EDU337 Collaboration in the Virtual Classroom

Stephanie Parlee, MAT, MSCE

Week Overview

Reading Chapter 3: Peer and Self-Assessment Chapter 4: Mitigating Conflict 

Discussion Discussion TPACK

Assignment Survey

Week 2 Learning Outcomes

Design critical thinking questions to promote online

collaboration.

Demonstrate understanding of

instructional models to effectively integrate

technology and learning in a

virtual environment.

Design opportunities for student input to

engender connection and

sense of community.

Required Resources

Much of this week’s material draws on resources available to us online to build a sense of community in the virtual world. Some of these tools you may have used previously and some may be entirely new. To aid in your exploration of these tools, I have assembled a collection of Youtube and written tutorials, as well as varies sites with tips and techniques you may find useful.

Click on the images found on each of the following slides to access the outside content.

Document Sharing

What is Google Docs? Google

Docs in Education

How to get started with Google Docs

Kwik Survey

Kwik Survey Tutorial on Youtube

Written Tutorial in PDF format

SlideShare Tutorial

Youtube Intro

Zoomerang joins Survey Monkey

How to?

Survey Monkey

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Bloom’s Taxonomy

provides us with a

practical guide to

developing higher order

learning environments. How will you engage and

inspire? What kind of

thinking and learning

engages you?

TPACK

Please note updated URL: http://www.tpack.org/

What is TPACK?

What is the history of TPACK?

TPACK in 3 Minutes on Youtube

TEDxOrangeCoast - Matthew Peterson - Teaching Without Words

As you reflect this week on building, creating and nurturing an engaging online community, start your exploration with the factors contribute to your learning experience online.

As you think about your strengths and needs in the classroom, think about students with different strengths. How will your approach support them in the classroom?

It is very easy to plan a classroom or lesson for our strengths. We also need to support students who learn differently. Striving towards the principles of Universal Design for Learning can strengthen our offerings for all students.

Overcoming barriers to Learning