responsiveness
◦ Collaboration
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Step 2: Student
◦ Involvement
◦ Responsiveness
◦ Collaboration
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Ice Breakers
◦ Students get to know each other
◦ Non-graded if possible
◦ Allow them to have some fun
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Watkins, R. (2005). 75 e-Learning activities:
Making online learning interactive. John
Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 0787975850
Conrad, R., & Donaldson, J. (2004). Engaging
the online learner: Activities and resources
for creative instruction. JosseyBass. ISBN: 0787966673
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Stuttard, E. (2011). Distance learning site.
BellaOnline: The Voice of Women.
Retrieved from
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art49
953.asp
Virginia Commonwealth University Center for
Teaching Excellence. (2009). Online
teaching and learning resource guide.
Retrieved from
http://www.vcu.edu/cte/resources/OTLRG
/04_05_Icebreakers.html
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Choose ice breakers carefully
Some used too often
Students become resistant (Doherty & Ketchner, 2009)
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Collaboration
Create and manage Virtual Classroom and Chat sessions.
Groups
Create and manage formal groups of students to collaborate on work.
Wikis
Create and manage wikis for Courses and Course Groups
Blogs
Create and manage blogs for Courses and Course Groups.
Wimba Pronto
Connect with your classmates and teachers on the Pronto
instant messaging system.
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Reflect class concepts
Cover necessary components
Cover the uncommon
Dig beneath the surface
Social constructiveness
Transformative learning
◦ Student resistance
◦ Slackers (Myers, Smith, Eidsness, Bogdan, Zackery, Thompson& Johnson, 2009).
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Reflect course content
Students must collaborate
Provide additional resources
◦ Group Project Tips for College Students:
http://www.suite101.com/content/groupproject-tips-for-college-students-a96944
◦ Gale Cengage Learning:
http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/
glossary/
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Discussion questions
◦ Students design
◦ Must establish teams
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Group Chats
Meet an Expert
Worth a Thousand Words
Interview an Author
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Why collaborate
◦ Necessary life skills
◦ Necessary job skills (Borges, Dias, & Cunha, 2009)
◦ Improve college experience
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Goals
◦ Create community
◦ Transformative learning
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Methods
◦ Tools in Blackboard
◦ Well-designed activities
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Louisa Fordyce, PhD
E-mail: fordlr@wccc.edu
Office: 724-555-1212
Cell: 724-666-1313
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Bender, T. (2003). Discussion-based online
teaching to enhance student learning.
Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, LLC.
Borges, J., Dias, T., & Cunha, J. E. (2009). A
new
group-formation method for student
projects. European Journal of Engineering
Education, 34(6), 573-585.
doi:10.1080/0304379090320296
Conrad, R., & Donaldson, J. (2004). Engaging the
online learner: Activities and resources for
creative instruction. San Francisco: JosseyBass, LLC.
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Doherty, J. J., & Ketchner, K. (2009). Making
connections: Technology and interaction
in an honors classroom. Journal of the National
Collegiate Honors Council, 10(2), 6568. Retrieved from
http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy1.ncu.edu/ehost
/detail?vid=5&hid=19&sid=05e89f68a2d8-47fd-89881b9059ea60d6%40sessionmgr13&bdata=JnNpdG
U9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=eh
h&AN=45566363
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Hokyung Paul, K. (2011). Understanding and
promoting transformative learning: A guide
for educators of adults. Christian Education
Journal, 8(1), 202-206. Retrieved from
http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy1.ncu.edu/e
host/detail?vid=20&hid=8&sid=091da1b5f31d-4911-aec9a9905b603e54%40sessionmgr14&bdata=JnN
pdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=ehh&AN
=60256422
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Myers, S. A., Smith, N. A., Eidsness, M. A.,
Bogdan, L. M., Zackery, B. A., Thompson, M.
R., & Johnson, A. N. (2009). Dealing with
slackers in college classroom work groups.
College Student Journal, 43(2), 592-598.
Retrieved from
http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy1.ncu.edu/e
host/detail?sid=f686760b-d6e2-487b99df08e0a11dedd5%40sessionmgr111&vid=
17&hid=110&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3Qt
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Palloff, R. M., & Pratt, K. (2005). Collaborating online:
Learning together in community. San Francisco, CA:
Josey-Bass.
Stuttard, E. (2011). Distance learning site.
BellaOnline: The Voice of Women.
Retrieved
from
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art49
953.asp
Virginia Commonwealth University Center for
Teaching Excellence. (2009). Online teaching
and learning resource guide.
Retrieved from
http://www.vcu.edu/cte/resources/OTLRG
/04_05_Icebreakers.html
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Watkins, R. (2005). 75 e-Learning activities:
Making online learning interactive. New
York, NY: John Wiley & Sons.
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