Audra Wheeler CEP806-Wong Inquiry Project 3

1. Inquiry Project 3:
The nature of science learning in on-line and
face-to-face interactions.
Audra Wheeler
CEP806~Dr. Wong

2. The Setting

3. K W L
(What you already KNOW) (What you WANT to find out) (What you have LEARNED)
I have taken numerous science Can I apply my skills and
classes. knowledge under different
learning models and contexts?
I have a science minor in
education. Will my preference for visual
learning get in the way?
I competed at the state level of
Science Olympiad for 3 Are synchronous and
year…was even in Tower asynchronous contexts really
Building competitions. that different?
built
Have successfully
several egg drop
models in the past

4. Interactions of Space and Time
Face-to-Face Collaboration
Synchronous Collaboration Asynchronous Collaboration

5. ~By Gary Larson, The Far Side cartoonist

6. The Inquiry…

7. Synchronous Chat
~Building a Tower Pencils~

8. A
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10. 30 inches tall

11. Asynchronous
Posting
~ The Catapult~

13. A Triangular Cube….What is that???

14. Are erasers on the list?

16. The launch….
success!

17. Face-to-Face
Interaction
~The Egg Drop~

18. one balloon:
Cone:
centered
one piece between egg
computer and parachute.
paper
Inside…
egg inside
toilet paper
tube.
parachute:
one piece
parachute
computer
cords:
Tape
(doubled)
Outside: 4 egg
carton cells.

19. 8 Feet

20. Yeah…It
didn’t break!

21. The Wrap-Up…

22. K W L
(What you already KNOW) (What you WANT to find out) (What you have LEARNED)
Asynchronous chat is much
I have taken numerous science Can I apply my skills and
more difficult than the other
classes. knowledge under different
contexts… it is a challenge to
learning models and contexts?
keep moving forward
I have a science minor in
education. Will my preference for visual
It is not always about finding the
learning get in the way?
“right” answer.
I competed at the state level of
Science Olympiad for 3 year… Are synchronous and Cues of presence can be very
was even in Tower Building asynchronous contexts really important.
competitions. that different?
It is challenging for me to go
Have successfully built several Is efficiency important in science without visual references.
egg drop models in the past learning?

23. ~By Gary Larson, The Far Side cartoonist

24. ~By Gary Larson, The Far Side cartoonist

25. The End
By Audra Wheeler
CEP 806 ~ Dr. Wong