Posts Tagged ‘student collaboration’
September 23 - Using Screencasting to Engage and Build Community with Online Learners
By: Jacqueline Mangieri, PhD. in Online Education
In the online classroom, faculty work hard to engage their distance learners and build a strong sense of academic community in the electronic setting. Screencasting can be an effective and easy way to do this. Screencasting allows you to take a digital video of what you are doing on your computer desktop, and most screencasting tools allow you to narrate your video while recording. The possible uses for screencasting are endless; these include providing course orientations, delivering instructional lectures, providing feedback, and encouraging student sharing.
March 20 - Group Work Ineffective? Try Pairing Students for Better Accountability, Learning
By: Denise D. Knight in Effective Teaching Strategies
Although group work can provide a welcome change to the regular classroom routine, the results are rarely all positive. Invariably, one or two students in each group, because they are shy or lack self-confidence, are reluctant to share their input. These are often the same students who have to be coaxed to participate in large
November 30 - Using Collaborative Teams In and Out of Class
By: Wordpress Admin in Online Seminars
This seminar examines barriers that prevent the successful use of collaborative teams in and out of the classroom and suggests methods for avoiding these pitfalls. In just 60 minutes, it shows how to incorporate assessment and manage teams while promoting shared responsibility for learning.
