1. 1 Collaboration in the Online Classroom Your help is needed to complete this PowerPoint for a very important presentation to new teachers It is your job to help them understand the importance of collaboration in the online classroom and provide some tips As you read through this presentation, add anything you wish to add When you see Your Turn in and instructions in Red Text, be sure to replace it with your ideas Make sure your ideas are in a different color. You may change the look of the PowerPoint in any way

2. 2 Why Collaborate? Promotes deeper levels of knowledge Promotes initiative, creativity and development of critical thinking skills Promotes Co-creation of knowledge Promotes Reflection

3. 3 Building Community A sense of community must exist for collaboration to occur Members feeling comfortable enough to express ideas with each other, Members feeing comfortable enough to disagree with each other, and Members feeling responsible for each other Lead to SUCCESSFUL Collaboration!!

4. 4 Elements of Community All the people involved Shared purpose Sharing information, experiences, interests, resources Guidelines Structure of the course, groundrules for participation and interaction Technology or Meeting Places Collaborative Learning Student-to-student interaction Reflection To reinforce and transform the learning

5. 5 Why Do People Need to Learn to Work Together? Your turn: How does it prepare learners for the workplace or in other ways?

6. 6 When Groups Work and Don’t Work Your turn: We did this in our discussion group already, so this slide should be easy for you Your turn: Think of a group you were in that you really liked. Explain what you liked about that team or group and why you think it worked well. Your turn: Think of a group you were in that you really did not like. Explain what you liked about that team or group and why you think it did not work well.

7. 7 Stages of Group Development Forming: when groups get to know one another Norming: when groups figure out how to work together Storming: Problem-solving where there will be disagreement and/or conflict Problem solving allows participants to be exposed to multiple viewpoints. Performing: when groups work to complete the task Adjourning: when groups end the work and disband or regroup for other tasks