Wednesday, April 29, 2009

4/27_Class Participation

A. presentation for 5/4 brainstorming

eliminate and compromise 6 ideas into one

* purpose for presentation:

(1) to get feedback to enhance

(2) to inform others what you are working on

*conclusion

(1) small-group oriented

(2) materials available online

a. before presentation abstract

(deadline Monday 5/4 noon, on 627 blackboard)

b. after presentation note and whatever

(3) break the class into online and offline group

a. online part has all the online components and due by 5/6(Wed)

b. offline part attends the classroom and presents due by 5/4(Mon)


B. Assessment discussion

(1) being a teacher, Teaching assistant, trainer who wants to access students learning in social computing context?

what are the missing part

g1: practical tools: rubric, instrument, how to apply, bridge the gap between the theory and the practice

g2: holistic framework to use online communities, make more connection to instructional, learning theories; add in more practical components

g3: teachers want something tangible, like a rubric. The missing part is the culture component. For example, the Chinese the disciplinary learning

Instructor: the absence of social component as a part/foundation to contribute to learning productivity

g4: give more specific context or tool description to strengthen the validity of a survey to access social ability in online learning.

g5: contexts like different disciplines or subjects are missing in the research articles


(2) Comments & Feedback

a. Instructor: compare and contrast Laffey & Lin and Ke & Hoadley

Laffey & Lin: individual learning component

Ke & Hoadley: social learning component, cover more large levels/ types of learning contexts/ schooling


b. Instructor: Environment change can affect the social dynamic and bring a different conducive to the learning individual or the group

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