Best practice in online collaborative projects

Best practice in online collaborative projects

Mart Laanpere

Tallinn Pedagogical University

Estonia

Roadmap

Typology of online collaborative projects, illustrated with specific cases

Next generation WWW applications – CMS and LMS

Example of an open-source CMS: Plone Example of an open-source LMS: IVA Media selection for collaborative projects

Typology of projects

Penpals (Image http://www.esp.uva.nl/Image-UK, Teddybear http://www.geocities.com/natrimmer3/Teddybear.html)

Virtual trip (On the tracks of Marco Polo http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=451)

Student factory (ThinkQuest.org) Nature watch (GLOBE.gov, Tere.kevad.edu.ee,

Aquadata http://www.bionet.schule.de/aquadata) Simulation games (ICONS www.icons.umd.edu,

www.math.ut.ee/simud, sunsite.ee/tour) Virtual conference WebQuest or Internet Hunt

Next generation WWW

Semantic Web initiative Content Management Systems (CMS):

Separating content, graphical design and structure (presentation logic)

Workflow management Bug collector and management Backups, synchronisation Access management, user roles (multiple editors) Groupware & time management tools Localisation

Example of a CMS: Plone

Home page: www.plone.org Open source, free software, community-based

development (poorly documented) Content types: file, document, event, news

item, forum, collector, image, link, photo, topic (more types can be created)

Document objects can be inserted as text or HTML, but also in “structured text” format

Users can be self-registered (community portals) or accounts created by administrators

Brief intro to LMS

Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Learning Content Management Systems: http://www.edutools.org

LMS: managing virtual learning processes Presentation Self-study (excercises, reflection, mindtools) Individual assignments Group discussion and collaborative assignments Assessment Learner management, monitoring, grouping, stats

Example of a LMS: IVA

Home page: www.htk.tpu.ee/iva Open source, free software, developed in TPU Intuitive user interface (metaphors) pedagogically non-neutral (social constructivist)

foundation, based on Jonassen’s 3 C-s Context – authentic, meaningful Construction – personal, reflective Collaboration – problem-based, social negotiation

Structure of IVA LMS IVA

WebTop BookShelf WorkShops Management

Portfolio

Wiki

Drawer

Materials

Cource info

Knowledge Building

Jamming

Subgroups

User management

Subgroup management

Quiz management

Quizes

Wiki

Cource management

Logpage

Info

Calend

Events

Logo

News

Event management

Stats

Dale’s cone of experience Written text Symbols, icons Graphs, plots Recorded audio Pictures Video, film Live audio Live presentation Performance

ACTIONS model (by T. Bates)

Access Cost Teaching and learning Interactivity and user-friendliness Organisation Novelty Speed

Types of communication

One to one: telephone, chat, videochat One to many: broadcast, streamed

videolectures Many to many: mailing list, chatroom,

videocafe

Synchroneous vs. asynchroneous

Technologies: audiographics

1-1 1-m m-m

Synchr. MS NetMeeting, ICQ, Skype

RealProducer

Asynchr. E-mail attachments, voicemail

Online audiographics presentations, RealPresenter

Technologies: videoconference

1-1 1-m m-m

Synchr. Video-conference (ISDN or TCP/IP)

Streamed videos (real-time)

Videocafe

Asynchr. Videomail Streamed videos (on-demand)

Videoforum