CMC wrap-up3/6/13

Warm-up activity (@20 minutes)QR Code Scavenger Hunt

Automatically generated codes, hyperlink to web content (e.g., URL, text, video, etc.)

QR CodesQuick way to link to information (especially

useful for long URLs, text not hosted on a page, link types you want to hide).

Many services to generate QR Codes. They are simply images you can stick in any document. (Just Google QR Code Generator)

Also work with Google Spreadsheets to generate multiple codes.

Scavenger HuntToday we’ll be doing a short scavenger hunt

employing QR Codes and some multimedia clues.

Get into small groups of 3-4 people. All clues will be close by (you can leave your

stuff here)We’ll come back at the end of the activity to

class.

For this week’s reflection, try it on Audioboo (and record comments on your classmates’ Audioboos).

You can generate an embed link in Audioboo:

NotesReading for 3/25 (L&S, after spring break):

Corbeil & Corbeil. Getting Started: Academic Podcasting made Simple.

On BBLearn

CMC toolsCollaborate (via BB Learn)Google HangoutsTokBoxAudiobooAudacityWikisChat programsGoogle groupsDiscussion threads (e.g., BB Learn’s service)BlogsMicro-blogging (e.g., Twitter)

Diez-Bedmar & Perez-Paredes 2010Use CMC for collaborative task between

Spanish and English tourism students. Task to develop a brochureMeasured feedback from English speaking

students to Spanish collaborators (type, quality, effects)

CMC & FeedbackWhat types of feedback can occur in CMC? Ongoing feedback (focus on form)Reflective feedbackPeer feedback

TechnologyUsed Learning Management System (Moodle

is free, open-source, comparable to Blackboard)

Used forums for process (development)Used wiki for product (the brochure)

Sequenced stages (p. 66)Technical setupMeeting one anotherChoosing topicBrainstormingLooking for informationGlossaryParagraphing & writingFinal submission

Discussion questionsHow would you characterize the types of

feedback that the English students provided? What types of feedback were more/less

effective? What do you attribute these results to?

If you were to design a similar teaching activity, what change would you consider making in terms of instruction/task design/use of technology?

Optional readingsCynthia: O’DowdKatie: Spiliotopolis & Carey

In-class project (for 3/25): Service encounters include a broad range of

activities, such as visiting a professor in an office hour, ordering food at a restaurant, going to an office for a service (e.g., doctor, registrar),making an appointment.

They can be in person or over the phone. SEs are often difficult and intimidating to learners. Learning about SEs can be motivating and an

excellent basis for TBLT.

Service Encounters HomeworkDevelop a short teaching activity about a type of

service encounter at an American university. Create* or find an excellent example of a service

encounter to use as a model. Use one of the modes of CMC we have covered in

class as a teaching tool. We will work on this in class today and Wed. Submit

it on your blog by 3/25 (after spring break). We will share.

*Get permission if you are recording/filming someone.