Cooperation in class and online includes project-based learning. In the project everyone is responsible to contribute - online it's actually easier to track the group interaction that in class since the are using a discussion forum to plan and develop the project. Projects may be a presentation of concepts in an assigned reading, or a digital story of examples of concepts. Another technique is a modified virtual literature circle with assigned roles to approach reading a text. Also worked very well and allowed for sustained interaction between the students giving them common materials to discuss and a structure for the discussion. Sarah
On Feb 20, 6:13 am, valerie <[email protected]> wrote: > WikiEducator OTL09 - 2. Encourage cooperation among students > > This week we are looking at > 2. Encourage cooperation among students. > > Students can learn a lot from one another. And they enjoy doing so. > Each student brings their unique perspective and background to the > course. In an online learning situation, student-student contact is > also a very powerful motivator, as it provides safe, focused inter- > personal interactions that are missing in many face-to-face > educational institutions. > > Students working in groups learn more about the content area and are > more engaged in the activity than working individually. In the "real > world" people rarely work alone. Learning to work collaboratively in > an online environment is an important life skill. ... 2. Encourage > cooperation among > studentshttp://www.wikieducator.org/User:Vtaylor/Technology_Supported_Learnin... > > Discussion - How do you incorporate student cooperation in your on- > campus class? What are some of the challenges with the current > process? Would adding technology change the group dynamics? Do > students do their group work entirely in class? If they work outside > of class, how do you know what is going on? > > Online Teaching and > Learninghttp://moodle.wikieducator.org/course/view.php?id=26 > > WikiEducator Moodle course management systemhttp://moodle.wikieducator.org/ > Please join the discussions. > > ..Valerie --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
