Baiyun Chen
Senior Instructional Designer, University of Central Florida
PRESS RELEASE FALL 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New Online Teaching Practices Added to Open Repository Orlando, Florida, US – November 29, 2017 – The editors of the Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository (TOPR) are pleased to announce the new entries accepted for publication from the Fall 2017 TOPR Call for Submissions. Entries were received from faculty and designers in multiple disciplines …
Assign Collaborative Experiential Learning while Partnering with Clients
Description While there is sometimes resistance to group collaborations in online learning (Smith et al., 2011), adding a collaborative experiential learning component can more deeply engage students AND provide them the opportunity to develop an array of competencies including “coordinating across time zones and geographic locations, developing computer skills, enhancing internet search skills, and interacting …
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Related Tags: Collaborative Learning, Engagement, Experimental Learning, Interaction, Service LearningFacilitate Student Participation in a Virtual Conference of a Professional Association
Description Regardless of academic discipline, educational programs in the realm of higher education are charged with preparing graduates with the skills, knowledge, and dispositions needed for the workplace (Trede, Macklin, & Bridges, 2012). Part of this preparation entails scaffolding the development of students’ professional identity so they can “develop a sense of who they are …
Related Tags: Activity, Community, Community of Inquiry, Conference, Identity, Interaction, Participation, Professional, Scaffolding, SynchronousFoster Peer Review Using Online Discussion
Description Peer review is a strategy steeped in the social interaction proposed as essential to cognitive development by scholars such as Bruner and Vygotsky (Price, O’Donovan, & Rust, 2007; Hughes, Ventura, & Dando, 2004). Peer review involves small groups or pairs of students sharing work with one another, creating an environment where students can develop …
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Related Tags: Cognitive Theory, Discussions, Expertise, Interaction, Peer Review, Scaffolding, Social LearningPress Release Spring 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New Online Teaching Practices Added to Open Repository Orlando, Florida, US – April 30, 2015 – The editors of the Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository (TOPR) are pleased to announce the new entries accepted for publication from the Spring 2015 TOPR Call for Submissions. Entries were received from faculty and designers in multiple …
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Related Tags: NewsUse Social Networking Tools to Facilitate Small Group Problem-Based Learning
Description With the rapid growth of technologies and the appearance of social media the potential of technology-supported PBL seems significant, since it can be used to enrich interactions between students and reduce the time constraints of the traditional classroom. Social media tools are used in many institutions for educational purposes in numerous, innovative ways even …
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Related Tags: Collaborative Learning, Facebook, Interaction, Problem-Based Learning, Social Media, Web2.0Use Synchronous Sessions to Build Community and Connect Globally
Description Only a small percentage of students participate in study abroad programs and many groups are underrepresented. There is little diversity in race, gender and ethnicity nor access for non-traditional, lower socioeconomic groups, those with disabilities and first generation college students (Fischer, 2012). Using synchronous online meeting tools to create globally networked learning experiences can …
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Related Tags: Community, Cultural Competency, Engagement, Interaction, International, Synchronous, Web Conferencing, ZoomAssess Individual Learning from Group Projects
Description While many instructors across instructional venues integrate collaborative activities that emulate professional realities, collaboration assessments often disenfranchise some contributors. When evaluation hinges on groups producing a cohesive, homogenized artifact, the outcome favors compromise. Homogenized perspectives don’t generally reflect the complementary visions of individuals. This can foreclose on participant satisfaction if the outcome silences or …
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Related Tags: Assessment, Branching, Choose Your Own Adventure, Collaborative Learning, Constructivism, Formative, Heteroglossia, SummativeScaffold Learning with Wikis
Description A Wiki is a website that offers the capability for users to easily create and edit pages collaboratively. As such the Wiki technology has the potential to facilitate and enhance online collaboration and provides Higher Education with new prospects for collaboration, knowledge creation and student interaction. The main feature of a Wiki is the …
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Related Tags: Collaborative Learning, Constructivism, Interaction, Scaffolding, Social Media, Social-Constructivism, Web2.0, Wiki