Online Collaborative Learning Communitites :

Applicable at every academic level and in any subject, the text offers practical guidelines that are based on effective, current theories, and the extensive online teaching experience of the author. The book details 21 effective designs with guidelines, strategies, examples, and tips to assist readers in designing their own Online Collaborative Learning Community regardless of grade level, or delivery system (online, face-to-face, or mixed).<;

Chih-Hsiung Tu is an assistant professor in Educational Technology at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.

Illustrations

x

Preface

xi

I. Background and Theory

1

(28)

Chapter 1 Introduction

3

(8)

Why This Book?

5

(1)

What Will You Learn from This Book?

6

(2)

How to Use This Book

8

(1)

Background

9

(2)

Chapter 2 Concepts of Online Collaborative Learning

11

(18)

Interactivity

12

(2)

Social Context

14

(4)

Technologies

18

(3)

Assessment in Collaboration

21

(5)

Evaluations of Teaching on Online Collaborative Instructions

26

(2)

Future Issues

28

(1)

Reflections

28

(1)

II. Implementation

29

(86)

Chapter 3 Preparation

31

(8)

Design 1 Communication and Preparation

31

(3)

Design 2 Team Goals/Objectives Setting

34

(4)

Reflections

38

(1)

Chapter 4 Collaboration, Interactive Assignments

39

(8)

Design 3 Peer Support Assignment

39

(4)

Design 4 Interactive Project Presentation

43

(2)

Reflections

45

(2)

Chapter 5 Collaboration, Interactive Engagements

47

(18)

Design 5 Online Moderation

47

(5)

Design 6 Online Debate

52

(11)

Reflections

63

(2)

Chapter 6 Beyond the Class Community

65

(8)

Design 7 Virtual Experts

65

(6)

Design 8 Guest Moderators

71

(1)

Reflections

72

(1)

Chapter 7 E-CoP

73

(12)

Design 9 Building a CoP

74

(3)

Design 10 Electronic Media for CoP

77

(4)

Design 11 Social Relationship for CoP

81

(2)

Reflections

83

(2)

Chapter 8 Technology

85

(12)

Design 12 Communication Technology

86

(3)

Design 13 Collaboration Tools

89

(5)

Design 14 Selecting Appropriate Online Communication

94

(2)

Reflections

96

(1)

Chapter 9 Social Collegial

97

(10)

Design 15 Understanding Social Context

97

(4)

Design 16 Optimizing Online Interactivity

101

(4)

Reflections

105

(2)

Chapter 10 Assessment

107

(8)

Design 17 Collaborative Evaluation

107

(5)

Design 18 Reflections

112

(1)

Reflections

113

(2)

III. Beyond the Designs

115

(14)

Chapter 11 Collaborative Evaluation of Teaching

117

(8)

Design 19 Preliminary Communication

118

(2)

Design 20 Online Evaluation and Discussions

120

(3)

Design 21 Feedback and Debriefing

123

(1)

Reminders

123

(1)

Reflections

124

(1)

Chapter 12 Finis

125

(6)

Slow Social Change

125

(1)

Appreciation of Values

126

(1)

Accountability of Assessment

126

(1)

Appropriate Use of Technologies

127

(1)

Fear of Sufficient Content Coverage

127

(1)

Reflections

127

(2)

Appendix: A Collaborative Evaluation Form

129

(2)

Resources

131

(2)

Online Collaborative Learning

131

(1)

Online Debate

131

(1)

Online Moderations

132

(1)

Community of Practice (CoP)

132

(1)

References

133

(6)

Index

139

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