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Honoria BaloghInstructional Designer

True or False?

• Online courses… are easier than traditional courses.are just glorified correspondence courses.

• Online students…don’t learn as much online as they do in the

classroom.• Online degrees…

are worth less than traditional degrees.

In the classroom…

At home…

Food for thought

Concentration in lectures

http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~tbayston/eme6313/learn_retention.html

How is this for course design?

• Chapter 1– Read Chapter 1– Take 50 Q multiple choice test covering Chapter 1

• Chapter 2– Read Chapter 2– Take 50 Q multiple choice test covering Chapter 2

• Chapter 3– Read Chapter 3– Take 50 Q multiple choice test covering Chapter 3

TO ENSURE A FAIR

SELECTION, YOU ALL GET

THE SAME TEST. YOU MUST ALL

CLIMB THAT TREE.

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Focus on individual learning

http://www.mercuri.net/site/Global/Training+and+Coaching/Training+Style+-+4MAT/

Cooperative Learning

http://www.changetraining.com.au/assets/images/Learning_Collaborative.jpg

Cooperative Learning Online?

Cooperative Learning is defined as students working together to “attain goals that cannot be obtained by working alone or competitively.” (Johnson, Johnson & Holubec, 1986)

• Requiring students to create, analyze & apply concepts imitate real-life learning (Based on ideas by Vygotsky, Piaget, Kohlberg)

Forms of Cooperative Learning Groups

Pair Share Ability or Interest Group

3-step interview

Structured problem solving

Jigsaw Diversity Group

3-review Circle the Sage

Split-class discussion

Multi-aged group

Numbered heads

Send-a-problem

Random groups of 3

Peer-led conferences

Team -> Pair -> Solo

Drill review pairs

Cooperative Learning… Online?

You are kidding, right?

What does ANGEL offer?

• Teams & Team Files• Threaded Discussions– Fishbowl– Hot Seat– Required Post

• Blogs• Wikis

What do YOU do?

What can WE do?