How Can Document Sharing Tools Help Students Collaborate?
Program includes a CD with the video presentation, plus supplemental materials, PowerPoint slides, and complete transcript • $99
Document sharing software is a proven and effective way to facilitate group projects. With capabilities that allow for shared review, editing and other tasks, document sharing improves collaborative learning by making interaction more streamlined, efficient and convenient. In short, document sharing helps accelerate learning and makes group work more meaningful.
During this 20-minute program, you will:
- Understand the value of collaborative projects for learning.
- Learn how to choose the best document sharing system for different types of projects.
- Know how to set up group projects using document sharing systems.
- Be able to track students’ contributions to group projects.
The program also includes supplemental materials that feature the strengths and weaknesses of Wikis, Google Docs and Adobe Buzzword with screenshots outlining how to get your students started with each of these.
Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this program, you will understand:
- The advantages that Adobe Buzzword and Google Docs offer for group projects.
- How to use free document sharing systems to improve student learning through group projects.
- The process of setting up group projects, establishing rules for group projects, and tracking student participation.
How Can Document Sharing Tools Help Students Collaborate? • CD • $99
This Magna 20-Minute Mentor includes a CD with the video presentation, supplemental materials, a copy of the PowerPoint slides and the program’s transcript.
Want to make this program available for your entire campus?
Contact us about a Campus Access License to load the CD onto your institution’s internal web site for unlimited, convenient on-demand access to members of the campus community. The Campus Access License is ideal for for ongoing group or individual training or to build a library of professional development material.
If you have any questions contact Customer Service at 800-433-0499 or (608) 246-3590 or email us at support@facultyfocus.com.
Dr. John Orlando, Program Director for the Master of Science in Information Assurance Program and for the Master of Science in Business Continuity Management Program at Norwich University in Vermont. Orlando has more than seven years of experience in the management, marketing and development of adult education and distance education programs. In addition to the program at Norwich University, he helped start and develop a distance education program at the University of Vermont.